Karo Halabyan

• Name — Karo Halabyan • Born — 26 July 1897 • Birthplace — Elisabethpol, Russian Empire (modern-day Ganja, Azerbaijan) • Died — 5 January 1959 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow • Occupation — Architect • Spouse — Lyudmila Tselikovskaya • Children — Aleksandr Alabyan

• Illustration — Monument to the 100th anniversary of Karo Halabyan, Yerevan Halabyan graduated from Nersisian School in Tiflis in 1917 and from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1929. After 1932, he worked in Moscow. He led the project to reconstruct Volgograd in 1943. In 1936, he was elected as an honorary correspondent member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Halabyan held the prestigious title of chief architect of Moscow. Between 1932 and 1950 Halabyan served as a secretary of the Union of Architects of the Soviet Union. From 1937 to 1950 he was the deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the union. He was vice president and later president of the USSR Academy of Architecture. In 1955, he designed the main terminal building of the Port of Sochi (Russia). Halabyan died on 5 January, 1959 in Moscow, and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.

He was employed by National Polytechnic University of Armenia. Recorded position is deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He belonged to Union of Architects of the USSR, Academy of Architecture of the USSR and Royal Institute of British Architects. He worked at Moscow.