Cultural layer of the city of Tobolsk as the object of cultural heritage

Abstract

The subject of this research is the state protection and use of the archaeological monument “Cultural layer of the city of Tobolsk”. The article examines the need for preservation of sites that are of historical and cultural value in the modern conditions of the development of urban infrastructure on the example of Tobolsk. The goal of this article lies in studying the question of conservation of archaeological heritage of Tobolsk within the framework of the current federal legislation. Longstanding archaeological excavations in Tobolsk indicate that its cultural layer is well preserved and saturated with the remnants of structures and artifacts of different historical periods. For solution of the set tasks, the author employs the research methods traditional for historical science: descriptive, comparative-historical, historical-systemic, historical-legal, and method of analogies. The archaeological monument “Cultural layer of the city of Tobolsk” presently has the status of the “discovered site of cultural heritage”. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that based on the analysis of current situation, the question is raised on the problem of conservation of archaeological heritage of the city of Tobolsk. The conclusion is made on the need for the measures of state protection of the archaeological monument “Cultural layer of the city of Tobolsk”, which implies submitting a request to the federal body for the protection of cultural heritage sites to include the object into the single state register as the site of cultural heritage of regional or federal importance.