Alexander Tamanyan
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Alexander Tamanjan ( Armenian Ալեքսանդր Թամանյան , Russian Александр Иванович Таманян ; born March 4, 1878 in Jekaterinodar ; † February 20, 1936 in Yerevan , Armenian SSR ) was a neoclassical architect who significantly shaped today's cityscape of Yerevan.
Alexander Tamanjan was born in 1878 into a family of bankers. He graduated from the Russian Art Academy in Saint Petersburg in 1904 . His early works include the castle of WP Kotschubei in Pushkin , then Tsarskoye Selo, 1911–1912; the house of Prince Sergei Alexandrovich Shcherbatov on Novinsky Boulevard in Moscow , 1911–1913; Station building near Prosorovskaya, today Kratowo, 1913–1923 and in Lyubertsy , 1916.
In 1917 he was elected Vice President of the Academy of Arts. In 1923 he returned to Yerevan, where he led the expansion of the city. As the chief engineer of the Armenian SSR and as a member of the Central Executive Council of the Armenian SSR (1925-1936) he drew for the urban development plans of Leninakan (today Gyumri ) in 1925, Nor-Bajaset (today Gawar ), Ahta-ahpara (both 1927) and Etschmiadzin (1927–1928) responsible. In 1924 Tamanyan drew up the first general plan for Yerevan. His most famous buildings there include the hydroelectric power station (ERGES-1, 1926), the Opera Theater and the Republic Square (1926–1941). Tamanjan also appeared as a monument protector.
literature
- Article Таманян Александр Иванович in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Tamanyan, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ալեքսանդր Թամանյան (Armenian); Таманян, Александр Ива́нович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian-Russian neoclassical architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ekaterinodar |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1936 |
| Place of death | Yerevan , Armenian SSR |