Russian Government to Select Monuments for New Heritage Sites Portal

A Single Portal for Cultural Heritage Sites to Be Created in Russia.

The portal will bring together full information on monuments of history and culture, including their legal status, location, cadastral data, technical condition, conservation obligations and the work carried out to preserve them. It will also provide information on the measures of state and municipal support intended to draw such monuments into economic use.

The Government of the Russian Federation will approve the list of monuments to be included in the system and determine the address of the portal's official website.

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