The Soviet-period historical and cultural heritage of the Yakutsk City center: Preservation issues

Abstract

The work is dedicated to architectural monuments built in the Soviet era. However, in the realities of Yakutsk, the concept of “monument” should characterize not only cultural heritage objects that are under actual state protection, but also buildings of ordinary historical development of the Soviet period. The demolition of such structures is an irreplaceable loss for the real historical appearance of the capital of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Most of the architectural structures of the Soviet period in Yakutsk have retained their social significance and fundamental foundations; there are problems with the preservation of Soviet-era architectural structures in the city of Yakutsk, related to their technical condition, the restoration of the original appearance of some buildings; putting such buildings on state protection is characterized by a clash between owners and authorities involved in the preservation and protection of cultural heritage objects; to preserve the above-mentioned objects, there is a prospect of turning the center of the capital into a historical and cultural complex of the Soviet architecture.