The research article is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Karaganda (Kazakhstan), which determines its relevance. The author considers formal, artistic, aesthetic, historical, sacral, public and individual, ideological and other values, which are closely interrelated. On the example of the architectural space of Karaganda, the system of values is analyzed, and this contributes to the formation of a social and ethno-cultural consciousness.
Keywords: architectural space, Karaganda, city history, value system, social and cultural environment