The article deals with the residential development of the period of Stalinist neoclassicism in the city of Saratov. The method developed by the author for identifying the type of volume-spatial solution of a building is described. Using this method, four types of volumetric-spatial solution of residential buildings of the period of Stalinist neoclassicism are identified. A brief review of the placement in the structure of the city and the identified compositional patterns for all types of residential buildings in the city of Saratov during the period of Stalinist neoclassicism is given.

Keywords: volume-spatial solution, typology of buildings, Stalinist neoclassicism, Soviet development, residential buildings