Urban Bridge Construction in the European Northwest of Russia as Part of the Country’s Modernization in the 19th – Early 20th Centuries

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https://doi.org/10.37482/2687-1505-V112

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urban bridge construction in Russia, history of bridge construction in Russia, modernization theory, urban bridge, urban infrastructure, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Novgorod province

Abstract

Urban bridge construction in Russia remains a largely unexplored topic. At the moment, the vast majority of studies devoted to the history of bridge building (mostly, specialized technical literature) do not consider this topic as a subject of historical research proper. Regional studies rarely focus on urban bridge building. Research into this topic as part of a large modernization process allows us to identify the characteristic features inherent in bridge building in Russia’s regional centres in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The purpose of this article is to study urban bridge construction in the European Northwest of Russia as part of the country’s modernization. The sources include records of the State Archives of the Arkhangelsk Region and published documents on the history of Vologda. The author applied the comparative historical and historical-systematic method, as well as modernization theory. The article analyses various modernization approaches to the study of Russian history, examines the development of bridge construction in the 19th century and its implementation in a number of cities in the European Northwest, highlighting the specifics of each case as well as general features typical of the country as a whole. In conclusion, the characteristic features of urban bridge building in Russia during the period under study and their connection with the country’s modernization are identified. It should be mentioned that this paper is one of the first attempts to analyse the development of bridge construction in Russia from the point of view of historical science. Its results can be used for research into the history of the modernization process in Russian regions, as well as in the preparation of specialized historical works on the development of bridge construction.

For citation: Gulyaev S.S. Urban Bridge Construction in the European Northwest of Russia as Part of the Country’s Modernization in the 19th – Early 20th Centuries. Vestnik Severnogo (Arkticheskogo) federal’nogo universiteta. Ser.: Gumanitarnye i sotsial’nye nauki, 2021, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 5–12. DOI: 10.37482/2687-1505-V112

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Author Biography

Сергей Сергеевич ГУЛЯЕВ, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov

аспирант кафедры отечественной истории

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Published

2021-09-17

How to Cite

ГУЛЯЕВ, С. С. (2021). Urban Bridge Construction in the European Northwest of Russia as Part of the Country’s Modernization in the 19th – Early 20th Centuries. Vestnik of Northern (Arctic) Federal University. Series "Humanitarian and Social Sciences", 21(4), 5–12. https://doi.org/10.37482/2687-1505-V112