The Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture, a representative of the legislative (representative) body of state authority of Vladimir region, Sergey Rybakov, visited the studio of Vestnik Kavkaza today. During the broadcast of the 'Tribune' program he spoke about topical programs of preservation of tangible and intangible heritage in Russia.
In particular, the senator told about the changes in the Russian legislation, made after the parliamentary forum 'Historical and cultural heritage of Russia'. "For example, a gap concerning historical settlements in Law №73 is completely filled now. The thing is that earlier 'a historical town, a historical settlement' were just beautiful words. And there was virtually no legal framework. Now there is an understanding of what it is, why, what documents should be developed and what the subject of protection could be. And the first historical settlements are being registered and getting their desired status," he noted.
The second such forum will be held this year in Vladimir, it will be titled 'Heritage, traditions, values, vision for the future'. As Sergey Rybakov explained, protection of monuments of history and architecture will become a key theme again, since legislation in this field needs constant improvement. "This is not just culture, it's a crossroads of culture, science, art and very mundane things like city planning, architecture, land and property issues. Therefore, Law №73 on the Protection of Cultural Heritage is very complex, it is constantly changing and must keep pace with the times. I already said it several times, that books are leaving the functional field of our state bodies now. Our country should not lose this banner of the country which reads the most."
The third theme of the parliamentary forum is the intangible cultural heritage of Russia. "The situation is that the term itself is very new for us. The fact is in the documents of UNESCO, and it is widely used in the international practice. We also use it, but, for example, we have no legal framework. I mean we do not fully understand what it is and what it's like to work with it. It requires some research. Of course, we understand what it is intuitively. This is folklore, folk traditions, customs and rituals. We understand that many traditional aspects are disappearing forever, and it's not because of someone's ill will, but because of a simple development of civilization and society. It's happening very fast. It's about folk rituals, traditions, songs, dances, folklore, folk art and material culture. For example, traditional village houses. In particular, we need a law on intangible cultural heritage. Now we don't have one. A very important issue is to create a single registry, where all the objects of intangible cultural heritage would be registered."
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The key task of legislators in this regard is the preservation of heritage. "Forms must also be very flexible. Because very often, for example, people feel the desire, especially scientists, well, just to preserve it somehow, so that it would live in the village. Yes, unfortunately, very often it does not live in the village, in everyday life. It differs in every region. If in the North Caucasus, in Belgorod or in Siberia things in respect of this are better, in central Russia, in the area concentrated around major cities, everything in the villages is just dying. We can involve tourism, create demand: folklore ensembles, which preserved folk songs in their village, need to go on stage and perform in front of tourists, which will allow them to earn money. Of course, the creation of such a register would help us to draw attention to those points that require efforts," Sergey Rybakov pointed out.
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