Abstract
Historical and cultural complex of the Solovki Islands was inscluded in the World Heritage List in 1992. It is one of the most famous and impressive Russian heritage sites. However its interpretation just as a sum of separate cultural sites, mainly architectural, rejects its real value and is not fruitful for management and protection of the site. It is necessary to take into account the influence of monastery landscape use on the geophysical and ecological processes of the islands, to consider the associative, esthetic, scientific values of the historically modified landscapes and seascapes. Misunderstanding of heritage values leads to misunderstanding of management goals, provokes renovation activities and threats. It is suggested to begin a renomination process, to look for additional values of the site according to UNESCO criteria of outstanding universal value, to recognize the site as a cultural landscape and mixed property. Planning, development and management of the site should be carried according to its mainstream functions – sacral, didactic, memorial, scientific, museum.
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