‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited
Introduction. The article deals with the early history of Elista as a city, and makes a first attempt to anthropologically compare urban space at the initial stage of the city’s history to its current conditions. Goals. The paper examines the first and key stage in the formation and development of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Монголоведение |
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| Online Access: | https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/565/460 |
| Summary: | Introduction. The article deals with the early history of Elista as a city, and makes
a first attempt to anthropologically compare urban space at the initial stage of the city’s
history to its current conditions. Goals. The paper examines the first and key stage in the formation and development of Elista as center of Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast. Materials. The
bulk of analyzed sources are documents contained in the National Archive of the Republic
of Kalmykia. Results. The work concludes that the preservation of old buildings to date is a
representation of the city’s local memory. As is shown, the preservation of historical architecture proved crucial to such a representation. |
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| ISSN: | 2500-1523 |