Construction of the fortified series of Cossack strongholds and village of Paris

The issue topicality is due to the increasing interest in architectural traditions of the Russian regions. The research objective is to identify the main development stages and features of the Cossack stanitsa (settlement) Paris of Novolineyniy region of Orenburg gubernia and evolution of architectural forms. The leading research method was historical-architectural analysis and summarization of archive and field data. A staged analysis of development of this type of settlements was performed. Descriptions and analysis of little-known architectural monuments of the region are presented. The paper reveals an interesting stratum of regional heritage. The article attempts to analyze a wide range of issues related to the formation of the architecture of the Cossack stanitsas (settlements) in the Novolineyniy region of Orenburg gubernia in the 19th–20th centuries. The layout, composition and stylistic features of the architecture of the Cossack stanitsas (settlements) in the Novolineyniy region are considered. Numerous materials of central and local archives were researched and are published for the first time