Small and Historic Towns in Zabaikalye: Sretensk, Aksha

Authors

  • Nikolai Kradin RAACS; Pacific Ocean State University

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.61.1504

Published

2019-08-29

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

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.