COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND RUSSIAN REGULATORY DOCUMENTATION AND THE QUESTION OF THE CONSERVATION OF SOVIET AVANT-GARDE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN RUSSIA
This article poses the question of the correlation of Russian legal and statutory regulation on the conservation of historical cultural heritage with the fundamental international charters, agreements and conventions. Comparative analysis of Federal Law No.73 of 2002 “On Objects of the Cultural Heritage (Historical and Cultural Monuments) of the Peoples of the Russian Federation” against 14 positions and principles previously defi ned in the author’s research of 6 of the fundamental international documents, describes both the general characteristics and areas of signifi cant disparity in the approaches to the conservation of historical and cultural heritage. It is noted that the harmonisation of Russian norms with internationally recognised principles should render the conservation of soviet avant-garde architecture more eff ective, however the lack of a complete body of methodological guidance is a hindrance to this process.