Dominants of local identity

Relevance. The fact that in modern conditions any city combines several strategies of spatial development, and, consequently, a certain set of types of identity. All of them need an accurate description and systematization necessary in order to give an adequate interpretation of the city as a transphysical phenomenon and man as a culturally organized subject. Methods. Narrative analysis of texts created by the main consumer and producer of the Text of the city in the broadest sense of the word. To analyze different types of identity, materials from several studies related to Tomsk were used: interviews of citizens conducted to clarify the attitude of residents to the transformation of the city and its public spaces in 2022–2023; reports on the study of protest behavior of citizens caused by the actions of the city authorities, destroying, in the opinion of residents, the “genius of the place”. Results. Based on the interpretation of texts posted on the History Map website. Tomsk; interview materials that made it possible to interpret identity as giving meanings to objects of the urban environment or the urban space as a whole based on the results of public and individual experience. Conclusions. The processes of urban identity formation are in a state of constant construction and transformation, but while maintaining certain constants associated with the dominant system of meanings attributed to reality.