Arbat as the central chronotop in B. Okudzhavy's poetic system

The article is devoted to one of the main chronotopes in creativity by B. Okudzhavy, various connotations of Arbat as prepotent point a top wasp of Moscow are considered. Novelty of the present research consists in disclosing of the dual nature named urbanonim, symbolizing as the childhood and the beginning of the future, eternity, and coming nearer full dying. On a material of some the brightest products of the bard Moscow and Arbat are shown as the centers of his mental geography from what the conclusion about such basic sign of creative individuality of B. Okudzhavy, as «arbatocentrizm» becomes.