Sources for visualisation of architectural chronotop in the culture of the Vyatka region

Mechanisms for the formation of regional cultural space are analysed in the article. Its autochtonity and determinants of regional spatial cultural genesis are distinguished. The author explains the history of culture and architecture of the region, using methods of geographical determinism and diffusionism, describes imperatives, influencing the formation of cultural space, and the role of the separate regions in the processes of cultural convergence.