How Much is the Cathedral of St. Isaac of Dalmatia and Why a Struggle for Possession of the Property?

Abstract

The article discusses main problems of of preservation of cultural heritage of St. Petersburg included in the List of monuments of federal significance, that guard UN programs. Raised issues of recovery, restoration, protection and professional assessment of the value of real estate, in particular, the example of the city’s Cathedral of St. Isaac’s Cathedral. The connecting node in the article raised issues and questions turned out to be the subject of a dispute with the Russian Orthodox Church on the ownership of urban real estate.

Keywords

• the saint isaac’s cathedral
• architectural masterpiece
• unesco’s list of the world cultural and natural heritage
• property
• property right
• types of cost
• professional evaluation
• bundle of rights
• high relief/bass-relief mephistopheles