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Maria Mileva

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Maria Ivanova Mileva is a Bulgarian architect.

Biography
Born on 18 May 1926 in Sofia in the family of artist Ivan Milev and opera singer Katya Naumova. After Ivan Milev died on January 25, 1927, her mother remarried to architect Hristo Berberov.

Member of the Workers' Youth Union (RMS) since 1942 and of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) since 1964.

Although she paints well, on the advice of her stepfather, she did not apply to the Art Academy. He began to study architecture in Istanbul at the end of the war during his brief first marriage to Blagoy Popyordanov, who is vice-consul in the city. He graduated architecture in 1951 at the State Polytechnics. He worked (1951 He is the head of the Department of Architecture with the Monument Arts and Architecture at the Ministry of Construction and Architecture (1972 " 1977). Secretary General of the Union of Architects in Bulgaria (1977

She remarrys sculptor Stoyu Todorov. They have two sons - Arch. Alexander Todorov and Arch. Ivan Todorov.

Projects
He designs public buildings, urban planning and more. He worked actively for the synthesis of architecture with monumental arts.
Monument of Petko Voyvoda, Haskovo, co-authored with the sculptor Stoyu Todorov (1958);
Restaurant
Monument of the guerrilla team
Home of the Councils (Town People's Council) in Dimitrovgrad, Head of the Design Collective (1965);
National Library
Elena's Urban Planning Plan (1972);
An entrance monument to the Aytos highway with the sculptor Nadezhda Petrenko (1979);
Memorial Ensemble
Monument of remsists in Haskovo, co-authored with arch. Georgi Berberov and sculptor Stoyu Todorov (1983);
Multiple residential buildings, residential complexes, hotel complexes and others;
He formed exhibition chambers of commerce and fairs in Thessaloniki (1963), Leipzig (1964), Algeria (1969, 1971), Cyprus, Egypt, Brno, Plovdiv (1976, 1977), Barcelona (1980) and others.

Awards and awards

Honorary title of architect (1981).

Sources

Traffeshev, Nikolai. Architectural and Sculptural monument in Bulgaria. State Publishing House
Encyclopedia Bulgaria in 7 volumes, item 4 (M-O), BAS, Bulgarian Encyclopedia, Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1984
Contemporary Bulgarian monumental art 1956 Committee for Culture, До
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