The theme of the scientific work is «Saratov  school of architects of the beginning of the XX-th century». The text part  includes the introduction, three chapters, the conclusion, and as the  bibliographic list.  
      In chapter one «Character of the  Saratov school of architects of the beginning of the XX-th century in a context  of the all-Russian and European development» is analyzed European, Russian and,  in particular, the Saratov architecture of the beginning of the XX-th century. 
      The second chapter «Leading  architects of the Saratov architectural school of the beginning of the 20-th  century» gives representation about known Saratov architects of the beginning  of the XX-th century (Mjufke, Zybin, Kolistratov, Ljukshin, Salko): periodizations  of their creative biography and specificity of formation of architectural and  art outlook. 
      In the third chapter  «Architecturally-spatial features of creativity of architects» are considered  by the Saratov architecture stylistics, proportions and architectural details  of the buildings of the Saratov architects of the beginning of the XX-th century. 
      The structure of dissertational  research reflects interrelation and sequence of  achieving the aim and tasks. 
        
      Architectural theory is the act of  thinking, discussing, or most importantly writing about architecture.  Architectural theory is taught in most architecture schools and is practiced by  the world's leading architects. Some forms that architecture theory takes are  the lecture or dialogue, the treatise or book, and the paper project or  competition entry. Architectural theory is often didactic, and theorists tend  to stay close to or work from within schools. It has existed in some form since  antiquity, and as publishing became more common, architectural theory gained an  increased richness. Books, magazines, and journals published an unprecedented  amount of works by architects and critics in the twentieth century. As a  result, styles and movements formed and dissolved much more quickly than the  relatively enduring modes in earlier history. It is to be expected that the use  of the internet will further influence the discourse of architecture in the  twenty first century. 
        
      Urgency of the research.  
      Creative heritage studying is  actual in several aspects. First, in connection with necessity of historiko-theoretical  judgement of a complete picture and a regional originality of architecture of  Saratov of the XX-th century beginning. Secondly, as a historiko-theoretical  basis of practical architectural designing, reconstructions and restorations architectural  monuments of Saratov. 
      Boundary ХIХ – ХХ centuries,  telling more precisely 1890-1910th, has designated in the history of art a new  epoch and is critical. At this particular time there were qualitative changes  in principles shaping and type of the organization of architectural system. At  all variety of currents, in architecture of the given period it is necessary to  stress modernist style. 
      There are a lot of exemplars  rational and especially classical modernist style in Saratov, the reason for it  was not only later occurrence (concerning Moscow and Petersburg), but also  strong classical architectural tradition of the city. There are not a many of  stylistic examples of a "pure" modernist style in Saratov. There are  much more objects keeping principles of eclecticism with wide use of a decor of  a modernist style. Modernist style is typologically presented in Saratov widely  enough: it is extended both on inhabited, and to public, industrial and cult  buildings. 
      In the given scientific work for  the first time a complex analyse of the buildings of the leading architects of  Saratov of the beginning of  the XX-th  century is done. 
        
      Purpose of the research   is to  define features Saratov architectural school of the beginning of the XX-th  century. 
      Tasks of the research: 
      1) the reconstruction of a complete  picture of Saratov architecture of  the beginning  of the ХХ-th century. 
      2) the analysis of the main buildings  and revealing of the cores patterns in Saratov architecture of the beginning of  the ХХ-th century. 
      3) the definition of the role and  value of the Saratov school of architects of the beginning of the XX-th century  in the context of the European and all-Russian development. 
        
      Subject of research is the creativity of  the main representatives of the Saratov architectural school of the beginning of  the ХХ-th century. 
        
      Objects of research are the remained  monuments of Saratov architecture of the beginning of the ХХ-th century,  projects of the lost construction. 
        
       Borders of the research. Territory of the Saratov region. The time period of research is limited  1890-1910th. 
        
      The technique of research is based on  complex studying architecture of Saratov of the beginning of the ХХ-th century,  including the analysis volume-spatial structures, revealing of features of  constructive schemes, constructions of facades, a layout and an architectural  decor. Work is based on a natural method of inspection of building, a photo fixing  method, graph-analytic method of processing of a material, with the subsequent  ordering and generalization results of the researches. 
        
      Scientific novelty of the research.   
      The theory of Gumilev plays an important  role in the work. As a consequence there is a possibility to consider from  various angles modernist style formation in the Russian architecture. The  various points of view from which this point in question is considered are  interesting. Namely: psychological and mental, the description of the  distinctive moments in life of the architects, an estimation of character on  the basis of Veller's power-vitalistic philosophy, the characteristic from the  point of view of Gumilev's theory of passion. Attention is  also paid to literary, political and  economic, culturological aspects. 
      From our point of view, by great important  is the fact that from the moment of creation   the theory of ethno genesis and passionarity role in it, new  mathematical methods (in probability theory, in the mathematical statistics and  mathematical modeling) have been developed. They allow to estimate qualitative  characteristics quantitatively, and also to develop mathematical models of  influences of one characteristics on others. Therefore one of the prospective  stages of the work – working out of criteria on which the passionarity of  architects, on the one hand, and working out of criteria for an estimation of  their creativity will be estimated, on the other hand. Further creation of  virtual advisory councils (it can be organized on the Internet) which will make  an estimation on the basis of the developed criteria. The final stage will be  construction of mathematical models. That will allow «to verify the harmony by algebra  » [Pushkin A.S. «Mozart and Salieri»].  |