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Vartan Stepan Sarkisov (Sargsyan)
Վարդան Սարգսյան
BornMarch 8 1875 (1875-03-08)
Shushi, Karabakh
DiedMarch 29 1955 (1955-03-30) (aged 65)
Baku, Azerbaijani SSR
Occupation(s)Architect and Lecturer

Vartan Stepan Sarkisov (Armenian: Վարդան Սարգսյան; Russian: Вардан Саргсян) (Born Shushi, Karabakh March 8, 1875 - died Baku, Azerbaijani SSR March 29, 1955) was a prominent Armenian architect of first half of 20th century.[1][2][3]

Life

Vartan Stepan Sarkisov (Sargsyan) attained his primary education at the local Shushi Realschule. Soon after graduation, he continued his education in Tbilisi where he studied at the Realschule and graduated in 1894 having honors.[4] At the time of his study, he was started to paint skillfully. He also had a interest for opera music, which he preserved for all his life.[4]

Having graduated Realschule in Tbilisi, Sargsyan moved to St. Petersburg and entered the St. Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineering.[2] He was also a classmate of renowned Armenian architect Nikolai Bayev.[3][5] After graduating the university in 1901, he moved to Moscow to attain work experience.[1] In 1907 he moved to Baku and immediately received requests for a series of projects. His architectural style was modern. Later on in his career, he switched to neoclassicism. In the 1920s when the Construction Institute opened in Baku, Sarkisov was invited as a lecturer and occupied the post of dean for many years. Vardan Sarkisov died in Baku on March 29, 1955 and is buried in the Christian-Jewish Nariman Cemetery. In September of 2007, the local Azerbaijani government ordered to destroy the Nariman Cemetery.[6]

Work

Vardan Sarkisov designed the Oil Producers Sanatorium building in Mardakan (1930), a male gymnasium, Residence on Krasnovodskaya street (1908; today Torgovaya (Nizami) Street and Samad Vurghun Avenue intersection; this building is also where Lev Landau was born),[3][7] reconstructed the Ismailiyya building which was burned during the March Days in 1918, 7 floor apartment of the Baku Armenian millionaire Mirzabekov (Mirzabekyan) in Nikolayevskaya street (1908),[7][8] and the Residence of Tigran Melikov (Khagani Street, 27).[5][4]

  • Residence on Krasnovodskaya street.[4][9] Lev Landau lived in this house till 1924.
    Residence on Krasnovodskaya street.[4][9] Lev Landau lived in this house till 1924.
  • The house of Mirzabekov (Mirzabekyan) brothers on Nikolayevskaya street (today Istiglaliyyat Street)
    The house of Mirzabekov (Mirzabekyan) brothers on Nikolayevskaya street (today Istiglaliyyat Street)
  • The house of Mirzabekov (Mirzabekyan) brothers at night.
    The house of Mirzabekov (Mirzabekyan) brothers at night.

References

  1. ^ a b "Architects of Azerbaijan 19th and early 20th century" (in Russian). OurBaku. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Sarkisov Vartan". Biografiya.ru. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Mosesova, Irina (1991). Вандализм в Баку: Офиц. документы, свидетельства очевидцев, др. материалы о трагич. событиях 13-19 янв. 1990 г. , сопровожд (in Russian). Гителик. p. 288. ISBN 9785807901187. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d Tigranyan, Edmond (2003). Activity of Armenian Architects in South Caucasus (in Armenian). Yerevan: Voskan Yerevantsi. p. 263. ISBN 9789993000525. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ^ a b "House of Tigran Melikov (Melikyan)". Ourbaku (in Russian). Ourbaku. Retrieved 2 December 2012. Translated from Russian: The three-story building at the Molokan № 27 (Khagani) was built in the early twentieth century (arh. V.S.Sarkisov Prof. Sarkisov, architect) and owned by a local millionaire Tigran Melikov. He also made the designs of the houses on the streets Krasnovodskaya and Nikolaev.
  6. ^ "В Баку варварски уничтожается христианско-еврейское кладбище (Christian-Jewish Cemetary Destroyed in Baku)" (in Russian). 9/14/2007. Retrieved 2 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b "Architects of Azerbaijan 19th and early 20th century" (in Russian). Ourbaku. Retrieved 2 December 2012. Translated from Russian: Residential - 1915 - st. Molokan, 23. This five-storey house - 1917 - Ul.Nikolaevskaya, 11. A three-storey house - 1913 - st. Krasnovodsk, 13
  8. ^ "Stairs in the gulf in Baku" (in Russian). Vesti.az. Retrieved 10 December 2012. Translated from Russian: "This house was built in 1915-1917. Customer of its construction was the Baku Armenian millionaire named Mirzabekyan, who conceived rebuild apartment building in which the apartments and even entire floors surrendered guests. The architect of this house is Vartan S. Sarkisov.
  9. ^ "Vardan Sargsyan". Orientica.net. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
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