Józef Gosławski, also known as Iosif Vikentievich Goslavsky (; 1865 – 30 January 1904) was a Polish architect mainly active in

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Life and contributions

Józef Gosławski was born near

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to a noble Polish family. In 1891, he graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineering in

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, and a year later he was appointed chief architect of the city of

(present-day capital of

). His first task was to assist the local architect Robert Marfeld in designing and supervising the construction of the largest church in the

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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

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and

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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 Taghiyev Residence (present-day Azerbaijan State Museum of History), the Empress Alexandra Russian Muslim Boarding School for Girls (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

at the age of 38 of

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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,

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Ilham Aliyev 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.

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File:Mayoralty of Baku main façade, 2015.jpg, Mayoralty of Baku 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

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Works of Polish Architects in Baku
by Prof. Shamil Fatullayev-Figarov
Building of Mayoralty of Baku, designed by Gosławski, screened from a drone
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goslawski, Jozef 1865 births 1904 deaths Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering alumni Architects from Warsaw Polish expatriates in Azerbaijan 19th-century Polish engineers Architects from Baku 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in the Russian Empire 19th-century architects from the Russian Empire

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