Of
Armenian origin, Vartan Stepanovich Sarkisov attained his primary education at the local
Shusha Realschule. Soon after graduation, he continued his education in
Tbilisi where he studied at the
Realschule and graduated in 1894 having honors. Having graduated Realschule in
Tbilisi, Sargsyan moved to
St. Petersburg and entered the
St. Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineering. He was also a classmate of renowned architect
Nikolai Bayev. After graduating from the university in 1901, he moved to
Moscow to attain work experience. In 1907 he moved to Baku and immediately received requests for a series of projects. His architectural style was modern. Later on in his career, he switched to
neoclassicism. In the 1920s, when the Construction Institute opened in
Baku, Sarkisov was invited as a lecturer and occupied the post of dean for many years. Vartan Sarkisov died in
Baku on March 29, 1955 and is buried in the Narimanov Cemetery. In September 2007, the local Azerbaijani government ordered to relocate the Narimanov Cemetery. == Work ==