Urban construction and architectureUrban construction and architecture2542-01512782-2109Eco-vector5138910.17673/Vestnik.2018.04.14Research ArticleMETAL DECORATION OF BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTIONS ON THE TERRITORY OF THE ORENBURG PROVINCEPONOMARENKOElena Vladimirovnavestniksgasu@yandex.ruSamara State Technical University1512201884808525112020Copyright © 2018, PONOMARENKO E.V.2018The study was carried out at the expense of the State Program of the Russian Federation “Development of Science and Technology” for 2013-2020 in the framework of the Basic Research Plan of the Ministry of Construction of Russia and the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences Academy of Sciences, topic 1.2.5. The article analyzes the use of metal casting in the construction of sett lements in the territory of the former Orenburg province. The appearance of the fi rst industrial sett lements of the region is considered. On the basis of the author’s on-site surveys and analysis of archival materials, samples of the use of metal parts in decorating and constructive solutions of houses, estates and churches of the Orenburg province in the XVIII-XIX centuries are revealed. The current practice of using metal in decorative decoration of residential houses for independent construction is analyzed.emergence of industrial sett lementsbuilding settlementsuse of metal in the construction and design of facades of buildingsпоявление промышленных поселенийзастройка поселенийиспользование металла в конструк- ции и оформлении фасадов зданий[Витевский В.А. И.И.Неплюев и Оренбургский край в прежнем его составе до 1758 года. Т.1. Казань: Типолитография В.М.Ключникова, 1897. 1232 с.][Алекторов А.Е. История Оренбургской губернии. Оренбург: Тип. Бреслина, 1883. 128 с.][Лепехин И.И. Записки путешествия академика Ивана Лепехина. СПб.: Императорская академия наук, 1821. 423 с.][Рычков П.И. Топография Оренбургской губернии. Оренбург: Издание Оренбургского Губернского стат. комитета, 1887. 406 с.][Российский государственный исторический архив, ф.37, оп.63 д. 57.]