2026/3(46)

Contents

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Filin P.

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, the search for the Northeast Passage and Russian maritime culture in the late 16th century

APPLIED RESEARCH

Bychkova O.

Role of popular science tourism infrastructure in the popularization and preservation of scientific and technical heritage

Zinovieva N.

Network culture in the context of two approaches to research issues

Kovbasyuk T.

Significant extension to an existing property on the example of the World Heritage site ‘White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Kostina N.

Methodological approaches to working with the cultural heritage of the region in the context of the cultural and educational policy of modern Russia

Khilko N.

Objectification as a form of digital reconstruction of lost cultural heritage in the urban environment of tourist sites Western Siberia

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Kitov Yu., Egorova M.

Genesis and development of Evenki circle dances as a cultural phenomenon of historical and modern Yakutia

CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES

Kukhterin S., Yermolov E. 

Karbas of the 17th century. An Oransky find on the coast of Novaya Zemlya

Okorokov A.

40 years of the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition of the Heritage Institute

Seleznev A.

Shamanic ladder in the Muslim cemetery: to the semantics of the ornamented on-grave posts of the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars

Selezneva S.

Identification of immovable cultural heritage objects in Russia: conceptual, regulatory and regional aspects

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

Soloviev A., Berezina N.

International and foreign models for the preservation of immovable cultural heritage: a comparative legal and cultural analysis

Spivak D.

Cultural heritage in actual UNESCO strategy

MUSEOLOGY

Pleshchenko V.

The corporate museum as a tool for preserving the history and accumulating the business reputation of the company

Sarkisova E.

School as a center for the preservation of cultural heritage: from the experience of cultural and educational activities of school museums

Publ. 18/09/2026

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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

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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