Nikolai Markov (architect)

Nikolai Markov
Born 1882
Tbilisi, Russian Empire (now Georgia)
Died 1957
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Russian Iranian
Occupation Architect
Buildings Alborz High School

Nikolai Lvovich Markov (Russian: Николай Львович Марков, Persian: نیکولای مارکف‎‎), born in Tbilisi in 1882 and died in 1957, was an Iranian architect of Russian descent.

Biography

Prior to his decisive settling in Iran, Markov was a high-ranking member of the Imperial Russian army, and fought in the Caucasus against the Bolsheviks under Colonel Nikolai Baratov, the commander of the Russian forces in Iran and to whoms staff he was attached, and had served with the fanatically anti-Bolshevik Major-General Lazar Bicherakov, one of Baratov's senior officers as well.[1] A staunch supporter of the White movement, in the years around and after the Bolshevik Revolution, he had served as a captain in the Persian Cossack Brigade under General Vsevolod Starosselsky as well.[2] Nikolai Markov later worked for the Municipality of Tehran where he built many buildings.[3] · [4] · [5] · ,[6] Alborz High School, the Post Office and Telecommunications of Tehran, factories and even a mosque.[7] He was buried at the Doulab Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ Cronin, Stephanie (2013). "Deserters, converts, Cossacks and revolutionaries: Russians in Iranian military service, 1800–1920". In Cronin, Stephanie. Iranian-Russian Encounters: Empires and Revolutions Since 1800. Routledge. p. 173. ISBN 0415624339.
  2. ↑ Cronin, Stephanie (2013). "Deserters, converts, Cossacks and revolutionaries: Russians in Iranian military service, 1800–1920". In Cronin, Stephanie. Iranian-Russian Encounters: Empires and Revolutions Since 1800. Routledge. p. 173. ISBN 0415624339.
  3. ↑ "Tehran Building Manifests European Architecture" (PDF). www.iran-daily.com (in French).
  4. ↑ "Nikolai Markov 1882- 1957 / 1261 -1336". www.darioush-shahbazi.com (in Persian).
  5. ↑ Culture and customs of Iran Par Elton L. Daniel,ʻAlī Akbar Mahdī (in French).
  6. ↑ {{Country data {{{1}}} | flaglink/core | variant = | size = | name = | altlink =national rugby union team | altvar =rugby union}} "Article Izvestia du 12.01.07". www.izvestia.ru.
  7. ↑ "La revue de Théhéran - Du messager à cheval au courrier électronique Le Musée des Postes et Télécommunications de l'Iran". www.teheran.ir (in French).
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