The Urals Quadrille as an Innovative «Mining and Factory Culture» Phenomenon

The intense industrial development process in the Middle Urals from 18th to early 20th centuries naturally affected the sociocultural life development. So-called «mining and factory culture» emerged, i.e. traditional Russian culture adapted to industrial conditions. The specific feature of this type of culture is its transitional character from the traditional folk culture to the culture of industrial society. The article studies the «mining and factory culture» as the local culture «resulted from a plexus of long-standing traditions and innovations during the Russia’s modernization and europeanization process». It stemmed from the «local world» establishment that conventionally can be set out in «factory – a campanologist – artisans» scheme. The closed nature of this culture as well as its specific «cultural continuity» contributed to the particular atmosphere where a man considered himself as a part of the existing cultural tradition (in this case, of the «mining and factory culture») that helped him to create his «Urals identity». Innovative dances, the Urals quadrille among them, appeared in choreographic arts of the common people who bore the «mining and factory culture».