Keyword: «border»

Based on the analysis of graphic documents found in the central archives, using the ideas of the European "new fortification" as a methodological approach, the author considers the degree and stages of implementation of fortification innovations introduced in the era of Peter the Great during the construction of defensive fortifications on the Siberian lines. Attention is paid to the development trend of the European fortification of the Renaissance. The issue of the Dutch influence of the "new fortification" on the organization of the border space in Russia is discussed. The results of a comparative analysis of the penetration of European traditions of fortification into the European part of Russia and Siberia are presented. Particular attention is paid to the characteristics of individual elements of the bastion system. On the example of the Semipalatinsk fortress, a review of the evolution of the process of penetration of innovations into the practice of organizing the border space in the south of Western Siberia is made. Graphic materials on the objects of fortification of the Siberian lines are presented.

Based on the study of the cultural history of the traditional Russian city, the cultural and symbolic foundations of the formation of urban everyday life are considered. The article describes spatial mythologies as cultural universals. The role of spatial mythologies in traditional urban culture is considered. Some features of the cultural space of a traditional Russian city are considered. The article touches upon the problem of the symbolic significance of borders in its cultural space, as well as urban ritual and everyday practices of their development. Particular attention is paid to the substantiation of the role of marginal spaces in the structure of a traditional Russian city. The most important symbolic elements of urban space and the associated marginal phenomena are considered. The influence of tradition on the formation of marginal spaces, as well as their significance for the urban traditions themselves, is noted. The novelty of the study is seen in the fact that the problem of marginality in urban culture is actualized in relation to tradition, transferred to the sphere of science of tradition.