GESTALT PHENOMENON IN THE PARADIGM OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Social and economic geography in Russia belongs to the sciences that formed its main theoretical basis for the influence of structuralism in the 70's of last century. Process consistent humanization decades predetermined need for profound changes in the theory and methodology of the social sciences, and the increasing need for interdisciplinary collaboration in solving complex problems of relationship between man, society and nature. Discusses the general methodological issues of development paradigms human geography, drawing attention to the development of the use of the concept of gestalt in geography.