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

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Museum Necropoleis of St. Petersburg. A Brief History

   • Vladimir N. Timofeev, Yuriy М. 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. Zelenskayа

   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. Zelenskayа, 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. Zelenskayа, 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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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.

• Urban Environment
• Cultural Heritage
• Monuments of Saint Petersburg
• Monitoring and Preservation of Cultural Heritage
• Destruction of Stone and Bronze Monuments

• 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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