СИМВОЛИЧЕСКИЙ ИНТЕРАКЦИОНИЗМ: ДОРЕВОЛЮЦИОННАЯ И СОВЕТСКАЯ АРХИТЕКТУРА КАК МЕДИА В ВОСПРИЯТИИ НОВЫХ ГЕНЕРАЦИЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ

Abstract

There are three historical stages in the urban development of many large and medium-sized cities of Russia: pre-revolutionary, So-viet and post-Soviet, with characteristic principles of urban planning and iconic architectural objects symbolizing certain values. Purpose: to study the peculiarities of the emo-tional perception of the Soviet, pre-Soviet and post-Soviet components of urban space by the youth of the Russian regional center in the 2020s. Research methodology: reasoning in the spirit of M. McLuhan, we consider ar-chitecture as media or intermediary between a person and the world of meanings. The analysis of mental maps will allow you to recreate the imaginary structure of urban space, identify individual components of this structure and determine their symbolic sig-nificance (including emotional) in the eyes of citizens. As a result of the study of mental maps, the trend of devaluation of the symbol-ic value of the old merchant building area has been determined. Once (in the pre-revolutionary period), the prestigious district is now poorly represented on the mental maps of young people. In the eyes of modern youth, the historical center of the city loses its importance and ceases to fit into the im-age of the future. The symbolic significance of such objects-symbols of the Soviet urban space, as the monument to Lenin, the build-ings of the regional and city administration, the Opera and Ballet Theater is also falling. Modern youth mental maps of Saratov also lack Soviet industrial giants and revolution-ary monuments. However, such architectural objects built in Soviet times as, for example, the Bridge and Victory Park on Sokolova Gora are still the main landmarks on the periphery of the city. Financing: this work is supported by the grants the Russian Science Foundation, RSF № 22-18-00153.