SETTLEMENT LAYOUT AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL REGION OF KUBAN)
The purpose of the study is to determine the parameters and indicators of the key social institution of the settlement structure within the framework of the historical and spatial concept of the Cossack world of the Kuban. The methodological basis of the study is purposefully based on the socio-humanitarian civilizational approach and explains the generalizing settlement algorithm for the consolidation of the Cossacks in the new Russian territories, defined as the historical region of the Kuban. The results of the study. Formation of the historical and spatial concept of the Cossack world of the Kuban, where the social institution of the settlement structure is the basic foundation. The prospects of the study. Are in the development of middle-level theories and their introduction into the theoretical and methodological space in the study of regional scientific discourse.