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Исторические поселения Русского Севера в контексте культуры конца XIX – начала ХХ вв.
The article presents a historiographical review of architectural and art studies of the historical and cultural landscape of the landmark settlements of the Russian North. The beginning of these studies can be traced back to the end of the XIX century, when the travelers, artists, writers and journalists discovered the Russian North after completion of the Northern Railway. The texts of that time are universally noted for a special distinctive flavor of the region, emanating both from its natural, historical and cultural features. This period sees emergence of the notion of the Russian North as the region containing the unique historical and cultural heritage or, as Academician I. E. Grabar put it, «the treasure-house of the Russian culture», since the North preserved virtually unchanged traditional forms and meanings that had been all but lost in the cultural environment of the southern and central regions of Russia. The author focuses on the studies centered around description of the architectural heritage and planning structure of the historical settlements...