Small and Historic Towns in Zabaikalye: Sretensk, Aksha Authors Nikolai Kradin RAACS; Pacific Ocean State University Downloads PDF (Russian) DOI: https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.61.1504 Published 2019-08-29 Issue No. 61 (2019): small and historic Section Articles How to Cite Small and Historic Towns in Zabaikalye: Sretensk, Aksha. (2019). Project Baikal, 16(61), 67-79. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.61.1504 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Keywords: fortress; Chinese frontier; dirt walls; layout; configuration; carving; gable; triple-grazed window Abstract Basing on his study of archival and literature sources, field observations and photofixation, the author explores architecture of the so-called small and historic settlements in Zabaikalye, the frontier earth fortification in Aksha, and Sretensk, which celebrated its 330th anniversary in 2019. The author studies the planning, compositional and stylistic peculiarities of architecture of the given settlements and analyses the most architecturally interesting structures and specific decorations of wooden houses.