Municipal Toponymic Policy as a Tool for Translation of Regional Identity: a Case of Modern Kazan (Russia)
Currently, the Russian cities are involved in the marketing of territories and competition for various types of resources. This aspect determines the relevance of issues related to building a strong image of the city, including its toponymic component. The category of regional identity is one of the...
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| description | Currently, the Russian cities are involved in the marketing of territories and competition for various types of resources. This aspect determines the relevance of issues related to building a strong image of the city, including its toponymic component. The category of regional identity is one of the significant tools for managing the image of a city. According to the author, it can be used in municipal toponymic policy to build a long-term strategy for toponymic designation. The author analyzes the current toponymic policy in the city of Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation, in terms of the manifestation of regional identity. The directions for the correction of the urban toponymicon in the post-Soviet era are considered. The dominant components of regional identity, explicated in the modern toponymy of Kazan, are revealed. The role of regulatory documents in the implementation of the municipal toponymic policy of the contemporary period is characterized. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99a1c69119d248f7b6368ae5d4a0435b2022-12-22T03:49:02ZengUniversity of GdanskJournal of Geography, Politics and Society2451-22492020-09-01103425410.26881/jpgs.2020.3.05Municipal Toponymic Policy as a Tool for Translation of Regional Identity: a Case of Modern Kazan (Russia) Marina Golomidova 0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7951-9208Ural Federal University Currently, the Russian cities are involved in the marketing of territories and competition for various types of resources. This aspect determines the relevance of issues related to building a strong image of the city, including its toponymic component. The category of regional identity is one of the significant tools for managing the image of a city. According to the author, it can be used in municipal toponymic policy to build a long-term strategy for toponymic designation. The author analyzes the current toponymic policy in the city of Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation, in terms of the manifestation of regional identity. The directions for the correction of the urban toponymicon in the post-Soviet era are considered. The dominant components of regional identity, explicated in the modern toponymy of Kazan, are revealed. The role of regulatory documents in the implementation of the municipal toponymic policy of the contemporary period is characterized.https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/JGPS/article/view/4989/4371urban toponymsmunicipal toponymic policytoponymic planningtoponymic constructionregional identityimage of the city |
| spellingShingle | Marina Golomidova Municipal Toponymic Policy as a Tool for Translation of Regional Identity: a Case of Modern Kazan (Russia) Journal of Geography, Politics and Society urban toponyms municipal toponymic policy toponymic planning toponymic construction regional identity image of the city |
| title | Municipal Toponymic Policy as a Tool for Translation of Regional Identity: a Case of Modern Kazan (Russia) |
| title_full | Municipal Toponymic Policy as a Tool for Translation of Regional Identity: a Case of Modern Kazan (Russia) |
| title_fullStr | Municipal Toponymic Policy as a Tool for Translation of Regional Identity: a Case of Modern Kazan (Russia) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Municipal Toponymic Policy as a Tool for Translation of Regional Identity: a Case of Modern Kazan (Russia) |
| title_short | Municipal Toponymic Policy as a Tool for Translation of Regional Identity: a Case of Modern Kazan (Russia) |
| title_sort | municipal toponymic policy as a tool for translation of regional identity a case of modern kazan russia |
| topic | urban toponyms municipal toponymic policy toponymic planning toponymic construction regional identity image of the city |
| url | https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/JGPS/article/view/4989/4371 |
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