Kiriak Zavriev
Kiriak Zavriev 
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| Other names | Harutyun, Arutun, Arutyun |
| Birthplace | Tbilisi |
| Birth date | 16 January 1891 |
| Lived in | Tbilisi, St. Petersburg |
| Resides in | Tbilisi |
| Death place | Tbilisi |
| Education | St. Petersburg Institute of Railway Engineers |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Positions | Director of the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Earthquake-proofing of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR |
| Languages | Amenian, Russian, Georgian |
| Ethnicities | Armenian |
| Dialects | Eastern Armenian |
Kiriak Samsonovich Zavriev
Born Jan. 16 (28), 1891, in Tbilisi. Soviet scientist and professor in the areas of structural mechanics and earthquake proofing of structures; Founding member of Georgian Academy of Sciences (1941), founder and the first Director of Institute of Structural Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering of Georgian Academy of Sciences (now is named after him). Member of the CPSU since 1940, and member of Supreme Soviet of Georgian Socialist Republic.
Graduated from the St. Petersburg Institute of Railway Engineers/Institute of Communications Engineers in 1914 (with gold medal).
Zavriev’s main works are on the theory of structures. He was the first to propose a method of structural design according to destructive loads (1913). He also proposed and developed a dynamic theory of earthquake resistance (1926) and was the first to prove the feasibility of erecting earthquake-proof stone structures and to suggest the use of antiseismic strips in buildings. Zavriev was prominent in achieving a wide acceptance of structures built with lightweight concrete. He also designed many large bridges of the Transcaucasian Railroad and the Cheliuskin Bridge in Tbilisi. Since 1941 he has been the director of the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Earthquake-proofing of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR. He has been awarded two Orders of Lenin, Order of Labor Red Banner (twice), Order of War 1 class, Sign of Honor, and other medals.
Kiriak lived in the building he had built himself at 11/33 Alexandr Chavchavadze Street, Tbilisi.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979) and other sources.