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What citizenship did Anna Ter-Avetikian hold between Dec 1919 and Apr 1920?
Anna Ter-Avetikian Anna Ter-Avetikian ( , : 10 October 1908 ( O.S. ) / 23 October 1908 ( N.S. ) – 16 January 2013 ) was the first Armenian woman to become an architect . She designed numerous notable buildings throughout the country and was the recipient of several national prizes for her work . Early life . Anna Tigranovna Ter-Avetikian was born on 23 October 1908 in Yerevan , which at the time was in the Erivan Governorate of the Russian Empire . At the time that Armenia was annexed to Russia from the Ottoman Empire , her ancestors were granted a noble title from Nicholas I of Russia for providing assistance and medical supplies to General Ivan Paskevichs troops . She came from a family of architects and city developers who were noted for creating such works as the first drinking water system of Yerevan , the first hospital of the city , as well as other landmarks . Her father , Tigran Ter-Avetikian and his brother , Yervand , created the Philharmonic Hall of Yerevan , the City Council building on Shahumyan Square , and other noted works . After completing her high school studies , in 1924 , Ter-Avetikian enrolled in the Technical School of Yerevan State University ( YSU ) to study architecture . In 1926 , simultaneously with her studies , she started working for and Alexander Tamanian , noted architects who designed the master plan of the city of Yerevan and many of its buildings . Her schedule at this time was to go to school in the mornings , in the afternoon work in Buniatians workshop , and then work with Tamanian in the evenings . Ter-Avetikian graduated in 1930 and shortly thereafter , married fellow architect , , who had attended YSU and was also employed with Buniatian and Tamanian . Career . Together with her husband , Ter-Avetikian designed the fire and police stations in Yerevan and the Sasuntsi Tavit cinema , though the cinema was later destroyed . In 1938 , one of her designs won recognition at the Parisian international exhibit of Woman in art and folk art and that same year , received the designation Laureate of the All-Union Review of the Technical Creativity of Women Architects ( ) . Between 1941 and 1943 , she served as the Chair of the Armenian Union of Architects . Her design for the filmmakers building won the first prize in the 1948 All-Soviet Female Architects Competition . The building , often known as Ponchikanots building , because it housed one of Yerevans first cafés , which served , a kind of pastry . Throughout her career , Ter-Avetikian , who later went to work with another design firm , built residential and office buildings , as well as schools and hospitals . Among some of her designs are the Armenfilm film studio on the corner of Lenin Avenue and Kirov Streets in Yerevan ; the Ministry of Trade building ; the NKVD building at Abovyan and Kirov Streets in Yerevan ; the R . Acharyan Institute of Language in Yerevan ; schools in Echmiadzin , Kirovakan , Leninakan , Stepanavan , and Yerevan ; a hospital in Nor Bayazet . Her designs were known for their classic composition and decorative elements , but with the decidedly nationalist features of Armenian architecture . She gained a reputation for corner structures and her ability to design in harmony with the surrounding spaces , utilizing such elements as concave arcades to offset the straight lines of a street . In 1945 Ter-Avetikian was recognized by the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and in 1956 , she was again designated as a Laureate of the All-Union Review . In 1968 , Ter-Avetikian became an architect emeritus and she retired in 1972 . After Armenia gained its independence from the Soviet Union , Ter-Avetikian was recognized by the Republic of Armenia , receiving the Alexander Tamanian Gold Medal in 2002 . In 2008 , she received the Gold Medal of Yerevan , from the city , on the event of her 100th birthday . She was the subject of a featured article in the magazine Architecture , Construction ( ) in 2012 , in which she and her work were compared to the noted Brazilian centenarian and architect Oscar Niemeyer . Death and legacy . Ter-Avetikian died on 16 January 2013 in Yerevan , Armenia . She designed over forty buildings throughout Armenia , including the landmark Ponchikanots building .