Architectural silhouette of the Irkutsk wooden Kremlin in the urban landscape. Preliminary experiments with graphic and mock-up reconstruction and computer modeling with reference to the historical location

The defensive architecture of Siberia in the 17th-18th centuries is one of the important sections of the Russian architectural heritage, significant for the history of regional architecture during the period when Siberia and, in particular, Eastern Siberia, became part of Russia. The purpose of the study is to preliminarily and proportionally find the traces, images of the architectural appearance of the Irkutsk wooden Kremlin in the silhouette of the historical core of the city. The study uses the methods of planning analysis, analogs, an integrated approach with control points-markers, spatial units of information about the lost object. The authors studied graphic and text documents that give a general idea of the perimeter of the fortress and internal buildings, as well as historical sources about the Irkutsk Kremlin, from which the parameters of fortifications and amenities were taken and correlated with analogs. The main results were the identification of the location of the Irkutsk wooden Kremlin on a modern map of the city and a preliminary graphic and model reconstruction of the architectural appearance of the fortification. The historical and architectural fact of the uniqueness of the place of the lost object is also highlighted. Thus, the authors reveal the importance of the Kremlin as one of the main architectural and urban planning components of space organization in Irkutsk in the 17th-18th centuries. The results of this study can be used to organize archaeological research, restoration activities, etc. Based on the research carried out, further studies are planned using updated and new data.

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