«Atazhukinsky garden» as an object of the cultural landscape of Nalchik

Landscape architecture objects (parks, gardens) are of interest for historical, aesthetic and cultural research. The article examines the processes of forming the historical and cultural complex «Atazhukinsky Garden», located in the resort area «Dolinsk» in Nalchik. The subject of the study is the study of the historical and sociocultural design of the park area as an important component of the cultural landscape of urban space. The tasks of the study are due to the need for a comprehensive study of the park as a geographical and historical place that forms the cultural landscape of the territory. Historical research methods restore the history of the formation of the «Atazhukinsky Garden» park from the middle of the 19th century to the present, changes and transformations that have occurred under the influence of political and ideological reasons are recorded. Analysis of the cultural landscape in terms of aгtistic categories allows you to determine the value system that affects the state of emotional and spiritual perception of the area.

Cultural analysis involves the study of the geographical, climatic, historical and socio-cultural characteristics of the object of the cultural landscape. As a result of the study, the unique geographical and climatic characteristics of the «Atazhukinsky Garden» park were identified (mineral springs, the Nalchik mountain river, pedestrian alleys and hiking trails with varying degrees of difficulty, favorable temperatures at any time of the year). The importance of the park in the historical and cultural space of the republic is emphasized: the first monuments of monumental art dedicated to various pages of the history of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, architectural buildings reflecting the processes of forming the city park as a resort area were erected on its territory. It was concluded that in the modern period, modeling of the cultural landscape of the park requires new approaches to its organization, morphology, structure, it becomes necessary to attract specialists in various areas of design and use of the cultural landscape with the involvement of modern information technologies.

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