Cultural space of Russia

Abstract

With the author’s permission, Project Baikal publishes excerpts from Andrey Bokov’s forthcoming book on Russian cultural space. The article provides a comparative analysis of Russian cultural space in comparison with European and Eastern cultural spaces; transformations started by Peter the Great and actively continued under Catherine the Great; subsequent stages, including the Soviet practice of spatial construction and the latest transformations.

Keywords

• natural and cultural space
• regularities
• isomorphism
• spatial planning
• living environment
• city