PECULIARITIES OF SYMBOLICAL ENVIRONMENT PERCEPTION OF IZHEVSK BY IT'S TOWNSMEN
The article is dedicated to symbolical sphere of Izhevsk. The author discusses how this sphere influences upon the process of identification of townsmen. The results of the study show that Izhevsk does not have a generally accepted or wide-use symbol, and the identity of townsmen is based on few objects of urban environment around the Iz- hevsk pond. Under certain conditions each of these objects could be considered as “presentation ” of the town.