Administrative regulation of restitution of cultural values ​​in Ukraine: history and problems of the industry

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of administrative regulation of the restitution process of cultural values on the territory of Ukraine. The process of restitution of cultural and historical values will always be relevant for our country, because for a long time our state was under the rule of other countries, because of this - Ukraine can be called a "robbed" country in terms of historical monuments. For Ukraine, the issue of restitution of cultural values is very important, due to the fact that currently this issue is regulated by one law, as well as there is almost no body that would search for and return lost monuments. In Ukraine, there were already bodies dealing with these issues, but due to insufficient funding, they were liquidated. Today, the Ukrainian side of all international negotiations makes concessions and gives away all the monuments that the state, which considers to be its property, asks to be returned. Although in the history of state regulation of this industry have achieved remarkable results. Thanks to a successful policy, thousands of historical values were returned to the territory of Ukraine. However, each of these bodies had its shortcomings, which must be taken into account when creating a new state body. Due to the lack of a body to control the restitution of cultural property, there have been cases of monuments being returned to another state that are part of the National Archives, but this is against the law. Most likely, such "gestures" from Ukraine are a purely diplomatic step. However, such "diplomacy" is very expensive for Ukraine's cultural heritage. Over the past ten years, almost nothing has been returned to Ukraine, but much has been given to other countries. This is due to the fact that there are bodies abroad that are authorized to seek and negotiate the return of cultural property. An article was written to study the experience of Ukraine in the administrative regulation of the process of return of cultural values, as well as why there is no authorized body in Ukraine that deals with the search and return of historical monuments.