Supervision in sphere of protection of cultural heritage (monuments of history and culture)

Abstract

The article examines the general theoretical aspects of Prosecutor’s supervision over fulfillment of the legislation about protection of cultural heritage (monuments of history and culture), defines its objects, subject, goals and objectives, the specifics of the implementation of state control, methods of conducting audits, identify violations of the law, prosecution of perpetrators, the application of measures of prosecutorial response. Also the аrtiсlе examines the state of law violations in the sphere of use of objects of cultural heritage (monuments of history and culture), suggests ways to improve the efficiency of Prosecutor' s supervision in this sphere. The conclusion that bodies of the Russian prosecutor's office promote protection of objects of cultural heritage not only by identification and suppression of illegal encroachments, implementation of rigid supervision of execution by bodies of the state control of the conferred powers, but also by means of carrying out the active legal work among the population aiming at increase of a sense of responsibility of citizens of Russia for preservation and enhancement of national cultural property is in summary drawn.

Keywords

• прокурорский надзор
• охрана культурного наследия
• памятники истории и культуры