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Alexander Tamanian
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alek'sandr T'amanyan, Alekasandr Ivanovich Tamanyan, Aleksandr Tamanyan, Aleksandr Ivanovich Tamanyan, Alek’sandr T’amanyan, Alexander Hovhannesi Tamanyan
Armenian architect (1878–1936)
Key facts
- Born
- March 4, 1878, Yekaterinodar , Kuban Oblast , Russian Empire (now Krasnodar , Russia )
- Died
- February 20, 1936 (1936-02-20) (aged 57), Yerevan , Armenian SSR , Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Komitas Pantheon , Yerevan
- Occupation
- Architect
- Buildings
- Armenian Opera Theater
- Projects
- Main Layout of Yerevan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Krasnodar
- Place of death
- Yerevan
- Occupation
- urban planner
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Notable work
- Yerevan Opera Theater
- Field of work
- architecture
- Image
- Alexander Tamanyan (1903).jpg
- Work location
- Moscow
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- date of birth
- 1878-03-04
- date of death
- 1936-02-20
- name in native language
- Ալեքսանդր Թամանյան
- Commons category
- Alexander Tamanyan
- ethnic group
- Armenians
- professorship
- academician
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander Hovhannesi Tamanian (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Հովհաննեսի Թամանյան; Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Тама́нов, romanized: Aleksándr Ivánovich Tamánov; March 4, 1878 – February 20, 1936) was a Russian-born Armenian neoclassical architect, well known for his work in the city of Yerevan.
Life and work
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