Rural architecture of e left bank of Saratov Volga region (interchange of different cultures) (Saratov)

Abstract

The article examines the historical rural architecture on the territory of the modern Saratov region using the example of a peasant estate. Two neighboring groups of settlers are identified, who made up the main population of the left bank in the e 18th and early 20th centuries. Similarities and differences are indicated for the structure of peasant house. The principles of formation and places of distribution of various decorative finishing techniques are identified.Purpose: The aim of this work is to identify ways and means of forming traditional architecture on the left bank of the Saratov Volga region.Design/methodology/approach: Field research, the analysis of works of historians and local historians, critical analysis of archive a documents and literature review.Practical implications: Identification of exclusivity of the historically developed architecture of villages. Information obtained identifies the architecture of the Saratov Volga region among the diversity of architecture of the Lower Volga regions in architectural and ethnographic aspects.Value: The study of the regional architecture formation. The study of works of historians and local historians.