Alexander Ivanovich Popov-Shaman

June 20, 1903 (age 65)

Voronezh, Russian Federation

In Voronezh, Alexander Ivanovich worked as an architect of the construction department of the City Council (1929-1930). In 1931-1933, he worked as a senior architect of the trust "Oblproektplangor", and during the 1938-1941 an architect of the "Komzhilstroy" trust. In the period from 1938 to 1941 he was a head of the large hall and high-altitude complex design workroom (1945 -1950) of the Construction Directorate of the Palace of Soviets. The chief architect of Ashgabat (1950-1954), the Moscow institutes Giprorechtrans from 1954 to 1956, the GiproNII (State Project Research Institute) of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1956-1962), the chief specialist of the planning and city development department of the State Committee for Construction of the USSR (1962-1963), the senior expert of the State Committee for Civil Engineering and Architecture (since 1963). Member of the Board during the 1941-1950 period , Head of the Theory and Critics Section of the Moscow Department of the Union of Architects, Chairman of the Board of the Union of Architects of the Turkmen SSR . Alexander Popov-Shaman designed more than 30 objects In Voronezh, including a square with a monument "In Memory of Victims of the White Terror" (1929), the House of State Institutions 1931- the building was called Utyuzhok (little flatiron) after the earlier structure that really resembled a flatiron and was demolished in the late 1920s., a summer theater in Pervomaisky Garden (1931), a school (1932) and a firehouse (1934) the building of the Regional Party Committee on Lenin Street (1937). In 1948, Popov-Shaman worked in a team (B.M. Iofan, Ya.B. Belopolsky) architects on the project of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Also he worked as an expert, he was involved in the evaluation of the draft conceptual design of the planning and development of Voronezh, developed by the "Voronezhgrazhdanproekt" institute in 1966. He supervised the design of academic research centers in the city of Pushchino (Moscow region) and in Novosibirsk. He took part in the design of high-rise buildings of Moscow State University.

Alexander Ivanovich Popov-Shaman

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Background

Alexander Ivanovich Popov-Shaman (real surname Popov) was born on June 20, 1903 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.

Education

Alexander Ivanovich graduated from the Leningrad Higher Art and Technical Institute (now Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy) in 1929. Having qualified as an architect-artist, he came to work in Voronezh.

Career

In Voronezh, Alexander Ivanovich worked as an architect of the construction department of the City Council (1929-1930). In 1931-1933, he worked as a senior architect of the trust "Oblproektplangor", and during the 1938-1941 an architect of the "Komzhilstroy" trust. In the period from 1938 to 1941 he was a head of the large hall and high-altitude complex design workroom (1945 -1950) of the Construction Directorate of the Palace of Soviets.

The chief architect of Ashgabat (1950-1954), the Moscow institutes Giprorechtrans from 1954 to 1956, the GiproNII (State Project Research Institute) of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1956-1962), the chief specialist of the planning and city development department of the State Committee for Construction of the USSR (1962-1963), the senior expert of the State Committee for Civil Engineering and Architecture (since 1963). Member of the Board during the 1941-1950 period , Head of the Theory and Critics Section of the Moscow Department of the Union of Architects, Chairman of the Board of the Union of Architects of the Turkmen SSR .

Alexander Popov-Shaman designed more than 30 objects In Voronezh, including a square with a monument "In Memory of Victims of the White Terror" (1929), the House of State Institutions 1931- the building was called Utyuzhok (little flatiron) after the earlier structure that really resembled a flatiron and was demolished in the late 1920s., a summer theater in Pervomaisky Garden (1931), a school (1932) and a firehouse (1934) the building of the Regional Party Committee on Lenin Street (1937). In 1948, Popov-Shaman worked in a team (B.M. Iofan, Ya.B. Belopolsky) architects on the project of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Also he worked as an expert, he was involved in the evaluation of the draft conceptual design of the planning and development of Voronezh, developed by the "Voronezhgrazhdanproekt" institute in 1966. He supervised the design of academic research centers in the city of Pushchino (Moscow region) and in Novosibirsk. He took part in the design of high-rise buildings of Moscow State University.

Works

In Memory of Victims of the White Terror In Memory of Victims of the White Terror

House of State Institutions House of State Institutions

monument
- In Memory of Victims of the White Terror
  1929
Other Work
- House of State Institutions
  
  (The building was called Utyuzhok (little flatiron) after ...)
  1931

Membership

Union of Architects (1935)

Connections

colleague:: Boris Iofan
colleague:: USSR1961

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