Mark Grigorian (, ; April 29, 1900 – January 10, 1978) was a Soviet

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Neoclassical architect.

Life

Born in

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, southern Russia, Grigorian moved to Soviet Armenia in 1924. He graduated from the

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; , , ), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919, it is the largest university in the country. It is thus informally known as Armenia's ...

in 1928 and was appointed as the chief architect of

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in 1939, succeeding Nikolay Buniatyan.

Works

Grigorian designed (or co-designed) several major landmarks of Yerevan, including the buildings where the three branches of the government are housed—all on

Baghramyan Avenue Marshal Baghramyan Avenue () is an avenue in the central Kentron District, Kentron and the northwestern Arabkir District, Arabkir districts of Yerevan, Armenia. The avenue is named after the Soviet Union, Soviet Armenian people, Armenian commande ...

, and three of the five buildings around Republic Square, along with Eduard Sarapian. Below are listed his most notable works, all in Yerevan:

Awards

*Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (11.18.1940) *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

(24.11.1945) * Stalin Prize of 3rd degree (1951) - for the architecture of the building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Armenian SSR in Yerevan *Honored Architect of the Armenian SSR (1969) *State Prize of the Armenian SSR (1971) - for the creation of the ensemble of V.I. Lenin Square in Yerevan *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour () was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in sports, production, scientific research and socia ...

References

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