Józef Gosławski, also known as Iosif Vikentievich Goslavsky (russian: Иосиф Викентьевич Гославский; 1865 – 30 January 1904) was a
Polish
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architect mainly active in
Baku,
Azerbaijan
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.
Life and contributions

Józef Gosławski was born near
Warsaw
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in
Congress Poland
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to a noble Polish family. In 1891, he graduated from the
Institute of Civil Engineering in
Saint Petersburg
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, and a year later he was appointed chief architect of the city of
Baku (present-day capital of
Azerbaijan
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). His first task was to assist the local architect
Robert Marfeld
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in designing and supervising the construction of the largest church in the
Caucasus
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, the
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Baku.
The building of the grandiose cathedral was completed in 1898 with the help of Baku's
Eastern Orthodox
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Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canoni ...
,
Muslim and
Jewish
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communities who provided funding in addition to the money provided by the government. Gosławski's other architectural contributions in Baku were the
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Residence (present-day
Azerbaijan State Museum of History), the
(present-day Fuzuli Institute of Manuscripts of the
National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan), a number of industrial buildings and houses. Gosławski's final creation was the City Duma (present-day
Baku City Hall), whose both exterior and interior was designed by him. The construction of the building, which even today remains one of the major sights in Baku, cost 400,000 golden roubles. However, Gosławski never lived to see the completion of the construction. He died in
Baku at the age of 38 of
tuberculosis
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, several months before the opening of the Duma. At the time of his death, Józef Gosławski was married and had three children.
On 30 August 2006,
President of Azerbaijan
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Ilham Aliyev
Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003.
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signed an act, affirming the placing of commemorative plaque at Gosławski's house in Baku, at 31 Mirza Ibrahimov Street. On 11 June 2008, First Lady of Poland
Maria Kaczyńska officially unveiled the plaque devoted to the Polish architect in Baku.
Gallery
File:Mayoralty of Baku main façade, 2015.jpg, Mayoralty of Baku Баки Шəһəр Иҹра Һакимијјəти
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File:Xarici tələbələrin işləri üzrə Azərbaycan Respublikası Şurasının binası.jpg, Building of the former Baku Department of Russian Technical Society
File:Institute of Manuscripts Baku.jpg, Institute of Manuscripts, Baku
File:National Museum of History of Azerbaijan 10.JPG, National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
File:İslam Səfərli 19 ünvanındakı yaşayış binası.jpg, Townhouse at Islam Safarli Street 19
File:Qərb Universitetinin binası 2016.jpg, Townhouse at Istiglaliyyat Street 25
File:Beynəlxalq Əlaqələr mərkəzinin və “Vətən” cəmiyyətinin binası.jpg, Townhouse at Istiglaliyyat Street 27
See also
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History of Baku
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References
External links
Works of Polish Architects in Bakuby Prof.
Shamil Fatullayev
Shamil Seyfulla oghlu Fatullayev ( az, Şamil Seyfulla oğlu Fətullayev, 24 December 1928 — 10 March 2015) was an Azerbaijani-Soviet architect, Doctor of Architectural Sciences, professor, full member of ANAS
''Anas'' is a genus of dabbli ...
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Building of Mayoralty of Baku, designed by Gosławski, screened from a drone
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1865 births
1904 deaths
Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering alumni
Architects from Warsaw
Polish engineers who worked in Azerbaijan
Architects from Baku
20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in the Russian Empire
Architects from the Russian Empire