The register of the cultural heritage in Ukraine as a legal mechanism for preserving the historical and cultural monuments.

Abstract

It is highlighted the legal provision of forming and filling the registers of cultural heritage in Ukraine. As methodological foundations of the research: historical, analysis and synthesis, and comparative analysis methods. According to the results of the research, it was established that the Ukrainian legislation in the field of the protection of cultural heritage is basically based on the norms of the Soviet legislation, which provided for the approval of the List of Architectural Monuments that are under state protection. The registry is not officially approved in the form of a single document, and registers maintained for archival, museum and library collections. The consequence of this is the actual absence of the State Register of National Cultural Property, which does not guarantee its proper storage, and also complicates the control procedure associated with the prohibition of the export abroad of unique cultural values.