Space Identity in Russian Regions: Analysis of Street and Food Services Names

Th e article focuses on space identity in Astrakhan, Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Tomsk, Tula and Cheboksary. Th ese cities were chosen due to the approximately equal population as well as principal diff erences in geopolitical location and cultural and historical context of development. Not only topon...

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Main Author: L. S. Zhirnova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jurist, Publishing Group 2015-09-01
Series:Сравнительная политика
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Online Access:https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/292
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Summary:Th e article focuses on space identity in Astrakhan, Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Tomsk, Tula and Cheboksary. Th ese cities were chosen due to the approximately equal population as well as principal diff erences in geopolitical location and cultural and historical context of development. Not only toponyms, but symbols were taken into account as an indication of the region. Th e proportion of names in Latin characters or with transliteration of foreign words was also calculated.
ISSN:2221-3279
2412-4990