NARRATION IN SPACE: THE EVOLUTION OF NATIVE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM COMPLEX

Abstract

The article discusses the history and stages of development in Russia of a unique type of architectural structure - Memorial-Museum complex. This is a complex object, that usually integrates the memorials, monuments, museums and parks into coherent ensembles. Memorial architecture is one of the most important basis of the spiritual identity of every society and type of governmental system. Its main target is to strengthen the identity of a particular ethnic group or their Union by means of architectural, spatial and artistic influence, in which the main are image and symbol. Despite some similarities with foreign counterparts, the domestic practice of creation of the Memorial and Museum complex has several unique features and differences, which has not been studied before comprehensively in the professional press. The author highlights in this historical process four periods, which are discussed in two parts of the article. Their origins and impact factors are analyzed and the main representatives are considered.