Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record

  • ID: 2034
  • Surname: Yaron
  • Forename and paternity: Alexander Ivanovich
  • Фамилия: Ярон
  • Имя и отчество: Александр Иванович
  • S: m
  • Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1874-12-10
  • Date of death // Дата смерти: 1935-02-18
  • Occupation // Профессия: Architect
  • Rank or nobility // Чин или звание: Colonel
  • Details of death // Детали смерти: Died in Paulun Hospital, from a heart attack
  • Burial place // Место захоронения: Hungjao Road
  • Obituary // Некролог: NCH 1935-02-27; NCDN 1935-02-19; ST 1935-02-19, 21;
  • NRS // НРС: 505
  • Notes // Примечания: “One of the leading members of the White Russian Community of Shanghai, Mr Yaron gained prominence as one of the most outstanding architects of this city. It will suffice to indicate such of his buildings as Kincheng Bank on Kiangse Road, the palatial ballroom of the old Majestic Hotel, the St. Nicholas Church on Rue Corneille, and his latest – the monumental premises of the Ministry of Communications in Nanking, recently opened with great ceremony. A widely educated man, talented musician and linguist, Mr Yaron played a very prominent part in the social life of the Russian community in Shanghai, being the president of one of the leading organizations, one of the founders of the Ex-Officers’ Club, member of the Russian Engineering Society and lecturer at the Higher Technical Centre.” Born in Petersburg province, Yaron had a fruitful career in Estonia, where several of his public buildings still grace the streets of Tallinn. Having joined the White Army as a military engineer, Yaron sailed from Vladivostok with the defeated White Fleet and landed in Shanghai at the end of 1922. In February 1923, he joined the firm of the Spanish architect Abelardo Lafuente, becoming a partner and working on almost twenty projects. In May 1928, Yaron started to practice as A. J. Yaron 协隆洋行 and designed a number of residential, commercial, public and religious buildings, including the Bishop Apartments for the Russian clergy on Route Lorton, with a temporary church and a bell tower, and the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church on Rue Corneille. Yaron was survived by wife Elizabeth, two sons John A. and Alexander A., and three daughters, Olga, Mrs Grosse and Mrs Schepolieff, residing in Korea and Estonia. Son John (Ivan), b. 1903, trained as an architect and had worked with his father, representing the family business in Nanking in 1932–1935; in 1958 he moved to Brazil. Son Alexander was an artist and designer.