Keyword: «city»

As the title implies the article describes the ancient town of Ryazan. The author comes to the conclusion that it is hard to imagine the history of the Russian State, its military glory and culture, its literature and art, life and traditions without dignified contributions of Ryazan.

The study of the structure of the green frame of Tobolsk was carried out Greening activities carried out in the city in 2020 were studied. The features of the development of the green frame and the location of the greening zones on the territory of Tobolsk were identified.

Based on the author's many years of research, methodological aspects of the study of cities in the eastern regions of the Russian state are considered. Attention is paid to the substantiation of new approaches to the study of cities and fortress cities of the Petrine era: cities and fortress cities become the main tool in annexing and developing new territories. The results of a comparative analysis of the fortified cities of the southern, southeastern and eastern outskirts of the Russian Empire in the first quarter of the 18th century are presented, the evolution of domestic urban planning traditions is shown. The activities of Peter I are also studied from the point of view of Russia's search for fundamentally new approaches, both to foreign and domestic policy, taking into account one more alternative, such as changing the traditional value system of Russian society. The influence of fortress cities on the socio-cultural development of the annexed territories is noted. Particular attention is paid to the role of the cities of the Petrine era on the socio-cultural development of Western Siberia. The novelty of the study is seen in the fact that, in contrast to the methodological concept of the previous period, when peasant colonization was assigned the main role in the economic and cultural development of the Russian outskirts, the author substantiates the importance of the state's urban policy in the socio-cultural integration of the outskirts within the Russian Empire.

In the article, the authors share their impressions of V.V. Kirillov's special courses on architecture, which they attended at Moscow State University. It is noted that V.V. Kirillov not only possessed fundamental knowledge of the history of architecture, but also knew how to give them philosophical and poetic images, taught to see multidimensional reality in architectural forms. The question of the role of the Department of the History of Russian Art at Moscow State University in the training of specialists in the history of art is touched upon. The contribution of the head of the department, Alexander Ilyich Morozov, to the creation of a creative atmosphere in the team, which in the turning 1980-1990s. strived not only to preserve the scientific and educational traditions of the department, but to introduce into the educational process new subjects on the history of Russian fine arts and architecture. It is emphasized that an art historian, a candidate of art history, a specialist in the history of Russian architecture of the 17th-20th centuries provided him with invaluable assistance in this matter. Vladimir Vasilievich Kirillov.

Based on the analysis of a wide range of sources, the author considers the improvement of cities on the outskirts of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century on the example of such a significant region as Western Siberia. Attention is paid to such aspects as: paving of streets, construction of bridges and dams, lighting, water supply. The article describes in detail the activities of city governments for the development of urban improvement in the region. The construction of the Trans-Siberian railway marked a new stage in the development of Siberia, which was manifested, including in the rapid growth of the urban population, the formation of new cities, the development of the urban economy, and the complexity of urban management. In the area of improvement development, two trends can be noted: on the one hand, the growth of income of urban magistrates in fast-growing cities gave more opportunities for the development of the city's infrastructure; on the other hand, the rapid growth of the population and development, constantly multiplied the problems. In general, the modernization of urban life on the far edge of the Russian Empire was manifested not only in the economy, but also in such areas as construction, construction and improvement, which, of course, determined the changes in the appearance of cities. The proportion of stone buildings increased, and the scale of buildings increased, especially public ones – educational and medical, entertainment, cultural and educational, as well as industrial and commercial buildings. Gas and electric lights, telephone and Telegraph poles, and billboards were more and more frequently seen on the streets. Thanks to the efforts of the city government and the citizens themselves, the appearance and improvement of the region's cities changed for the better.