| Nikolai Markov | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
January 9, 1883 Tbilisi, Russian Empire (now Georgia) |
| Died |
19 November 1957 (aged 74) Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Russian Iranian |
Nikolai Lvovich Markov (Russian: Николай Львович Марков, Persian: نیکولای مارکف, 9 January 1883 – 19 November 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 whose staff he was attached, and had served with the fanatically anti-Bolshevik Major-General Lazar Bicherakov, another one of Baratov's senior officers.[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.[1] Nikolai Markov later worked for the Municipality of Tehran where he built many buildings.[2][3][4][5] Alborz High School, the Post Office and Telecommunications of Tehran, factories and even a mosque.[6] He was buried at the Doulab Cemetery.
Gallery[]
Grave of Markov at Doulab Cemetery
![Qasr Prison[7]](/wiki/File:Markov_Building_Qasr_Museum.jpg "Markov Building Qasr Museum.jpg (2.57 MB)")
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ "Tehran Building Manifests European Architecture" (in fr) (PDF). www.iran-daily.com. http://www.iran-daily.com/1389/5/11/MainPaper/3741/Page/6/MainPaper_3741_6.pdf.
- ↑ "Nikolai Markov 1882- 1957 / 1261 -1336" (in fa). www.darioush-shahbazi.com. http://www.darioush-shahbazi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=12.
- ↑ (in fr) Culture and customs of Iran Par Elton L. Daniel,ʻAlī Akbar Mahdī. https://books.google.com/books?id=FkAXHQKE6MkC&lpg=PA131&ots=3Ddyi19GTA&dq=%22Nikolai%20Marcoff%22&pg=PA131#v=onepage&q=%22Nikolai%20Marcoff%22&f=false.
- ↑ {{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. http://www.izvestia.ru/special/article3100093/.
- ↑ "La revue de Théhéran - Du messager à cheval au courrier électronique Le Musée des Postes et Télécommunications de l'Iran" (in fr). www.teheran.ir. http://www.teheran.ir/spip.php?article327.
- ↑ "From palace to prison: Iran's Qasr – in pictures". The Guardian / The Tehran Bureau. February 11, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2016/feb/11/qasr-prison-iran-pictures. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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