The article is designed to identify the basic principles of the formation of the museum complex ""New Chersonesos"" and its thematic, visual and sacred relationship with ancient Chersonesos. The article considers a brief history of the formation and development of Tauric Chersonesos, its significance as one of the key places of the Russian cultural tradition and national identity. The article evaluates the architectural and compositional features of the New Chersonesos museum complex. The interrelation of its constituent objects and their functional and planning features is given. The basis of the model for the development of the territory of New Chersonesos was a system of contact joints and axes that determine the compositional structure of individual ensembles, the placement of spatial accents that give the direction of movement within the complex itself and in adjacent territories. The article is carried out within the framework of a dissertation research devoted to the Hellenistic cities of the Northern

Keywords: Tauric Chersonesos, New Chersonesos, museum complex, archeology, Byzantine style, axial compositions, functional and planning features

The article publishes the results of the research work devoted to the analysis of architectural and spatial elements of the ancient city. Various types of public buildings in the structure of the Greek polis are considered. A brief description of their spatial and architectural features is given. The consistent evolution of these structures from simple forms of the Archaic era to more complex planning solutions in the Hellenistic era is traced - the time when the theoretical and practical skills of architects found their highest expression.

Keywords: architecture of Ancient Greece, architectural and spatial elements of the Greek polis, public buildings in the structure of the polis