THE ARCHITECTURE OF MANOR HOUSES IN KURSK PROVINCE XVIII-FIRST HALF OF XIX CENTURY

Abstract

The study is based on the identified archival and printed sources, field studies of the author, which allow more reasonably reconstruct the architecture of the lost and preserved fragments of noble and merchant estates in the territory of the border region of Russia. The scientific novelty of the study is associated with the author's expeditions to identify signs of existence and full-scale survey of a number of surviving manor complexes, which had not previously attracted the attention of researchers. Of particular importance is the identification of archival and printed sources that allow more reasonably reconstruct the figurative and material structure of the lost elements of noble and merchant estates. The special significance of the complex research work is due to the possibility to fill in the gaps in the study of important pages in the history of national and regional Russian culture, reflected in the formation of regional features of construction techniques and imagery of architectural ensembles of estates of the Kursk region.