The image of Ekaterinoslav as an unrealized potentiality in Russian travelogues of the late 18th — 19th centuries
... Perevoshchikov, Vasily M. Sidorov, Pavel I. Sumarokov, Gerasim T. Khokhlov, Alexander V. Khrapovitsky, and Pavel I. Shalikov). The study aims to provide an analytical description of the main spatial characteristics shaping the city’s image within a semiotic—imagological framework. The representation of Ekaterinoslav is shown to be constructed primarily through the opposition between ‘the space of a glorious past’ and ‘the space of an inglorious present’. Correspondingly, the motif of unrealized potential ...
