‘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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Main Author: Altana M. Lidzhieva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр 2020-12-01
Series:Монголоведение
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Online Access:https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/565/460
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-6ae2374f34204210a1f5301bff93b9de2022-12-21T21:04:07ZengРоссийской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центрМонголоведение2500-15232020-12-01124764777https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2020-4-764-777‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) RevisitedAltana M. Lidzhieva0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3932-0354Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RASIntroduction. 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.https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/565/460historyregional centerelistacollective memorycityurban spacesocial memoryidentity
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‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited
Монголоведение
history
regional center
elista
collective memory
city
urban space
social memory
identity
title ‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited
title_full ‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited
title_fullStr ‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited
title_full_unstemmed ‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited
title_short ‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited
title_sort people would set out completely convinced there will be a city history of transforming elista into a city 1928 1930 revisited
topic history
regional center
elista
collective memory
city
urban space
social memory
identity
url https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/565/460
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