Karo Halabyan
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Karo Halabyan (July 26, 1897, Elisabethpol
Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ganja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city with a population of around 313,300. It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. The city regained its original name—Ganja—from 1920–1935 during the first part of its incorporation into the Soviet Union. However, its name was changed again and...

, now Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ganja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city with a population of around 313,300. It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. The city regained its original name—Ganja—from 1920–1935 during the first part of its incorporation into the Soviet Union. However, its name was changed again and...

 - January 5, 1959, Moscow
Moscow
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) was an Soviet Armenian architect. He was Honoured promoter of the Art of Armenian SSR
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 (1940).

Biography

In 1917, Halabyan finished Nersisyan School
Nersisyan School
Nersisyan School was an Armenian school in Tiflis, Russian Empire . Nersisyan School existed exactly one century, from 1824 to 1924. It was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi.- History :...

 in Tiflis. And 1929 he finished Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
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The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture 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 1832, and the Palace School of Architecture, established in 1749 by Dmitry Ukhtomsky. By...

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From 1932, he worked in Moscow
Moscow
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. In 1943, Halabyan lead the main lay-out of Volgograd
Volgograd
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In 1936, he was elected as an honorary correspondent member of Royal Institute of British Architects
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