ИСТИНА

The paper aims at 3D modeling application in urban history studies. The results of the collective multidisciplinary project are presented. Actual problems of virtual reconstruction of the historical city space are discussed on the example of the Moscow Strastnoy monastery virtual reconstruction. The focus of the paper is given to the analysis of the evolution of the Strastnaya Square based on the complex of a large collection of visual and textual sources characterizing objects of reconstruction at several time periods (from the end of 17th to 1930s). An important aspect of this work is aimed at the pre-digital stage of virual 4D reconstruction and at validation of the results of virtual reconstruction.