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The Effect of the Environment on Saint Petersburg's Cultural Heritage

Results of Monitoring the Historical Necropolis Monuments

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Editors:
  1. Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya

    1. Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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  2. Dmitry Yu. Vlasov

    1. Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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  3. Vera V. Rytikova

    1. State Museum of Urban Sculpture, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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  • Enriches readers’ understanding of a wide range of problems concerning cultural heritage preservation in urban environments
  • Details the interactions between the materials used in monuments and the environment (air, soil, vegetation)
  • Equips readers with the latest approaches and methods for monitoring and preventing monument degradation

Part of the book series: Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism (GGAG)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Museum Necropoleis of St. Petersburg. A Brief History

    • Vladimir N. Timofeev, Yuriy Đś. Pirjutko
    Pages 1-13

  3. Stone Materials of the Necropoleis Monuments

    • Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Evgeniya I. Polyanskaya, Vera V. Manurtdinova
    Pages 15-43

  4. Outdoor Environment of the Monuments in the Necropoleis

    • Vladimir P. Chelibanov, Aleksandr M. Marugin, Katerina V. Sazanova, Evgeny V. Abakumov, Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Vera V. Manurtdinova et al.
    Pages 45-73

  5. Decay of the Monuments

    • Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Vera V. Manurtdinova, Marina S. ZelenskayĐ°
    Pages 75-95

  6. Changes in the Necropoleis Monuments’ Status Over Time

    • Vera V. Rytikova, Marina S. Zelenskaya, Vera V. Manurtdinova, Iuliia A. Loginova, Khristina V. Shumilova, Olga V. Shchedrova et al.
    Pages 97-143

  7. Monitoring of the State of Stone and Bronze Monuments

    • Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Vera V. Manurtdinova, Marina S. ZelenskayĐ°, Vadim A. Parfenov, Vera V. Rytikova et al.
    Pages 145-159

  8. Methods of Monument Protection from Damage and Their Performance

    • Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Vadim A. Parfenov, Marina S. ZelenskayĐ°, Yuliya V. Plotkina, Valeria M. Geludova, Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya et al.
    Pages 161-178

  9. Results and perspective

    • Nadezhda N. Efremova
    Pages 179-179

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 181-188
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About this book

This book addresses the effects of the environment on Saint Petersburg’s cultural heritage. It summarizes the results of long-term, large-scale monitoring of monuments in, and the environment (air, soil, vegetation) of, the historical Saint Petersburg Necropolis. The book offers detailed descriptions of the unique collection of decorative stones in the Necropolis and discusses the deposits that were most likely used to create them. In addition, it characterizes the processes of stone and bronze monuments’ degradation in response to physical, chemical and biogenic influences. Special attention is paid to describing the monitoring methodology and the structure of the monitoring information database. Drawing on the methodologies and cases presented here, the book subsequently puts forward a strategy for the conservation and restoration of these unique monuments.



This book approaches practical questions of monuments preservation that will be of interest to museum staff, restorers and experts in various fields (geologists, biologists, chemists, engineers, etc.) whose work involves problems of cultural heritage preservation. The book is interesting for everyone who is not indifferent to the history and preserving of the world culture.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Dmitry Yu. Vlasov

  • State Museum of Urban Sculpture, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Vera V. Rytikova

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