DOI: https://doi.org/10.34680/urbis-2025-5(1)-105-114
Preservation, revival, and transmission. Expert interview
Natalia Fedotova
Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University, Veliky Novgorod, Russia
ORCID: 0000-0003-4225-3666
Konstantin Khivrich
Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University, Veliky Novgorod, Russia
ORCID: 0009-0009-1586-522X
ABSTRACT
The presented expert interview is devoted to identifying key aspects of the cultural code of Veliky Novgorod and is one of the results of the 2024 expert survey, which involved people living in the city and participating in its modern development. The interview was conducted with an expert in the field of municipal government, who is involved in the city's cultural policy processes and the management of its cultural memory. During the interview, the expert was asked not only questions related to the interpretation of the concept of ‘cultural code’, but also a set of questions revealing the real practices and ways of manifesting and preserving the cultural code of Veliky Novgorod. The structure of the expert interview also included questions related to the issues of urban identity, which is connected to the understanding and positioning of the cultural code of the city among its citizens. The expert pays special attention to the memory structures of Veliky Novgorod, which define the framework of the city's cultural code. The expert believes that, despite the city's rich cultural and historical heritage, its cultural code does not fully reflect the unique images of its past. The narrative ‘Veliky Novgorod is the homeland of Russia’ plays a key role in the formation and promotion of the unique cultural code of Veliky Novgorod. This thesis can be revealed in several aspects: ‘the homeland of Orthodoxy’, ‘the homeland of Russian geniuses’, and ‘the homeland of education and enlightenment’, as each of these is based on significant events in the history of Veliky Novgorod, specific images, and memorable places.
KEYWORDS: cultural code of the city, urban identity, urban environment, culture of the city, Veliky Novgorod.
Information about the authors
Natalia G. Fedotova
Dr. Sci. (Cultural Studies),
Associate Professor of the Scientific and Educational Center for Humanitarian Urbanistics
Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
41, Bolshaya Sankt-Peterburgskaya St.,
Veliky Novgorod, 173003, Russian Federation
ORCID: 0000-0003-4225-3666
Web of Science ResearcherID: AAN-9678-2021
Scopus AuthorID: 557210828722
e-mail: [email protected]
Konstantin V. Khivrich
Assistant of the Scientific and Educational Center
for Humanitarian Urbanistics,
Postgraduate student of World History
and the International Relations Department
Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
41, Bolshaya Sankt-Peterburgskaya St.,
Veliky Novgorod, 173003, Russian Federation
ORCID: 0009-0009-1586-522X
e-mail: [email protected]
For citation:
Fedotova, N. G., & Khivrich, K. V. (2025). Cultural code of Veliky Novgorod: Preservation, revival and transmission. Expert interview. Urbis et Orbis. Microhistory and Semiotics of the City, 5(1), 105–114. https://doi.org/10.34680/urbis-2025-5(1)-105-114
