2026/2(45)

Contents

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Zubov D.

Occupation Regime and
Nazi Criminals in the Krasnodar Region (1942-1943): An Analysis
of Eyewitness Testimonies

APPLIED RESEARCH

Vadatursky D.

On the spread of stone architecture in the Arctic region. Construction
of a cathedral in the Sumskoy Fortress

Vasiliev G.

Art project “My Contemporaries”: аxiological foundations

Latushko Yu.

Traditional water transport
of the Amur basin

Nikolaev K.

Authorial repetition and copy
in the creative practice of Vladimir painters of the 1980s - 1990s (based on the archive of GOSNIIR
Scientific Expertise Department)

Ippolitov S.

Formation and development
of copyright in China: from doctrine to instruments of state cultural policy

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

Kochkin S.

Study of the X-ray of “Landscape. Pargolovo” by Fyodor Vasilyev
(the Radischev Art Museum, Saratov)

Lysenko A.

Cultural transmission mechanisms and modes in the context of historical development of the Stronsky artistic dynasty

Molodin A.

Digital twin as an object of protection of lost heritage

Filin P.

Chukotka baidara: technology and the preservation of traditions. Experience building an Eskimo baidara in the village of Sireniki
in 2025

Song Yuhan

Historical practices and conceptual evolution in the conservation
of China's large archaeological sites

MUSEOLOGY

Makarova E.

Tainitskaya Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin: historical and architectural review

Mikhalskaya O., Chuvilkina Yu.

Contribution of collector Felix Evgenievich Vishnevsky to the development of Russian museum collections

Shimanova M.

Biblical scenes on an 18^th century tiled stove of the Novodevichy convent in Moscow

Publ. 04/05/2026

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DOI 10.34685/HI.2026.49.28.003

Kader A.

RECONSTRUCTION VS «DISNEYIFICATION»
OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Abstract. Approaches to the reconstruction of cultural heritage monuments in the context of increasing/decreasing their overall value are considered. It is noted that the value of an object can potentially be increased or decreased by reconstruction, depending on the importance attached to certain aspects – authenticity, integrity of the object, the conjugacy of the object with the place, the choice of materials, the feeling of the terrain, etc. It is concluded that the claims that reconstruction inevitably reduces the value of the object are controversial, while arguments are made in favor of abandoning reconstruction due to fears of «Disneyification» of the cultural heritage site, so making it excessively commercialized, neglecting the past, and distorting or simplifying the presentation of the culture of the past. Using the example of the cultural heritage sites of St. Petersburg, the arguments in favor of reconstruction or abandonment are considered. It is noted that there are positive aspects that determine the choice of reconstruction as a factor in increasing the value of a cultural heritage site (the Summer Garden reconstruction project), and negative aspects when reconstruction is morally problematic or unacceptable (the holographic reconstruction project of the Annunciation Church on Labor Square in St. Petersburg).

Keywords: reconstruction, integrity, authenticity, cultural heritage, renovation, Summer Garden, Annunciation Church.

Kader Amir Magid,
PhD in Pedagogy,
Associate professor, Saint-Petersburg State University
of Industrial Technologies and Design (Saint-Petersburg)
Email: amkadspb@gmail.com

Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2026/1(44)

URL: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/831.html

Founder

Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

Publisher

Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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