Nikolai Markov (architect)

Nikolai Markov
Born	9 January 1883 Tbilisi, Russian Empire (now Georgia)
Died	19 November 1957(1957-11-19) (aged 74) Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Doulab Cemetery, Tehran
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Alborz High School, Holy Mother of God Church, Tehran, Fakhr al-Dawla Mosque

Nikolai Lvovich Markov (Russian: Николай Львович Марков, Persian: نیکولای مارکف, 9 January 1883 – 19 November 1957) was a Russian architect working in Iran.

Biography

Nikolai Markov was born in Tiflis. He got his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg and at the Persian Department of the Oriental Faculty of Saint Petersburg University.^[1]

Prior to his decisive settling in Iran, Markov was a high-ranking member of the Imperial Russian army, and fought in the Caucasus against the Bolsheviks under Colonel Nikolai Baratov, the commander of the Russian forces in Iran and to whose staff he was attached, and had served with the fanatically anti-Bolshevik Major-General Lazar Bicherakov, another one of Baratov's senior officers.^[2]

A staunch supporter of the White movement, in the years around and after the Bolshevik Revolution, he had served as a captain in the Persian Cossack Brigade under General Vsevolod Starosselsky as well.^[2]

Nikolai Markov later worked for the Municipality of Tehran where he built many buildings.^[3][4][5][6] There are Alborz High School, the Post Office and Telecommunications of Tehran, factories and even a mosque.^[7] He was buried at the Doulab Cemetery.

Gallery

Grave of Markov at Doulab Cemetery

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  Tehran Municipality
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  Post Museum (formerly Post Headquarters)
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  New Dar ul-Funun
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  Anoushirvan High School
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  Adle House
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  Qasr Prison^[8]
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  Holy Mother of God Church, Tehran
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  Alborz School
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  Singer Headquarters
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  Jeanne d Arc School
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  Georgian Prince Mausoleum
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  Varamin sugar refinery

References

1. "Знай наших! Николай Марков – архитектор, построивший Тегеран". russkiymir.ru. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
2. Cronin, Stephanie (2013). "Deserters, converts, Cossacks and revolutionaries: Russians in Iranian military service, 1800–1920". In Cronin, Stephanie (ed.). Iranian-Russian Encounters: Empires and Revolutions Since 1800. Routledge. p. 173. ISBN 978-0415624336.
3. "Tehran Building Manifests European Architecture" (PDF). www.iran-daily.com (in French).
4. Com, www. Asagraphic. "Nikolai Markov 1882- 1957 / 1261 -1336". www.darioush-shahbazi.com (in Persian).
5. Daniel, Elton L.; Mahdī, ʻalī Akbar (2006). Culture and customs of Iran Par Elton L. Daniel,ʻAlī Akbar Mahdī (in French). ISBN 9780313320538.
6. {{Country data {{{1}}} | flag link/core | variant = | size = | name = | altlink = national rugby union team | altvar = rugby union}} "Article Izvestia du 12.01.07". www.izvestia.ru.
7. "La revue de Théhéran - Du messager à cheval au courrier électronique Le Musée des Postes et Télécommunications de l'Iran". www.teheran.ir (in French).
8. Marketa Hulpachova; Sourena Parham (February 11, 2016). "From palace to prison: Iran's Qasr – in pictures". The Guardian / The Tehran Bureau. Retrieved December 26, 2017.