Imaginative-emotional perception by the elderly residents of an abandoned forest village (arctic territory of the Arkhangelsk region)

The study of the imaginative-emotional perception of the elderly residents of the forest village Komsomolsky, Velsk District, Arkhangelsk Region is presented. Based on the analysis of 32 questionnaires and 10 interviews of the village residents aged 50 and older, a map of polar emotional spectrum of the village is presented. The emotional map happens to be wider than its physical boundaries. This small rural community is characterized by emotional segregation of places, personification of places of shame and pity among residents. Women are more inclined to relate feelings of bitterness, anxiety and shame to a particular place. Despite the desire of the majority of the respondents to change their place of residence, they all note its forced character and describe the village as their "life", "birthplace", "home".