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Cultural and landscape zoning in the North-West Russia
[journal article]
Abstract This research was conducted in the framework
of cultural geography — a relatively recent
field of geography. This article considers
the problems of geographical study of cultural
landscapes of the North-West Russia, which includes
Saint Petersburg, the Leningrad, Novgorod,
Pskov, and Kaliningr... view more
This research was conducted in the framework
of cultural geography — a relatively recent
field of geography. This article considers
the problems of geographical study of cultural
landscapes of the North-West Russia, which includes
Saint Petersburg, the Leningrad, Novgorod,
Pskov, and Kaliningrad regions.
This article sets out to develop and test
the methodology for historical and cultural
zoning at the mesogeographical level.
The research and practical significance
of the work lies in the identification of the features
of formation of cultural landscapes in
the North-West Russia, which can be used for
the development of schemes of protection and
rational management of territorial cultural
and historical heritage.
The authors rely on historical and cultural
zoning as the basic geographical method
of research on cultural landscapes. To this
effect, the article offers a hierarchy of historical
and cultural zones comparable to the zoning
systems applied in physical, historical,
and cultural geography.
The major results of the research are the
authors' taxonomy of historical and cultural
complexes and the corresponding system of
historical and cultural zoning of the North-
West Russia presented on a sketch map. The
article offers an exemplary description of historical
and cultural provinces of the region.
The contribution of the research to the
Russian geography of culture is the authors'
variant of taxonomy of historical and cultural
complexes and the formulation of basic principles
of historical and cultural zoning at different
hierarchical levels.
The research results can be applied, first of
all, in the development of projects aimed at the
protection and use of territorial cultural heritage
in the framework of comprehensive schemes of
territorial planning of the country's regions.... view less
Keywords
classification; region; cultural landscape; cultural system; Russia; cultural heritage; regional distribution
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 109-116
Journal
Baltic Region (2011) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2011-4-14
ISSN
2079-8555
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works