Abstract
The concepts on the star formation processes, which have been developed at the Byurakan Observatory during last 35 years are presented. These ideas are in many respects contradictory to the views shared by the majority of theoreticians who postulate the condensation of stars from nebulae. Just the rejection of this traditional assumption has lea4 in its time (1947-1949) to the discovery of star formation processes in stellar associations. At present, when it became clear that the formation of stars is accompanied with an outflow of matter from them into space, very artificial models for reconciliation of this fact with the concept of the collapse of diffuse matter are needed. In reality the out flows of matter from young stars is a continuation of the processes of fragmentation and decay in the result of which stars are forming from un known very more dense bodies. Therefore the outflow of matter from stars has fundamental significance for the future theory of star formation.
