Konstantin Senchikhin

Konstantin Ivanovich Senchikhin was an honored architect of the Azerbaijan SSR, the author of many buildings in the city of Baku, the director of the Baku metro project, the architect of the "False Baku" project.

He is the architect of Ganjlik, Khatai and 20 January metro stations.

Biography Konstantin Ivanovich Senchikhin was born in 1905 in Baku. He studied at the Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute. He studied in the same group with Mikayil Huseynov and Sadiq Dadashov.

Senchikhin's first work is a factory kitchen built in Sabunchu. It was also his thesis. Later, a factory-kitchen was built in Surakhani with his project. Photos of the built factory-kitchen were published in the 6 th issue of "Architektura SSSR" magazine in 1934.

During the years of his activity, based on his projects, the building of the Azerbaijan Medical Institute, the "Dinamo" Sports Complex, the building of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, the complex of residential and administrative buildings at the intersection of Samad Vurgun and Bakikhanov streets, the Lokbatan Palace of Culture, the Monolith and the House of Artists were built in Baku. The General Staff of the State Defense Committee of the USSR made a decision in this regard and appointed Konstantin Senchikhin as the head of the masking service of the city of Baku. To camouflage the city and to observe the buildings in the city from the air, they allocate an airplane at his disposal.

As a result, the false Baku project was being implemented under the leadership of Konstantin Senchikhin, 30 km away from Baku. Here, a new city was built from models to deceive enemy planes, and even constructions imitating the movement of cars, city trams, and trains are built. His last job was January 20 metro station. He prepared the project of this station together with Tokay Mammadov. The station project was prepared in the hospital where he was a patient.

Buildings Monolith "Dinamo" sports palace (now Dinamo hotel) House of Artists Building of Azerbaijan Medical Institute The building of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan Complex of residential and administrative buildings at the intersection of Samad Vurgun and Bakikhanov streets Lokbatan Palace of Culture