Work Organization of the Penza Branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments on the Preparation of the “Code of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Penza Region”

The process of organizational and scientific research activities for the preparation of the “Code of historical and cultural monuments of the Penza region” in the period 1966-1985 is considered as an integral part of the multi-volume encyclopedic publication the “Code of historical and Cultural monuments of the peoples of the USSR”, which was given not only scientific and reference value, but also ideological and theoretical character, showing the place and role of the cultural heritage of the peoples of the USSR in the history of world culture. The directions of activity and interaction of government bodies, the Research Institute of Culture of the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR, the Penza branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments and the general public in identifying, recording, studying and describing all types of monuments in the Penza region for their subsequent systematization and state registration in order to preserve and effectively use historical and cultural heritage are studied. The source base of the research was made up of archival documents of the State Archive of the Penza Region and a collection of personal documents, a significant part of which is being introduced into scientific circulation for the first time; materials of periodicals; local history literature; legislative and regulatory acts of the USSR and the RSFSR, reflecting issues of preserving the historical and cultural heritage and preparing the “Code of historical and cultural monuments”.