In the following research article, the urban provincial space in the literary works of Pavlodar poet O. N. Grigoryeva (her collection of poems about Pavlodar in particular) is regarded. The topicality of the research is determined by the growing literary interest to regional literature and the creativity of provincial authors. The urban area / space is described and presented in the research through the following oppositions: "native / foreign", "provincial / metropolitan", "northern / southern". In the perception of the lyrical character of the poems, which in many respects coincides with O. Grigoryeva, Pavlodar space is depicted as ambivalent – as both, a real city and a creative image of the city in arts – music, poetry, paintings. Urban space is determined not only by specific details of the territory, but also by those people who live in this city. The peculiarities of Pavlodar area in Olga Grigoryeva’s poems show the city "ab intra", from the view of a person who perceives Pavlodar as a home.