Методы исследования русских усадеб как объектов наследия: XIX–XX вв.

This paper contributes to heritage studies and museology by tracing the evolution of methods used to document Russian country estates in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Drawing on published scholarly and legal sources, it examines how questionnaires, journals, catalogues and heritage assessments recorded estates and their state of preservation.The article connects these methods with changing preservation policies and the work of scholarly and public societies. It identifies questionnaires as a particularly effective documentation tool and highlights the importance of the 1920s in establishing the foundations of estate studies and museum practice. This historical perspective offers a basis for reflecting on how estate heritage is documented and safeguarded today.