Anvar Gasimzade ( az, Ənvər Əli oğlu Qasımzadə) was an Azerbaijani

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, Honored Architect of the

Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

(1960), correspondent member of

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(1967), rector of

Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University (formerly Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) ( az, Azərbaycan Dövlət Neft və Sənaye Universiteti, Азәрбајҹан Дөвләт Нефт вә Сәнаје Университети (ADNSU)) is a ter ...

(1962-1968).

Early life

Anvar Gasimzade was born on 12 February 1912 in Salyan,

Javad Uyezd The Javad uezd, known after 1921 as the Salyan uezd, was a county (''uezd'') within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929 by the Soviet aut ...

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Education

He received his primary education at

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Teachers Seminary. In December 1930, he graduated from the construction department of Azerbaijan Industrial College and was sent to Azerbaijan Industrial Institute. He graduated from there in 1936 and became an engineer-architect.

Family

His father Ali Bey Gasimov was one of the first teachers of Russian language and literature in Azerbaijan. Ali Bey had a relationship with

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and met with him several times. His son Elbay Gasimzade is also an architect and the chairman of the

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since 2012.

War

From the beginning of 1942 he took part in the

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. He fought from the banks of the

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and was awarded 4 orders (

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and

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(the first and second ranks) and 5 medals. In June 1946, he was recalled from military service at the request of the Azerbaijani government.

Professional career

Gasimzade started working in 1934 and taught at Baku Construction College. In 1941, he was appointed head of the Head Department of Housing and Communal Services and at the same time director of the Baku Construction College. Since 1947, he had held various senior government positions. In 1953-1955, he served as Minister of Construction, in 1955-1957 as Chairman of the State Construction Committee, in 1957-1959 as First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee. He taught architecture for most of his life. He is the author of more than 60 scientific articles and 7 monographs. Anvar Gasimzade was repeatedly elected to the Baku City Council and the Supreme Soviet of the

. He was a member of the Baku City Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan and the Central Committee of the

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Major projects

He designed dozens of houses and public buildings built in

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and

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. These include the houses on Azerbaijan Avenue, Inshaatchilar Avenue, the former North Soviet Square, Aga Nematulla Street in

, the current administrative buildings of the State Customs Committee and the

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, the main buildings of the

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on Bakikhanov Street, Ulduz metro station and others. Ulduz stations in Baku

Death

Gasimzade died on March 12, 1969, at the age of 57 and was buried in the

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. There are streets named after him in

and Salyan.

References

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