GARDEN ARRANGEMENT IN COUNTRY HOUSES OF KURSK REGION Рart III. FEATURES GARDENS AND PARKS IN MEDIUM-SIZED AND SMALL ESTATES IN THE LATE XVIII – FIRST HALF XIX CENTURIES

The study is based on the identified archival and printed sources, full-scale studies of the author, which al-low more reasonably to reconstruct the figurative and material structure of the lost noble and merchant estates in the field of the origin of gardening and Park building in the Russian region. The scientific novelty of the research is associated with the author's expeditions to identify signs of the ex-istence of manor objects – landscapes and parks, full-scale inspection of a number of preserved manor complex-es, which previously did not attract the attention of researchers.. Of particular importance is the identification of archival and printed sources that allow more reasonably reconstruct the figurative and material structure of the lost elements of noble and merchant estates. The contribution to the modern knowledge is the systematized information about different types of manage-ment, their influence on the spatial structure of the estate and its natural environment, as well as the features of garden and Park techniques that existed in the studied period of the history of the Kursk region. The study was carried out at the expense of the State program of the Russian Federation "Development of science and technology" for 2013-2020 in the framework of the Plan of fundamental research of the Ministry of construction of Russia and RAASN, topic 1.2.2.