Siberia as an anti-utopia in A.V. Rubanov's dilogy “Chlorophylia” and “Living earth”

Statement of the problem. The main focus of the article is on the problem of interaction between space (Siberia) and culture (utopian tradition) that constitutes the range of interests for researchers of a Siberian text, in a broader sense, of any local text, as well as for representatives of geocultural and geopoetic approaches. The objectives of this study are to identify works in which (anti) utopia is geographically localized in Siberia, with the exception of the already sufficiently studied topic of Belovodye; to characterize the functions of the Siberian locus in the artistic world of A.V. Rubanov's dilogy “Chlorophylia” and “Living Earth”. Research results. As a result, a line of succession of the utopian tradition was outlined: from F.V. Bulgarin through A.K. Gastev to the novels of A.V. Rubanov. Conclusions. It was revealed that in A. Rubanov's dilogy the space of Siberia consistently changes its functions: it exists in opposition to Moscow, to the center and the synecdoche of Russia; it is a colony and a condition for the existence of the Moscow utopia; it is a place of exile and post-apocalyptic “savagery” as the basis of a potential revival; it is a proper utopian city, an alternative capital.