WOOD ARCHITECTURE OF VOTKINSK-CITY LATE IN THE 18 <sup>th</sup> AND EARLY 20 <sup>th</sup> CENTURIES
The paper focuses on wood architecture of Votkinsk-city. Wood houses play the important part in formation of the architectural image of the city and compose its historical building system. The scope of the architectural setting of the downtown area of Votkinsk has not been strongly changed due the mansion housing in the 19-20 <sup>th</sup> centuries. The paper poses the problem of preserving the historical and cultural integrity of the city and describes the main types of wood architecture and interesting houses as a result of field observations.