Sadiq Alakbar oghlu Dadashov (, 1905 – 1946) was an architect and architecture historian of the

Soviet Azerbaijan The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent re ...

, Honored Art Worker of the

Azerbaijan SSR The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union be ...

(1940), laureate of the Stalin Prize of the 2nd Degree (1941).

Biography

S.A. Dadashov was born on April 15, 1905, in

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

. In 1929, he graduated from

Azerbaijan State Oil Academy Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University (formerly Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) () is a tertiary education institution in Baku, Azerbaijan. History The rise of what became ASOIU is tied to the rise of the petroleum industry in the Ba ...

(afterward he became its professor). He was the author of books about the

architecture of Azerbaijan The architecture of Azerbaijan ( Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan memarlığı; اذربيجان ممرليغى) refers to the architecture development in Azerbaijan. Architecture in Azerbaijan typically combines elements of East and West. Many medieva ...

. He was a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (1945). Sadiq Dadashov worked in close cooperation with

Mikayil Useynov Mikayil Alasger oghlu Huseynov (; 1905–1992) was a Soviet Azerbaijani architect and historian of architecture. He was People's Architect of the USSR (1970), Professor (1939); Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1945), full member ...

. He developed progressive traditions of Azerbaijani architecture creatively. He erected many residential and public buildings in Baku and in other cities of

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. Dadashov died in

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, on December 24, 1946.

Architectural projects

•Exhibit hall of Azerbaijan SSR in

All-Russia Exhibition Centre Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (, ''Vystavka dostizheniy narodnogo khozyaystva'', abbreviated as VDNKh or VDNH, , ) is a permanent general purpose trade show and amusement park in Moscow, Russia. Between 1991 and 2014, it was a ...

, in Moscow (1939). •Cinema named after Nizami (1934). •

Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature The National museum of Azerbaijan literature, named after Nizami Ganjavi () is a museum in Baku, established in 1939. It is located near the entrance of Icheri Sheher, not far from the Fountains Square. The museum is considered one of the grea ...

. •Building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Azerbaijan SSR (1938–1939). •Building of

Baku Academy of Music The Hajibeyli Baku Academy of Music (Azeri: ''Hacıbəyli adına Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası'') is a music school in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was established in 1920 in Baku and was previously known as the Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. H ...

. •Building of the Ministry of Food Industry of

(1937–1939).

Awards and premiums

* Stalin Prize of the 2nd Degree (1941) – for architectural project of the exhibit hall of Azerbaijan SSR in All-Russia Exhibition Centre (1939) * Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1940) *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

Legacy

The Research Institute of construction materials in Baku is named after Dadashov.

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References

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