VOLGOGRAD - TSARITSYN - STALINGRAD PLANNING PATTERN: GENESIS OF COMPONENTS (FROM 1589 TO THE 90-S OF XX CENTURY)
The article focuses on the formation of Volgograd planning pattern while applying the method of component analysis of the changes in the city planning pattern and outlining the interdependence of these changes in the process of investigating the genesis of the planning pattern. The paper shows different stages of the quantitative growth of the city and qualitative changes in its planning organization. Quantitative growth of the road network in Volgograd and its qualitative changes over the time are investigated. The stages of both nodal and linear urban centers formation are marked. Processes of intensive and extensive development of these centers are described. Quantitative growth rates for all components of Volgograd planning pattern are determined. These figures are summarized in the tables. In conclusion a graphical sheme of the genesis of Volgograd - Tsaritsin - Stalingrad planning pattern is put forward.