‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2020-4-764-777
Abstract
Introduction. The article deals with the early history of Elista as a city, and makes a first attempt to anthropologically compare urban space at the initial stage of the city’s history to its current conditions. Goals. The paper examines the first and key stage in the formation and development of Elista as center of Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast. Materials. The bulk of analyzed sources are documents contained in the National Archive of the Republic of Kalmykia. Results. The work concludes that the preservation of old buildings to date is a representation of the city’s local memory. As is shown, the preservation of historical architecture proved crucial to such a representation.
Keywords
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by government subsidy — project name ‘Socio-Political and Cultural Development of South Russia’s Peoples: Comprehensive Studies in 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
Russian Federation
Postgraduate Student, Junior Research Associate
References
1. National Archive of the Republic of Kalmykia.
2. Years of Elista: Past, Present, Future. Elista: Kalmizdat, 1965. 127 p. (In Russ.)
3. Berking H., Löw M. (eds.) Internal Logic of Cities: New Approaches to Urban Studies. Joint monograph. K. Levinson (transl.). 3rd ed. Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2019. 424 p. (In Russ.)
4. Buyanov D. V. et al (comps.) Stalingrad (Lower Volga) Krai: History of Administrative (Territorial) Division: 1928–1936. Reference book. Volgograd: Volgograd Science Publ., 2012. 575 p. (In Russ.)
5. Bakaeva E. P., Sangadzhiev Yu. I. Culture of Dwelling: Ethnic and Contemporary Priorities of Kalmyks. Elista: Dzhangar, 2005. 196 p. (In Russ.)
6. Borisenko I. V. Glimpses of the Past: Essays on Kalmykia’s History and Lore. Elista: Kalmyk Book Publ., 1990. 175 p. (In Russ.)
7. Elista: 150 Years. In 2 vols. Vol. 1: Elista ― a Miracle in the Steppe. Elista: Gerel, 2015. 95 p. (In Russ.)
8. Erymovsky K. True Stories of the Steppe: Essays, Short Novels. Elista: Kalmizdat, 1960. 255 p. (In Russ.)
9. Guchinova E.-B. M. Elista: ethnic symbols in urban environment. In: Shabaev Yu. P., Zherebtsov I. L. (eds.) Anthropology of the City. Vol. 1: Cultural Symbols and Images in Urban Environment. Ethnicity and Urban Identity. Syktyvkar: Institute of Language, Literature and History (Komi Scientific Center of Ural Branch, RAS), 2013. Pp. 43–65. (In Russ.)
10. Guchinova E.-B. M. Reciprocal Orientalism. In: E. B. Guchinova, G. A. Komarova (eds.) Anthropology of Social Changes: Studies in Sociocultural Anthropology. Coll. papers. Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2011. Pp. 464–480. (In Russ.)
11. Kalmyk ASSR: Historical Essays. Socialist Era. Moscow: Nauka, 1970. 432 p. (In Russ.)
12. Khan-Magomedov S. O. Architect Ilya Golosov (Pioneers of Soviet Architecture). Moscow: Znanie, 1986. 62 p. (In Russ.)
13. Khan-Magomedov S. O. Soviet Avant-Garde Architecture. Vol. 1: Issues of Structural Morphology. Masters and Trends. Moscow: Stroyizdat, 1996. 709 p. (In Russ.)
14. Nemichev I. S. Elista ― Capital of the Kalmyk ASSR: History of the City, 1928‒1970. Cand.Sc. (history) thesis. Elista, 1975. 203 p. (In Russ.)
15. Nemichev I. S. Elista and its role in the consolidation of the Kalmyk ASSR. In: Kalmyk ASSR: Studies in Historical Geography. Elista: Kalmyk Research Institute of History, Philology and Economics, 1981. Pp. 121‒126. (In Russ.)
16. Nemichev I. S. Elista: a brief historical essay, 1865‒1943. In: 100 Years of Elista: Past, Present, Future. Elista: Kalmizdat, 1965. Pp. 3‒32. (In Russ.)
17. Nemichev I. S. Stepnoy (Elista) City and Kalmykia’s districts during the Fourth and Fifth five-year plans: 1946‒1956. In: Kalmyk Research Institute of Language, Literature and History: Scholarly Notes. Vol. 9. Elista, 1970. Pp. 179‒219. (In Russ.)
18. Nora P. Problematique of memory places. In: P. Nora et al. France – Memory. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg University, 1999. Pp. 17–50. (In Russ.)
19. Pyurveev D. B. Architecture of Kalmykia. Moscow: Stroyizdat, 1975. 183 p. (In Russ.)
20. Shabaev Yu. P. , Zherebtsov I. L. (eds.) Anthropology of the City. Vol. 1: Cultural Symbols and Images in Urban Environment. Ethnicity and Urban Identity. Syktyvkar: Institute of Language, Literature and History (Komi Scientific Center of Ural Branch, RAS), 2013. 192 p. (In Russ.)
21. Zukin Sh. Urban Cultures. 2nd ed. Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2018. 424 p. (In Russ.)
Review
For citations:
Lidzhieva A.M. ‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited. Mongolian Studies. 2020;12(4):764-777. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2020-4-764-777
Views:
648
Email this article 