“On the way to the “green agenda”?”: discourse of regional authorities on the improvement of Yaroslavl in the historical context of interaction with the centre (the 1960s–1980s)

The article examines the factors and trends in development of urban improvement historical context post-war Soviet era (1960-1980). focus is on Yaroslavl as one key cities system Upper Volga regions. raises question formation environmental discourse regional authorities Yaroslavl. policy analysed basis archival documents, memoirs, journalism, oral history data. database study represented by unpublished documents Centre for Documentation Contemporary History Region. theoretical connected with paradigm studies, social history. main attention focused analysis public transport gardening 1960s-1980s. conflict interests two levels government (municipal regional) problem tram lines analysed. concludes that, hand, central was determining factor strategy. On other tactical terms, depended personality leader.