Polchikova N. Development and principles of formation of the East Slavic architecture (from the late Palaeolithic to the Kievan Rus)

The thesis is devoted to the formation of architecture of Russia and the principles of its formation up to 11 century AD. The said process lasted 11- 12 thousand years, from the late Palaeolithic to the late 10th century BC. The thesis analyses the development of construction practice separately by historical epochs: Stone Age, Eneolithic, Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, Early Middle Ages, and by natural areas: the northern Black Sea, steppe, forest-steppe from the late Palaeolithic to 4th century BC in what is now Ukraine and Moldova. Analysis of early medieval architecture, 5th-10th cc. BC, is made for the entire territory of Ancient Russia. Analytical data were the basis for uncovering the principles, upon which the process of the formation of the Eastern Slavs architecture on the eve of their association in a single state was accomplished