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 Goris, Armenian SSR, USSR |
| Burial place | Tokhmakh cemetery, Yerevan, Armenia |
| Other names | Grigoriy Gareginovich Agababyan |
| Education | National Polytechnic University of Armenia |
| Occupation | Architect |
Grigor Garegini Aghababyan (Armenian: Գրիգոր Աղաբաբյան, Russian: Агабабян, Григорий Гарегинович; 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 Artist of the Armenian SSR (1961); and Honored Architect of the Armenian SSR (1968).[1][2]
Works
- 1943, John Kirakosyan School No. 20, Yerevan
- 1952, Yerevan Central Covered Market, Yerevan[2]
- 1953, Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum, Yerevan[5]
- 1956, Great Bridge of Hrazdan, Yerevan[2]
- 1957, Monument to Hovhannes Tumanyan, Yerevan, as architect; sculpture by Ara Sargsyan[6]
References
- ^ a b Հայկական համառոտ հանրագիտարան (Armenian Concise Encyclopedia) (in Armenian). Vol. 1. 1990.
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ "Museum of Hovhannes Tumanyan". Travel to Armenia.
- ^ "Թումանյանի և Սպենդիարյանի արձանները զբաղեցրեցին իրենց տեղերը". PanARMENIAN.Net (in Armenian). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
External links
- Media related to Grigor Aghababyan at Wikimedia Commons