STAGES OF STYLISH DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF ELIZABETHGRAD AT THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH – BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY

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The article is devoted to the architecture of Yelysavetgrad at the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, that forms a large part of the historical center of the city and contains information about the development of medium-sized cities in southern Ukraine. The article presentes a classification of stylistic features and stages of the development of the Yelisavetgrad architecture of the period under study. On the basis of field surveys, studses of literary and archival sources, patterns of stylistic development, depending on the preferences of the time and the functional purpose of the buildings were revealed.
 In the development of Yelisavetgrad architecture of the studied period, four stages are distinguished: two stages of the development of eclecticism and two stages of the development of modernism. The first stage is characterized by a close connection with the classical heritage of the previous period and the influence of romanticism. It was called retrospective, because historical prototypes were used in the creative search for new forms. At the second stage, eclectic combinations of forms and decor were developing.
 The third stage is the most innovative. It is characterized by the development of international trends of modernism (decorative and rational) in combination with forms and directions of eclecticism. A combination of modern and ancient is observed in modern architecture. At the final stage, neoclassicism is more pronounced and complete than in previous periods. The article analyzes the connections between stylistic directions at each stage and their genesis during the studied period.
 Stages in the architecture of the studied period differ in the quality of changes in the stylistic development of the research objects. The results of the study represent the classification of objects according to the period of construction, of the stylistic direction and typology. This work can be used in further studies of the features of the architectural and planning development of Yelisavetgrad architecture in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries.