Alexander Tamanian (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Թամանյան, Russian: Таманян, Александр Оганесович, March 4, 1878, Krasnodar - February 20, 1936, Yerevan) was an Armenian neoclassical architect, who is remembered today for his work in the city of Yerevan. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Krasnodar (Краснода́р is a city in Southern Russia on the Kuban River. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan The Armenians (Հայեր Hayer) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands A large Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century both as a reaction against the Rococo An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan
Born in the city of Yekatirinodar (modern Krasnodar) in 1878 in the family of a banker. He graduated from the St Petersburgh Academy of Arts in 1904. His works portrayed sensitive and artistic neoclassical trends popular in those years. Some of his early works included the mansion of V. P. Kochubei in Tsarskoye Selo, 1911-1912; the house of Prince S. Tsarskoye Selo (Ца́рское Село́ " Tsar 's Village" is a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting A. Scherbatov in Novinski Boulevard in Moscow, 1911-1913; the village railway employees housing and the tuberculosis sanatorium at the Prozorovskaya station (now Kratovo) near Moscow, 1913-1923; central workshops of Kazan railway in Lyubertsy, 1916). Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Kratovo may refer to Kratovo Republic of Macedonia, a town in the Republic of Macedonia Kratovo Russia, an urban-type settlement in Moscow Kazansky Rail Terminal (Каза́нский вокза́л Kazansky vokzal) is one of nine rail terminals in Moscow, situated on the Lyubertsy (Люберцы́ is a City in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
He became an Academician of Architecture in 1914, in 1917 he was elected as the Vice-President of the Academy of Arts. In 1923 he moved to Yerevan, heading the new construction effort in the republic. He was the chief engineer of the local Council of People's Commissars and was a member of the CEC of the Armenian SSR (1925-1936), sponsored the construction industry, designed the layouts of towns and villages including Leninakan (now Gyumri) (1925), Nor-Bayazet (now Gavar) and Ahta-ahpara (both in 1927), Echmiadzin (1927-1928), and others. The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (Հայկական ՍովետականՍոցիալիստական Հանրապետություն Haykakan Sovetakan Sotsialistakan Hanrapetutyun Gyumri ( Armenian: Գյումրի is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. Gavar or Gavarr ( Armenian: Գավառ also known as Kyavar; until 1959, Nor Bayezid, Novyi Bayaset, Novo Bayazet Tamanian created the first general plan of the modern city of Yerevan which was approved in 1924. Tamanian's style was instrumental in transforming what was essentially a small provincial city into the modern Armenian capital, a major industrial and cultural center. Neoclassicism dominated his designs but Tamanian also implemented a national flavor (red linings of tuff, traditional decorative carvings on stone etc. ). Among his most famous designs in Yerevan are the hydroelectric station (ERGES-1, 1926), the Opera and Ballet house named after A. The Armenian National Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre in Yerevan was founded in 1932 and was opened on January 20, 1933. Spendiarian (1926-1953), the Republic Square (1926-1941) and others. He also played a major role in the development of restoration projects of historical landmarks in the country, chairing the Committee for the Protection of Historic Monuments in Armenia. He was married to Camilla Edwards, a member of the Benois family, their sons Georgi and Yulius Tamanian also became respected architects and continued their father's work. The Benois family was a family of prominent 19th and 20th Century Russian artists musicians and architects descended from French confectioner Louis Jules Benois who came to Russia in Tamanian died in Yerevan on February 20, 1936. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
References
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, v. The Armenian Encyclopedia (AE Publishing house was initiated in 1967 as the as a department of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences under 1, 1974 Yerevan
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