Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer (died 1975)

Miron Merzhanov

Soviet Armenian architect (1895–1975)

Miron Ivanovich Merzhanov, born Meran Merzhanyantz, 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,…