Review on the monograph «South-Ur als citizens in the epoch of art nouveau culture (at the turn of XIX—XX centuri es)» by V. S. Tolstikov, A. Yu. Er ykalina

Abstract

The review stresses that modernizing processes in Russia at the end of XIX — beginning of
XX centuries were increasing in the South Urals as well when both capital cities and provincial
towns were becoming civilization outposts. The authors show that within the period of time under
research considerable shifts in material culture, growth of urban population were quite obvious, leisure
activities sphere in cities and towns was formed. All this resulted in many positive changes in
everyday cultural life of the South-Urals citizens. The reviewer appraises the source foundations of
the monograph research pointing out that the given work is an original historical research disclosing
an actual problem with great theoretical and scientific-practical meaning. The monograph materials
concerning the forms, the content and general trends of the South Urals urban citizens’ activities in
the epoch of art nouveau culture should be highly appreciated.