Druzhba Park of Culture and Leisure (Elista): The Shaping of Public Spaces in Urban Environment
https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2020-51-5-1389-1405
Abstract
Introduction. The article analyzes the formation of urban spaces as public places. Considerable attention is paid to the role of Druzhba Park of Culture and Leisure (Elista) in the city’s space. The paper suggests Druzhba Park be viewed not only as a natural zone in urban development, but also as a place for the identification of steppe people with urban environment. Goals. The article seeks to consider the place, functions and significance of the park in Elista’s public space. Methods. The study was conducted using the structural-and-functional method, and that of participant observation. Results. It is traced how changes in the political and sociocultural situations affected the visual attractiveness of the park. Urban development projects that have reconstructed the park’s space at the current stage are described. The work comes to the conclusion that the creation of Druzhba Park as a public space in the late 1930s was evidence of the spread of urban culture among the Kalmyk population.
Keywords
garden and park complex,
Druzhba Park of Culture and Leisure,
Elista’s urban environment,
city,
space
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by government subsidy — project name ‘Socio- Political and Cultural Development of South Russia’s Peoples: Comprehensive Studies of Respective Processes’ (state reg. no. АААА-А19-119011490038-5).
About the Author
Altana M. Lidzhieva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin St., 358000 Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Postgraduate Student, Junior Research Associate
Russian Federation
Postgraduate Student, Junior Research Associate
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Lidzhieva A.M. Druzhba Park of Culture and Leisure (Elista): The Shaping of Public Spaces in Urban Environment. Oriental Studies. 2020;13(5):1389-1405. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2020-51-5-1389-1405
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