Miron Merzhanov | |
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Мирон Иванович Мержанов | |
| Born | 23 September 1895 |
| Died | 13 December 1975 (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPSUACE) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Movement | Socialist realism |
| Projects | Public buildings in the Black Sea region, Krasnoyarsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur including Voroshilov Sanatorium and Dzerzhinsky Sanatorium in Sochi, Kuntsevo Dacha. |
Miron Ivanovich Merzhanov, born Meran Merzhanyantz (Russian: Мирон Иванович Мержанов, Меран Оганесович Мержанянц, Armenian: Մերուժանյանց Միհրան Հովհաննեսի, September 23, 1895 – December 1975), was a Soviet architect of Armenian descent, notable for being the de facto personal architect of Joseph Stalin in 1933–1941. Arrested in 1942 on political charges, Merzhanov continued professional work as a sharashka architect, designing numerous public buildings in the Black Sea region, Krasnoyarsk and Komsomolsk-na-Amure.