Tamar Hovhannesi Tumanyan (1907–1989; ) was a Soviet Armenian architect. She was awarded the title, Honored Worker of Culture 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 ...

(1977). Her father was poet and writer

Hovhannes Tumanyan Hovhannes Tumanyan (, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան, – March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the national poet of Armenia. Tumanyan wrote poems, q ...

Biography

Tamar Tumanyan was born in 1907 in

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to parents and the noted poet Hovhannes Tumanyan. She was the youngest of 10 children in her family. Her siblings included Musegh (1889–1938), Ashkhen (1891–1968), Nvard (1892–1957), Artavazd (1894–1918), Hamlik (1896–1937), Anush (1898–1927), Arpik (1899–1981), Areg (1900–1939), and Seda (1905–1988). Tamar received her primary education at in Tbilisi. She attended Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (now the

National Polytechnic University of Armenia The National Polytechnic University of Armenia () is a technical university located in Yerevan, Armenia. Established as the Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic in 1933, it provides educational and research programs in various fields of technology ...

); followed by study at the

National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia (NUACA) (), is a state university in Yerevan, Armenia. History A technical school opened within the newly established Yerevan State University in 1921, graduating its first students ...

. Starting in 1933, she worked as an architect in

Alexander Tamanian Alexander Tamanian (; March 4, 1878 – February 20, 1936) was a Russian-born Armenian Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical architect, well known for his work in the city of Yerevan. Life and work Tamanian was born in the city of Yekaterinod ...

's studio in

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. It was at Tamanian's studio where she participated in the design of the

Yerevan Opera Theatre The Alexander Spendiaryan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (), simply known by locals as , is an opera theatre in Yerevan. It officially opened on 20 January 1933, with a performance of Alexander Spendiaryan's opera '' Almast'' as its ...

(1939), and the

Government House, Yerevan The Government House Number 1 (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության կառավարական տուն; ''Hayastani Hanrapetut'yan Karavarakan Tun'') is located on Republic Square, Yerevan. It was designed by Alexander Tamani ...

(1941). She later worked as an architect in

Mark Grigorian Mark Grigorian (, ; April 29, 1900 – January 10, 1978) was a Soviet Armenian Neoclassical architect. Life Born in Nakhichevan-on-Don, southern Russia, Grigorian moved to Soviet Armenia in 1924. He graduated from the Yerevan State University in ...

's studio. From 1945 to 1949 she was the secretary of the Union of Architects of Armenia. From 1947 to 1951 she was the chairman of the board of the Armenian Architectural Fund. From 1966 to 1989, she worked as the director of the Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum in Yerevan.

Works

* Residential building of Kanaker HPP, Yerevan * Residential building of factory #447, Yerevan * Factory dormitory #447, Yerevan * Building of the Meteorological Department, Yerevan * Hotel in

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* Yerevan Opera Theatre * Government House, Yerevan

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