New materials regarding research in the fields of architecture and urban construction are being presented. The authors also focus on the history of the creation of little-known buildings of interest, on the development of local architectural traditions, on new attributions, and introduce recently discovered archive materials. A number of papers are dedicated to the issues of architectural and urban planning development of historical towns and cities or study the formation of architectural ensembles. The edition also includes papers that are devoted to theoretical historical-architectural problems, to biographies of architects, or analyze artistic approaches and concepts.
Issue 59 (2013)
S. V. Sementsov.
The Town Construction Development of the Vodskaya Piatina in the 15th-17th centuries and of Ingria in the 17th Century prior to the Foundation of St. Petersburg
Studying written and cartographic sources from various Swedish and St. Petersburg collections, we may form an idea of the spatial settling of the lands around the Neva, the Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, prior to the foundation of St. Petersburg, that had taken place in the Novgorod-Moscow (before 1580) and Swedish (1580 – 1702-1710) periods. The author takes a close look at the principles of administrative territorial division, the formation of the road and waterway networks, at the system of settling the Neva region (scheme of towns, fortresses, trade and craft settlements, estates of the nobility, church architecture, etc.). The materials studied here are viewed in the light of the contemporary topography of the area of Greater St. Petersburg and its environs. Further attention is given to the numerous extant fragments of the general framework and centers of population. This type of work is conducted for the first time.
Keywords
St. Petersburg settlement scheme, Vodskaya Piatina, Ingria, continuity of spatial development, early Russian chronicles and Scandinavian sagas, Scribes’ books.