Дударенко В.Н.

The subject of the study is the participation of local authorities in the preservation of historical and cultural heritage sites. Not being a matter of local importance, the protection and use of cultural monuments, nevertheless, places a serious burden on municipal authorities. This circumstance creates in practice many difficulties in the performance of this task. In addition, the situation is exacerbated by the collisions contained in federal legislation regulating relations in the field of conservation and use of monuments of the past. Methodology. The article is written on the basis of the theoretical-empirical approach to the investigation of the claimed subject. Much of the article covers materials of an empirical nature, obtained as a result of practical actions by the local self-government bodies of Yekaterinburg in the implementation of organizational and legal and other measures for the protection and use of antiquities. The results of the research, reflected in this article, concern specific proposals on the adjustment of federal legislation in the field of protection of cultural objects. Conclusions. The authors of the article propose, through legislative measures, to increase the share of municipal objects of cultural significance, which at present is negligible. At the same time, it is proposed to give local governments additional powers in the field of protection and use of historical and cultural heritage sites.