Sviyazhska dossier for inclusion in the UNESCO list served by the autumn – RBC

Dossier on the inclusion of Tatarstan Sviyazhsk island-town in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in the autumn of 2015, be referred to the appropriate committee of the United Nations. This was announced at the opening of the International Congress “historical, cultural and spiritual heritage of Sviyazhsk” July 15.

Director of the Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve “The Island of Sviyazhsk” Artem Silkin said RBC Tatarstan that the commission will be submitted to a preliminary document, work on which is now complete. Consider the dossier, according to him, at the 41 th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2017.

The establishment of the nomination dossier of the island being the fourth year. Recall Tatarstan Sviyazhsk withdrew from the number of applications to be considered during the 36th session of the UNESCO committee, which was held in 2013 in Cambodia. Then the delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan upheld the Bulgarians that experts from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a few weeks before meeting recommended not to include in the list of World Heritage sites. The international experts to Bulgaria and to Sviazhsky any questions in connection with the “new building”.

In 2013-2014, Tatarstan Fund for Historic Preservation “Revival” has analyzed the findings of the UNESCO, finding errors in them. Tatarstan managed to convince ICOMOS acknowledge these mistakes. As a result, the Bulgarians in 2014 entered the World Heritage List and the UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said that Svijazhsk is in the preliminary list for inclusion.

The complex Sviyazhsky Reserve includes 6 architectural monuments, including churches and men Monastery. The island is the first wooden Orthodox building – the church of the Holy Trinity, in the Volga region is the only monument of Russian wooden architecture of the XVI century. It Trinity Church, and the ancient frescoes of the Assumption Cathedral drew attention arrives in Tatarstan UNESCO experts.

In 2014, the flow of tourists in Sviyazhsk was 182 thousand people.