Town-forming Enterprises Research Articles

Дискуссия по книге А.И. Кубышкина «Город и Мантия. Американский университет в структуре гражданского общества»

The new book by Alexander Kubyshkin, “Town and Gown. The American University in the Structure of Civic Society”, continues the discussion on U.S. education. N.A. Tsvetkova notes in the essay the unique methodological approach used by the author, who combines historical studies and memoirs, that makes the book an exceptional historiographical occasion in Russian-American studies. The review notes the following important topics that this book raises for consideration: metaphorical research, questions on the national and global status of a university, the dilemma of isomorphism, educational environment architecture, and the role of travelogues in understanding US universities. A.A. Sergunin’s essay “‘Gown’ in ‘Town’ and for ‘Town’. About the Place of the American University in Society”) focuses on the part of the study where the contribution of the university to the development of the city is determined. Comparing with his own observations, the author, following A.I. Kubyshkin, notes that the American University plays a multidimensional role, first of all, in the local community, especially if it performs the role of a “town-forming enterprise” in a relatively small settlement. A.L. Perevezetsev, in his essay “The American University: From Past to Future,” focuses on the evolution of the role of universities in the development of American cities, noting their economic contribution to the prosperous existence of the surrounding community. The author of the essay also draws attention to the extensive range of sources that the author of the book has accumulated over the years. The essay by S.B. Tokareva indicates the specifics of the author’s style in the book by A.I. Kubyshkin. The author notes that the book is not a rigorous academic study. Being written in a doxatic, subjective modality, it represents the reflections of a well-versed and interested author who offers the reader a panoramic overview of American university life, in which a historical excursion to the origins of American higher education is combined with a lively description of its present. Special attention is paid to reflections on ways of reforming the American and Russian higher education systems. The arguments against the assessment of the reform of the Russian higher school of the late 1990s and early 2000s as a “catch-up modernization” are presented.

Power and leadership in small Russian monotowns

ABSTRACT This article presents the outcomes of an empirical study of power and leadership in three small Russian monotowns, conducted in 2011–2015 and 2018–2020. The study demonstrates the variability of power relations in Russian towns, despite the policy of centralization and the strengthening of authoritarian tendencies in Russian politics. The political process in monotowns retains its specificity due to the presence of town-forming enterprises, which largely determine the life of urban communities. Town-forming enterprises retain a high potential for influence in the political space of small towns, especially those enterprises that have solid economic resources and are successfully developing; their presence creates additional opportunities for the formation of an urban regime. The role of these enterprises in local politics varies significantly—from active participation to actual withdrawal. The differences largely depend on their economic potential and development prospects, as well as on a personal factor—the position of enterprise owners and the readiness of the leaders of municipal authorities and enterprises to cooperate.

METHODOLOGY OF ASSESSMENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY-FORMING ENTERPRISES IN SINGLE-INDUSTRY TOWNS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

The urgency of the problem of development of town-forming enterprises has been facing the world for several years. The aim of the research is to develop theoretical and practical recommendations on sustainable development of town-forming enterprises. To achieve the goal, the method of content analysis was chosen, which allows to identify problematic issues and ways to solve them. The main results of the research: the development of town-forming enterprises abroad is considered, the current state of town-forming enterprises is studied, on the basis of which the coefficients of financial stability of 9 town-forming enterprises of monotowns of the Republic of Kazakhstan are calculated, the distribution of town-forming enterprises according to the criteria of financial stability is given, the mechanism of sustainable development of town-forming enterprises is proposed. The proposed recommendations will contribute to the sustainability of town-forming enterprises and promote the revival of single-industry towns in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The results of the study are aimed at further development of theoretical and practical recommendations for the development of single-industry towns in order to improve competitiveness, level and quality of life of the population.

ASSESSMENT OF ADVANTAGES OF USING A DIFFUSION PULSATING APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DIFFUSION SECTION OF A SUGAR FACTORY

The sugar industry in Russia plays a huge role in ensuring the country’s food security and is a strategic industry. Of the 90 sugar factories in Russia today, a third of the factories are closed due to unprofitability associated with the high cost of sugar production due to low feed capacity. The raw material for sugar production is sugar beet, mainly domestically produced. The locations of most sugar factories are small municipalities, for which they are the town-forming enterprises. For the revival of closed sugar factories, it is necessary to increase their capacity, which is difficult to do due to the fact that in the diffusion section of each sugar factory there is one large-sized imported diffusion apparatus of a mechanical type, which does not allow increasing capacity in any other way than purchasing a new, more high-performance expensive imported diffusion apparatus of a mechanical type. In the current conditions of uncertainty and disruption of trade relations with other countries, new suppliers of high-performance diffusion apparatus are needed in Russia itself, the apparatus of which would at least not be inferior to the Western apparatus. The Russian company Ingehim has developed a diffusion pulsating apparatus (DPA) without mechanical movable transporting devices, which reduces energy consumption, operating costs and lowers quality requirements for sugar beet chips. The test results obtained using an experimental unit showed a higher quality of the diffusion juice. The lightness of the juice was found to be much higher compared to juices produced in conventional diffusion apparatus, and the juice purity was found to be 5% higher at a comparable solids content, resulting in an additional amount of sugar produced per year, allowing for a faster return on investment.

Single-industry town: Assessing the activity of town-forming enterprise

Subject. The article considers performance indicators of a city–forming enterprise (absolute indicators, like revenue, cost of sales, net profit; relative indicators, like coefficients of autonomy, current liquidity, return on sales, assets, equity) and the level of socio-economic development of a single-industry town (demographic indicators, housing and communal services, investment activity). Objectives. The purpose is to analyze and evaluate the activities of a city-forming enterprise, its production and technological linkages and their impact on socio-economic development of the entire monotown. The paper considers the cases of Kamensk-Uralsky and Polevskoy monotowns and their town-forming enterprises. Methods. We employ methods of theoretical, statistical, financial and economic analysis. Results. We assessed the indicators of the monotowns’ socio-economic condition. In both cases, on the one hand, there are negative trends in population decline, the investment policy is underdeveloped. On the other hand, the construction of housing stock is expanding. There are production and technological linkages between the major employers of the monotowns under study. However, both of them are characterized by low efficiency of production and economic activity. Conclusions. The interaction of town-forming enterprises along production and technological chains, affiliation with larger institutional entities, like strategic unions, associations, corporations, etc., do not guarantee effective development of either the town-forming enterprise or the single-industry town as a whole. A better targeted support from municipal, regional, and federal government agencies, and attracting private investment are required.

SEVERSKY PIPE PLANT – THE LEADER IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN RUSSIA – 2021

Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ) is one of the oldest metallurgical enterprises in Russia and one of the most hightech pipe plants in the world. A Strategic program for the technical revamping of the plant has been developed and implemented, within the framework of the Strategic Program for the development of the TMK enterprises (STZ became its part in 2002). The environmental measures in this program are considered as the biggest priority. The total investments included 35 billion rub., and 5.5 billion rub. of this amount were assigned for the implementation of measures directed to the environmental safety. As a result of its implementation, 19 significant sources of hazardous emissions into the atmosphere were decommissioned, including four open-hearth furnaces. Eight newly commissioned facilities are equipped with modern gas treatment equipment. These measures contributed to 4 times reduction in the specific emissions of steelmaking production. Ten new recirculation cycles of water supply were introduced during the revamping. The water intake for technical water supply was reduced by 4 times, the volume of effluents decreased in more than half. The introduction of the best available technologies made it possible to bring the border of the sanitary protection zone very close to the border of the enterprise territory. The effluents discharged by the plant have several times lower hazardous substance concentration than the background ones on a number of components. In 2021, STZ became the winner of the XVII All-Russian competition “The leader in the environmental activities in Russia-2021” in the nomination of “The best environmentally responsible town-forming enterprise”.

TOP MANAGEMENT OF TOWN-FORMING ENTERPRISES AND LEGISLATURES OF SMALL TOWNS: PERSONS MATTER

The article presents the outcomes of an empirical study in three small towns of the Russian Federation in 2012-2015 and 2019-2020. The main empirical material was obtained through in-depth interviews (101 interviews in total) with the main actors of local politics. The study showed that in all communities the leadership of town-forming enterprises has a substantial potential to influence decision-making process. However, the degree and nature of their involvement in urban politics varies significantly - from active involvement to leaving. In both cases, the interests of enterprises were taken into account by the leadership of the legislatures, which either directly consisted of representatives of the enterprises, or from the very beginning positioned itself as their partner. When the local representative government is headed by representatives of big business, the possibilities for exercising control over the actions of the executive branch increase. The study showed that town legislatures are a platform for reconciling the interests of big business and the executive branch, without which the participation of big business in the local political processes would be behind the scene and informal. The possibility of turning the legislature into a platform for coordinating interests directly depends on the personal qualities of town and business leaders, their authority and understanding of the importance of cooperation. In the absence of this, the legislature will not be able to successfully participate in the elaboration of the community development strategy. The study showed that the company's desire to coordinate its actions with the executive branch does not necessarily lead to a clear dominance of the company over municipal structures, and the real partnership between the two main participants in urban politics largely depends on the personal factor.

Social and hygienic problems and mortality of the population after the liquidation of a city-forming enterprise for the production of chemically hazardous substances (on the example of Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk region)

Introduction. In Usolye-Sibirskoye, after the liquidation of the town-forming enterprise "Usoliekhimprom", the socio-economic and demographic situation sharply worsened, and environmental problems accumulated since the 30s of the twentieth century aggravated. For the period 1990-2019, the city's population decreased by almost 30%. The study aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the mortality rate of the male and female population of Usolye-Sibirskoye, the Irkutsk Oblast and Russia and assess the contribution of a certain age and gender groups (children, working-age, and post-working age) to the formation of super-mortality in the population. Materials and methods. The study base was the primary data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Table C-51 "The number of deaths by sex, age and specific causes of death" and 2PN "Population by sex and age"). We calculated the age-specific for 5-year age groups and age-standardized mortality rates from all causes of death separately for the male and female population of Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk Oblast and Russia for ten years (2010-2019) and traced them dynamics. Standardization was carried out by a direct method (the standard is the population of Russia according to the 2010 census). Considering the small population of the city and the resulting fluctuations in the mortality rate in individual years, to obtain stable indicators, we summarized the data on mortality for ten years (2010-2019) and calculated the average coefficients. We performed similar calculations for the region and country. We also assessed the contribution of certain age and gender groups (children, working and post-working ages) to the formation of excess mortality. Results. During 2010-2019 among the male and female populations of Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk Oblast and Russia, there was a steady decrease in mortality, but in the city, higher rates and slower rates of their decline were recorded compared to the region and the country. As a result, at the end of the observation period, the gap between the city's mortality rate and the compared territories increased even more. The most significant demographic losses occurred in the working age, where the average mortality rate for men and women over ten years was 28 and 37%, respectively, higher than the regional and 1.8 and 2.2 times the national average. Conclusion. Thus, the main contribution to the excess mortality of the population of Usolye-Sibirskoye is made by men and women of working age (from 53.6% to 72.5% depending on the comparison area), which, on the one hand, maybe a consequence of the influence of harmful and dangerous working conditions. In combination with a polluted environment, on the other hand, it may be due to the termination of the operation of a city-forming enterprise and the inevitable increase in unemployment and socio-economic tension in these conditions.

Impact of technogenic dust pollution from the closed mining enterprise in the Amur Region on the ecosphere and human health

Environmental protection is a complex ecological and economic problem, including the need to develop and implement a number of environmental protection measures to mitigate the negative impact of mining waste on all natural environment components and human health. In this regard, the study purpose was to assess the impact of Pb, Cd, Cr, and As compounds on the environment and health of the population of the Solnechny miner’s village. Based on the purpose, the following tasks were set: 1) review and systematization of literature data on the problem of technogenic dust pollution; 2) assessment of the mining industrial system as a source of ecosystem pollution with toxic elements within the closed mining enterprises impact areas; 3) development of proposals for mitigating the impact of mining activities on ecosystems and human health. The paper presents the findings of the study of the elemental status of children and adolescents living within the closed town-forming enterprise JSC Solnechny GOK impact area. The relationship between the level of technogenic pollution of the natural environment and the changes in the elemental status of the children was shown. A feature of the elemental status of the children in the study group was high content of heavy metals, including Pb, Cr, and As. Our research confirmed the data that a growing child’s body actively adsorbs compounds of toxic chemical elements. Deficiency and imbalance of microelements in the body can cause ecologically-related diseases in the child population. Individual and population carcinogenic risks (CR) caused by the As, Pb, and Cr pollution were calculated. In accordance with the acceptance criteria for the risk caused by exposure to the pollutants, the individual carcinogenic risk CR (Cr) = 1,05 · 10–3 belongs to the fourth range and is unacceptable neither for the population, nor for occupational groups. This is De manifestis risk, and when it is reached, it is necessary to carry out emergency curative measures to mitigate it. The individual risks CR (As) = 7,05 · 10–4 also exceed the acceptable level for the population. This level of pollution is subject to permanent monitoring, requires development and implementation of planned curative measures to improve the indicators of the human environment, one of which is the organization of the environmental monitoring system in the study area.

Problems and Limitations of Sustainable Development of the City of Baikalsk: Formation of a Modern Digital Economy

The problems of Russian single-industry towns are the main threats to the national social and political instability. Currently, the problems of development of single-industry towns remain one of the most discussed issues. Due to their location and specialization, single-industry towns re an integral part of the national and regional economies. In many single-industry towns, the situation is tense due to high unemployment rates, bankruptcy of many town-forming enterprises, and poor economic diversification. Currently, in Russia there are 320 monotowns, where 10% of the country’s population live. These are large industrial centers and small settlements. Most of them are located in industrial regions. All-round support for single-industry towns is provided by a special fund, which is part of the VEB Group. For example, for investment projects, loans are provided at 0 % interest rate. The cost of projects was reduced 20 times. Therefore, small and medium-sized enterprises can become main recipients of funds. Under the new program, investors will be able to return tax payments from new enterprises.

Громадські об’єднання в заводських та шахтарських поселеннях Донбасу (1870-1917)

The article is about legal, civic associations established by the residents of company towns of the Donbas in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Broadly accepted definitions of company towns highlight such characteristics as the spatial isolation of the settlement, residential segregation, the dominance of a single industry, and the social and cultural infrastructure developed by the company. Scholars most often emphasize the dependence of the residents on the business as the main feature of the company town. The firm in most company towns operated not only as an employer but also as a landlord and provider of services and goods for the workers. Consequently, working and non-working spaces and activities equally became the concern of its administration. Researchers have pointed out the unprecedented power of the company over their employees, and they tend to view even welfare programs and urban planning through the prism of constructing a loyal, that is, fully controlled society. The article demonstrates that civic association existed in the company towns despite the conservative (and sometimes reactionary) attitude of town-forming enterprises and the government. Most of such associations were initiated and supported by the enterprises, which allows them to control the former. However, some company towns managed to establish civic organizations aimed to limit corporate power. They used conflicts between more powerful stakeholders, such as the enterprises, the government, local political elites, to endorse their agenda. Their success was moderate. Nevertheless, even the presence of such organizations already indicates the limited power of town-forming enterprises and gives evidence for civic society in the largest company towns of the Donbas. Company towns in the Donbas were not lands of absolute freedom since the relatively modest presence of the central government was compensated by the corporate power. At the same time, such settlements could not be characterized as places of total suppression. Even in the most controlled company towns, the power of the town-forming enterprises was not absolute. Despite having political and economic control in such settlements, town-forming enterprises had to compromise with workers, representatives of regional authorities and local communities.

Interactional experience with the employer during a selection of educational content in a single-industry town

Training of personnel for industrial enterprises of a single-industry town is an opportunity for the stable development of the local labor market. As a rule, single-industry towns of our country are mechanical engineering or coal-metallurgical towns. Nizhny Tagil is no exception. On its territory there are metallurgical, mining and machine-building enterprises. Colleges and universities that train specialists for town-forming enterprises can be a driver for the stable functioning of a single-town economy. For this, it is necessary to adapt the content of educational programs to the actual needs of employers. The article describes a number of problems that representatives of educational institutions had to solve in the process of interaction with an employer to update the content of education. Such problems were: difficulties in visiting enterprises, in particular, defense (machine-building) ones, ambiguity in the interpretation of the concept of ‘competence’ by teachers and employers, the difficulty of dividing workers by education levels on the part of employers. A simplified version of the employer survey form is proposed. It allows to determine the priority areas in the training of personnel for the industry.

An empirical analysis of town-forming enterprises' corporate social responsibility: Evidence from the Volga Federal District

Subject. This article explores the determinants of social responsibility of backbone enterprises. Objectives. The article aims to investigate the relationships between the socio-economic situation of the monotown where the backbone company operates, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Methods. For the study, I used a regression analysis and univariate analysis of spatial data. The rating estimates calculated using an original methodology are used as a CSR proxy (dependent variable). Results. Presenting information about the current situation of backbone enterprises and monotowns in Russia, the article reveals the existence of relationships between the backbone enterprise's affiliation to a monotown with a certain socio-economic situation and the level of corporate social responsibility. Conclusions. The situation of the backbone companies is likely to deteriorate. Increasing the level of social responsibility during a crisis seems unlikely.

ВЗАИМООТНОШЕНИЯ МОНОГОРОДОВ И ГРАДООБРАЗУЮЩИХ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ ЧЕРЕЗ ПРИЗМУ ТЕОРИИ ИГР

The paper analyzes the relationship between a city-forming enterprise and local authorities in creating social infrastructure facilities and their functioning in a single-industry town. City-forming enterprises significantly determine the effectiveness of particular territories - single-industry towns, while exerting a comprehensive impact on their socio-economic situation and territorial development. Due to the peculiarities of their location and functioning, city-forming enterprises often assume obligations to create and maintain social infrastructure facilities. In this paper, we will consider the players’ interest in social infrastructure facilities functioning, and will also determine the impact of its development level on the activities of a city-forming enterprise and a single-industry town. In the article, through the application of game theory, the interests and strategies of behavior of the two main players on the issue of creating new or financing old objects of the social infrastructure of a monotown are considered. In the model proposed by the authors, two players are considered. Player A is the town-forming enterprise, and Player B is the local government. Each of the players has two strategies of behavior, the first strategy is to provide financial assistance to social infrastructure facilities, and the second is not to provide financial assistance. Having created a matrix of results, we will determine the payoffs of the players, which will further help us find the Nash equilibrium and determine the Pareto efficiency. Additionally, the work will consider the duality of the results, which will demonstrate the inconsistency of the functioning of the model when using only the rules of game theory and taking into account only market factors without taking into account real social conditions.

Assessment of town-forming enterprises’ economic sustainability for Karelia’s monotowns

Due to the possible inclusion of Kalevalsky National Municipal District, Segezhsky Municipal District and Kostomukshsky Urban Okrug of Republic of Karelia into the Arctic Zone of Russian Federation (AZRF), three monotowns may be added into AZRF: Segezha, Nadvoitsy and Kostomuksha. Obviously, these monotowns are entitled to receive additional benefits, preferences from the state. But what about the basic elements of a single-industry town, i.e. its town-forming enterprises? In order to answer this question, the authors investigate a population dynamics in monotowns of Republic of Karelia and analyze the economic stability of urban enterprises and their share in formation of population incomes. The research has been done towards the monotowns of the categories I, and II, as there are no monotowns of category III in Republic of Karelia. The article draws conclusions about the economic sustainability of Karelia’s urban enterprises for the period 2012-2018.

North Selkup state farms as a state social policy instrument

The city-forming role of the North Selkup state farms, as also the farms themselves, has not yet been the subject of a special research; the author had to «develop the virgin soil» exploring this topic. The study is based on materials from the Krasnoselkup Municipal Archive. Carried out was the analysis of the records for the Pol-yarny state farm for 1974–2000, the Tolkinskiy state farm for 1970–2004, the report of the Krasnoselkup Village Council for 1978, and the summary report on the performance of five local collective farms for the period of 1951–1961. Some information was gathered from the report of the Krasnoselkup oil and gas exploration expedition in 1979 stored in the Krasnoselkup Museum of Local Lore. Materials from conversations with the Krasnoselkup Dis-trict residents from the author’s field archive were also used. This study confirms that the state farms, built on traditional economic activities, played the role of town-forming enterprises for the Selkup villages and served as guarantors of the Selkup economic and social well-being. The dependence of the inhabitants of the villages (or the Selkup part of the villages’ population) on the state farms was expressed in the opportunity of employment in the traditional economic sector, as well as in the use of the village infrastructure created by the state farms. The city-forming function of the northern agricultural enterprises was the result of the state policy of supporting the indigenous peoples of the North; it originated during the collective farm time and reached its maximum develop-ment during the state farm period. Socialist modernization is generally considered to be an unprecedented disin-tegration, destruction and breakage of a stable economic culture, and associated with the strong turbulence of the everyday environment. Owing to the city-forming function of the Selkup state farms, as well as their social orienta-tion, the process of socialist changes among the Selkups proceeded gently, overall painlessly, improving the qual-ity of life and being associated with an understanding of its normality and the absence of practices for avoiding and leaving for the informal economy. Selkup state farms, together with the villagers entrusted to them, began to experience strong turbulence with the onset of the state crisis in 1991. The 1990s decade ended with collapse of the state farms, and with the social tragedy for the Selkup population.

The role and place of small innovative enterprises in the construction industry in the modern economy of single-industry towns

This article gives an author’s interpretation of a Russian single-industry town, in which the key factor in the socio-economic development of a territory is the successful development of a town-forming enterprise. It is proved that the development of single-industry towns can be promoted by the development of small innovative entrepreneurship. One of the promising forms of small business development may be the construction industry, which is one of the most promising industries in Russia. The main social functions of small business in the construction industry are highlighted.

Igarka as a Frontier: Lessons from the Pioneer of the Northern Sea Route

The article considers the development trajectory of Igarka, a pioneer export port of the Northern Sea Route. The focus is made on analyzing the possibilities of preserving the town after the collapse of the town-forming enterprises. The main conceptual framework of the analysis is the Jack London’s hypothesis introduced by Alaskan economist Lee Husky (about potential of frontier cities for further development in the post-boom period). The findings are that the reason for the current economic and social crises in Igarka is not only the change in the conditions of timber export and navigation along the Northern Sea Route in the 1990s, but also the reduced economic functions of the town, as well as the decrease in the diversity of the urban environment as a whole, after paradoxically record production indicators in the last Soviet decades

ELEMENT STATUS OF THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION OF TECHNOGENIC GEOCHEMICAL AREAS

Introduction. The Ural part of the Republic of Bashkortostan is distinguished by a variety of geomorphological, geological and geographical factors, economic specialization and level of economic development. However, the degree of impact of the total anthropogenic load on the environmental state of the entire territory is classified as “strong”. The influence of living environment features on the elemental status of the population, including children, negative trends in morbidity rates necessitate biomonitoring, based on the study of the composition of the human biological media. Material and methods. Using the atomic absorption method 491 samples of children’s hair have been analyzed. Quantitative assessment of the levels of Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, Cr, Ni, As, Pb, Cd accumulation in the hair in children aged 0 - 7 years old, born and lived in the industrial, industrial-agricultural and predominantly agricultural areas of the eastern part of Bashkiria has been done. Results. In the body of children, the accumulation of toxic metals originates from food and inhaled polluted air coming from industrial plants. Proof of inhalation exposure is the relationship between the decrease in the level of toxic elements in the emissions of town-forming enterprises and children’s bio-media over a ten-year observation period. The adaptability of children’s body to the macro-and trace elements presented in the residential zone has been revealed. Conclusions. The metal concentration in the hair of children is characterized by a very large variability, at which an inverse relationship between the accumulation of biochemically necessary and potentially dangerous elements is noted. Toxic elements penetrate through the intrauterine barrier; as a result, the child is born with elevated concentrations of heavy metals, a significant decrease of which occurs by the end of the first year of life.

Planning Structure Analysis of Izium Town of the Kharkiv Region of XVII–XVIII Centuries Period in the Context of the Historical Town Planning Studies in 2018

A lot of cities located in Kharkiv oblast are in the Register of Historic Settlements of Ukraine. Among them, the town of Izium deserves special attention because of its rich history. However, Izium remains underexplored, which makes the historical research of its urban planning a relevant and important issue . Author presents his research findings of the Izium town area, which he made in 2018 being a member of the civil society organization “POG “Instytut Kulturnoi Spadshchyny” under All-Ukrainian Committee on Protection of Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, participating in the creation of the design and specifications for the Historical and Architectural Outline Plan of Izium in Kharkiv region. It defines the boundaries of the protected areas around historical monuments and historical sites and arrangements for their use. The purpose of the research was to study the historic and architectural processes that took place within the town area in the 17th-18th centuries and to determine the peculiarities of the local urban planning. The object of the research includs the area of Izium listed in the Register of Historic Settlements of Ukraine (dated 1639 (Serdyuk, Bobrovsky, & Kirilenko, 2011, p. 562)), the town plan and landscape. The urban space and structure of Izium became the subject of the research . The author followed the commonly used methodology of historical research on urban planning and historical landmarks preservation (Vecherskyi, 2011). The selected methodology of the research of the historical and architectural heritage of the town became the key success factor. The author examined the town area taking into account major historical milestones and key urban structure elements (industrial settlement, town, railway, town-forming enterprises, the historical center of the town, etc.) The author also used the methodology of historical and architectural evaluation of the city structure (the main criterion was chronological, the secondary criteria were composition and landscape), which helped to estimate the condition of the historical center planning. Based on the retrospective and geographic analysis of archival records, literary sources, maps dated 17th-18th centuries and on-site inspection the author studied the prerequisites of urban planning in the town of Izium and surrounding landscapes of the Siverskyi Donets river valley. The study of previously made research and analysis of historical maps helped to get a more comprehensive picture of the urban development processes occurring at different times within the area and dynamics of the town planning development. The originality of the research is in finding the laws of origin and evolution of Izium town planning patterns in the 17th-18th centuries and major peculiarities of the town’s history. The results and conclusions of the research contributed to the creation of historical and architectural outline plan of the city and the determination of the size and dimensions of conservation areas and specification of their use. The historical and architectural outline plan can be used during the design of the General Urban Growth and Development Plan and zoning of the town area.