A word about Mital

Abstract

It is the first attempt to comprehensively study the professional activities of the Irkutsk architect K. V. Mital. The author follows typical features of life and artistic journey of a provincial architect during the change of historical epochs in the first third of the 20th century. The author reveals the specific features of adaptation of provincial architects to the new aesthetic aspirations of the time, their ability to reconsider their creative views on the basis of political and ideological factors. The article allows to expand the historical knowledge about the period of formation of domestic architecture in provincial cities, which are geographically distant from the centre of the country.
Designed for architecture professionals, teachers, postgraduates, students specializing in “Architecture”, “Design of Architectural Environment”, “Theory and History of Culture”, “History”, “Cultural Studies”, as well as a wide range of people interested in regional architecture.