| 1903 | Born 24 May/6 June at Kidzhori, near Tbilisi |
| 1925 | Poem for piano |
| 1926 | Lullaby for violin and piano |
| Dance for violin and piano | |
| 1927 | Ballade for violin and piano |
| Poem for piano | |
| Pantomime for oboe and piano | |
| 1929 | Graduates from Gnesin Music School |
| Song-Poem for violin and piano | |
| Allegretto for violin and piano | |
| First Field March for wind orchestra | |
| 1930 | Second Field March for wind orchestra |
| 1931 | String Quartet |
| 1932 | Toccata for piano |
| Uzbek March and Dancing Song for wind band | |
| Armenian Folksong and Dance for wind band | |
| Suite for piano | |
| Violin Sonata | |
| Clarinet Trio | |
| 1933 | Third Dance for piano |
| Dance Suite for orchestra | |
| Macbeth, incidental music | |
| 1934 | Graduates from Moscow Conservatory (teachers: Glier, Gnesin, Myaskovsky) |
| First Symphony | |
| 1936 | Piano Concerto |
| 1937 | The Big Day, incidental music |
| Song of Stalin, for orchestra and chorus | |
| 1938 | Poem about Stalin for orchestra and chorus (rev. Song of Stalin, 1937) |
| Film: Zangezur | |
| 1939 | Ballet: Happiness |
| 1940 | The Valencian Widow, incidental music |
| Violin Concerto | |
| 1941 | Masquerade, incidental music |
| 1941-2 | Ballet: Gayane |
| 1942 | The Kremlin Chimes, incidental music |
| "To the Heroes of the Patriotic War", march for wind band | |
| 1943 | Second Symphony, "(The) Bell" (rev. 1960) |
| 1944 | Russian Fantasy for orchestra |
| Armenian State Anthem for chorus and orchestra | |
| 3 Pieces for two pianos | |
| 1945-47 | Scenes from Childhood for piano |
| 1946 | Cello Concerto |
| 3 Concert Arias for high voice and orchestra | |
| The Adventures of Ivan for piano | |
| 1947 | Third Symphony, "Symphony-Poem" |
| A Tale of Truth, incidental music | |
| 1948 | Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin for orchestra |
| 1949 | Documentary Film: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin |
| Ilya Golovin, incidental music | |
| Film: The Battle of Stalingrad | |
| 1950 | Triumphal Poem for orchestra |
| Film: Secret Mission | |
| 1953 | Film: Admiral Ushakov |
| 1954 | Ballet: Spartacus |
| 1956 | Film: Othello |
| Ode To Joy, cantata for mezzo-soprano, mixed chorus, violins, harps, and orchestra | |
| 1957 | rev. Gayane (1943) |
| 1958 | Greeting Overture for orchestra |
| King Lear, incidental music | |
| Sonatina for piano | |
| 1959 | Suite from Lermontov for orchestra |
| 1961 | Piano Sonata |
| Concerto-Rhapsody for violin and orchestra | |
| Ballad of the Motherland for bass and orchestra | |
| 1963 | Concerto-Rhapsody for cello and orchestra |
| 1964-5 | 10 Children's Pieces for piano |
| 1966 | Recitatives and Fugues for piano |
| 1973 | March of the Soviet Police in E flat major |
| 1974 | Sonata-Fantasy for solo cello |
| 1975 | Triumphal Fanfares for trumpets and drums |
| Sonata-Monologue for solo violin | |
| 1976 | Sonata-Song for solo viola |
| 1978 | Vocalise for piano |
| Dies 5 January in Moscow |