Mikayil Alesger oglu Huseynov ( az, Mikayıl Ələsgər oğlu Hüseynov; 1905–1992) was a

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Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i architect and historian of architecture. He was People’s Architect of the

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(1970), Professor (1939); Academician of the

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(1945), full member of the Academy of Architecture of the USSR (1985),

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...

(1985), laureate of the Second Class

State Stalin Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

(1941), member of

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’s and

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's Royal Society of

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ns.

Early years

Huseynov was born on 19 April 1905, in

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, in a well-off family. His father was a millionaire, had streamships on the

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and a great mansion on the seafront. His descent hung over him as the sword of

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and he could be arrested at any time.

Career

Until 1946, he worked in close creative and scientific cooperation with S.A. Dadashov. While students, Huseynov and Dadashov were awarded the first prize for joint design of the monument to

Nizami Ganjavi Nizami Ganjavi ( fa, نظامی گنجوی, lit=Niẓāmī of Ganja, translit=Niẓāmī Ganjavī; c. 1141–1209), Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was ''Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī'',Mo'in, ...

- the eminent poet and thinker of the 12th century. Building of the

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of the

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, Azerbaijan State Conservatory,

Nizami Museum of Azerbaijan Literature The National museum of Azerbaijan literature named after Nizami Ganjavi ( az, Nizami Gəncəvi adına Milli Azərbaycan ədəbiyyatı muzeyi) is a museum in Baku, established in 1939. It is located near the entrance of Icheri Sheher, not far fro ...

in Baku, pavilion of

All-Russia Exhibition Centre Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (russian: Выставка достижений народного хозяйства, ''Vystavka dostizheniy narodnogo khozyaystva'', abbreviated as VDNKh or VDNH, russian: ВДНХ, ) is a perman ...

of Azerbaijan in

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(1939 and 1954) are among their best architectural works. Individual works of Huseynov - design of State Public Library named after M.F.Akhundov (1960), group of buildings of the National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (1951–1966) in Baku, publications concerning architecture and urban building problems and others. He died on October 7, 1992 and was buried in the

Alley of Honor The Alley of Honor ( az, Fəxri Xiyaban, Honorary ''Allée'') is a public cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Alley includes burials of famed Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-affiliated expatriates, including several Presidents, scientists ...

Awards and recognitions

*Second Class State Stalin Prize (1941) – for architectural design of Azerbaijan SSR pavilion at All-Russia Exhibition Centre; *Hero of Socialist Labor (1985) – for outstanding contribution to the development of the Soviet architecture, for productive scientific, pedagogical and social activity and in connection with his 80th anniversary; *Three

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

(1946,1958, 1985); *Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor (1939, 1952); *Deputy of the

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respubl ...

of the 4th convocation (1954–1962).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huseynov, Mikayil 1905 births 1992 deaths Architects from Baku People from Baku Governorate Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Soviet architects Azerbaijani professors 20th-century Azerbaijani architects Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Fourth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

Early years

Career

Awards and recognitions

See also

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