The scientific heritage of the architect-urban planner V.F. Nazarov (1932‒2015): idears and proposals

The article is devoted to the scientific heritage of a major Leningrad and St. Petersburg urban architect V.F. Nazarov (1932–2015). His activities are related to the development of master plans for Leningrad 1966 and Leningrad and the Leningrad Region 1987–2005. In the early 2000s. V.F. Nazarov headed the team of creators of the Master Plan for the Development of St. Petersburg 2005–2025. The purpose of the article is to disclose such aspects of his scientific activity, as a definition of the essence and scale of urban planning, managerial and substantive concepts of “city” and “agglomeration,” the goals of urban planning, the tasks of preserving and developing the architectural and urban heritage of Leningrad - St. Petersburg. These scientific directions were revealed in his articles and speeches in the 1970s and 2000s.