Architectural Transformations of Fortification Architecture of the North Caucasus and Caucasus of the 10-12th Centuries: Top Trends

The fundamental scientific aim is the development of a problem of architectural transformations in the context of traditional culture as a reflection of processes of globalization and regionalization. In the fortification architecture processes of interaction of the introduced universals and traditional cultures in space-time development always had the brightest reflection. The main results of the conducted research are presented in the article: identification of the space-time features of formation of architecture and cultural interferences in fortification architecture of Alania and the Caucasus of the 10-12th centuries; definition of a regional system of territorial and spatial frameworks of the designated group of monuments in the context of universals of medieval fortification art, traditional environmental management and a sacral component; models of transcultural interaction between universal and traditional cultures in fortification architecture of the designated region and its separate subjects as reflection of contaminations in the outlook of the population and cultural identity. Keywords—traditional culture; fortification architecture;