Authors

Selivanov Alexey A., Kuznetsova Alexandra B.
The specificity of Saratov province’s industrial architecture in the second half of the 19th - early 20th century

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №4 (92) December, 2025

The industrial architecture of Saratov province at the turn of the 20th century is a significant part of its historical and cultural heritage. It demonstrates a historical footprint, both technological and structural, and architectural and stylistic. At the same time, the industrial architecture of that period has been studied to a much lesser extent than the civil architecture. The typological range of this architecture is quite wide: mills, tobacco factories, iron foundries, machine-building factories, manufactories, printing houses, tanneries, and soap factories. The study reveals that the manufacturing industry was monopolized and centralized in the provincial center Saratov-Pokrovsk (now Engels). The peripheral medium-sized and small towns were confined to one city-forming enterprise. The periphery was unable to pull over industrial enterprises to itself from the center, being unable to economically support industrial diversification. At the same time, It is important to note that the architectural heritage of medium-sized and small towns experienced less change and distortion over time than in the large cities of the province.

Selivanov Alexey A.
WATER-LIFT FACILITIES - TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OBJECTS OF SARATOV PROVINCE (LATE 19th-EARLY 20th CENTURY)

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №2 (66) June, 2019

The article considers the value of the historical architectural heritage of the transport infrastructure facilities and the ensemble of the railway junction, decomposes standardized and original projects of water-lift structures, and identifies their regional features.