Karo Semyonovich Halabyan (; ; 26 July 1897 – 5 January 1959) was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

architect. He earned the title of emeritus art worker of the

Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (ArSSR), also known as Soviet Armenia, or simply Armenia, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union, located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Soviet Armenia bordered the Soviet republics ...

(1940).

Biography

Halabyan graduated from

Nersisian School Nersisian School (, ''Nersisian Dprots''; ka, ნერსისიანის სემინარია, ; ) was an Armenian higher education institution in the city of Tiflis, then Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia). It operated exactly f ...

Tiflis Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

in 1917 and from the

Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (), also known by the acronym MUZHVZ, was one of the largest educational institutions in Russia. The school was formed by the 1865 merger of a private art college, established in Moscow ...

in 1929. After 1932, he worked in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

. He led the project to reconstruct

Volgograd Volgograd,. formerly Tsaritsyn. (1589–1925) and Stalingrad. (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population ...

in 1943. In 1936, he was elected as an honorary correspondent member of the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

. Halabyan held the prestigious title of chief architect of Moscow. Between 1932 and 1950 Halabyan served as a secretary of the Union of Architects of the Soviet Union. From 1937 to 1950 he was the deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the union. He was vice president and later president of the USSR Academy of Architecture. In 1955, he designed the main terminal building of the

Port of Sochi The Commercial Sea Port of Sochi () is a seaport on the Black Sea, the main focus of which is marine passenger transportation. Its headquarters is in the Tsentralny city district, Sochi, city district of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Overview ...

(Russia). Halabyan died on 5 January, 1959 in Moscow, and was buried at

Novodevichy Cemetery Novodevichy Cemetery () is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist site. History The cemetery was designed by Ivan Mashkov and inaugurated ...

References

Կարո Հալաբյան

Կարո Հալաբյան
1897 births 1959 deaths People from Ganja, Azerbaijan People from Elizavetpol Governorate Nersisian School alumni Soviet Armenians Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour First convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Second convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Ethnic Armenian architects Soviet architects Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni {{Armenia-architect-stub

Biography

See also

References