Formation of regional institutions for implementation of state policy of cultural heritage protection in early 1990s in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Authorities declared 2025 the year of Historical Heritage in Yugra. Yugra’s historical and cultural heritage is characterized by a significant prevalence of archaeological and ethno-cultural objects over architectural and monumental art. The relevance of the article is determined by the need for scientific comprehension of the formation and development of interaction between the state and society on the study and protection of an archaeological heritage of the peoples of Russia in regional specifics of the North of Western Siberia in contemporary history. The article uses the example of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug to examine the processes of formation of regional bodies for the protection of the cultural heritage of Yugra as an independent region of the Russian Federation in the context of the collapse of the USSR. The aim of the article is to consider the processes of formation of regional institutions for the implementation of the state policy of cultural heritage protection in the conditions of transformation of legislation of archaeological research in the early 1990s on the example of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. The author defines the main trends in the development of state-legal regulation of archaeological research in the early 1990s. Using the example of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug as a new region of the Russian Federation, the author reveals the essence of the processes of institutionalisation of cultural heritage protection, which involves the search for new forms of interaction between public authorities and society on the issues of historical and cultural heritage protection. Specialists of the state bodies responsible for the protection of cultural heritage, historians and archaeologists are targeted audience of the article.