Grigor Aghababyan
Grigor Aghababyan | |
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Գրիգոր Աղաբաբյան | |
| Born | Grigor Garegini Aghababyan 12 June 1911 Alexandrapol (now Gyumri), Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire |
| Died | 9 October 1977 (aged 66) Goris, Armenian SSR, USSR |
Burial place | Tokhmakh cemetery, Yerevan, Armenia |
| Other name | Grigoriy Gareginovich Agababyan |
| Education | National Polytechnic University of Armenia |
| Occupation | Architect |
Grigor Garegini Aghababyan (Armenian: Գրիգոր Աղաբաբյան, Russian: Григорий Гарегинович Агабабян; 1911–1977) was a Soviet Armenian architect.[1] His most notable works include the Great Bridge of Hrazdan (1949–1956) in Yerevan, and the Yerevan Central Covered Market (1952).[2]
Biography
Grigor Garegini Aghababyan was born on 12 June 1911, in Alexandrapol (now Gyumri), Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire.[3][2] He graduated from National Polytechnic University of Armenia in 1937.[2]
From 1950 until 1959, Aghababyan was the chief architect of Yerevan, and from 1959 until 1977 he was the chairman of the state construction committee of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.[4]
He was awarded the title of Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Construction and Architecture (1957); Honored Worker of Art of the Armenian SSR in 1961;[5] and Honored Architect of the Armenian SSR in 1968.[6][1][2]
Works
- 1943, John Kirakosyan School No. 20, Yerevan
- 1952, Yerevan Central Covered Market, Yerevan[2]
- 1953, Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum, Yerevan[7]
- 1956, Great Bridge of Hrazdan, Yerevan[2]
- 1957, Monument to Hovhannes Tumanyan, Yerevan, as architect; sculpture by Ara Sargsyan[8]
References
- 1 2 Հայկական համառոտ հանրագիտարան (Armenian Concise Encyclopedia) (in Armenian). Vol. 1. 1990.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Խուդավերդյան, Կ.; Համբարձումյան, Վ. (2000). Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան (Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia) (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատարակչություն. pp. 237–238.
- ↑ "Агабабян Григорий Гарегинович". Большая советская энциклопедия (Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)) (in Russian).
- ↑ Այվազյան, Հ.Մ., ed. (2005). Ով ով է. հայեր. կենսագրական հանրագիտարան (Who's Who: Armenians: Biographical Encyclopedia) (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan: Հայաստանի ԳԱԱ. pp. 63–64. ISBN 9785897000265.
- ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Армянской ССР О присвоении почетного звания заслуженного деятеля искусств Армянской ССР Агабабяну Г. Г." (PDF). Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Armyanskoy Sovetskoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki. No. 18. 1 July 1961.
- ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Армянской ССР о присвоении почетного звания заслуженного архитектора Армянской ССР группе архитекторов республики" (PDF). Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Armyanskoy Sovetskoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki. No. 20. 31 October 1968.
- ↑ "Museum of Hovhannes Tumanyan". Travel to Armenia.
- ↑ "Թումանյանի և Սպենդիարյանի արձանները զբաղեցրեցին իրենց տեղերը". PanARMENIAN.Net (in Armenian). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
External links
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