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List of contents
Introduction: The northern neighbours and their heritage: A Russian-Norwegian cultural millennium
I. Nation building, assessment of historic monuments and cultural heritage management
Chapter 1. Norwegian Medieval Architecture in Russian Accounts (late 19th – early 20th centuries)
Chapter 2. Historical Knowledge and Inspiration: Nordic Impact on Russian Architecture (1870s–1910s) Chapter 3. The Imperial Archaeological Commission (1859–1918) and Cultural Heritage Management in Russia Chapter 4. Cultural Heritage in Norway and the International Exchange of Ideas: A scholarly description and a personal narrative
II. Contemporary preservation of historic monuments – former preservations as heritage and obstacle
Chapter 5. Facing the Vulnerabilities of a Medieval Cathedral
Chapter 6. The Faceted Palace in Novgorod the Great: The main problems of restoration
Chapter 7. The General Staff Building in Saint Petersburg: From an empire-style administrative building to contemporary art venues for the hermitage museum
Chapter 8. The Relevance of Authenticity. eidsvoll constitution hall restoration 1814-2014
Chapter 9. Russian-Norwegian Cooperation on Cultural Heritage: A personal experience
III. Contemporary preservation of recent heritage
Chapter 10.Neglected Heritage: Khrushchev mass housing in Leningrad
Chapter 11. Individual Wooden Dwelling Houses of the First Half and Middle of the Twentieth Century: Problems of the study, conservation and restoration Chapter 12. Hated Heritage: Architecture of the Norwegian welfare state
Chapter 13. Experimental Preservation of an Arctic Settlement Piramida on Spitzbergen: A Russian view of the 120 hours 2015 architectural competition
About the author
Evgeny Khodakovsky is Head of the Department of Russian Art History at St Petersburg State University, Russia.
Siri Skjold Lexau is Professor of Art History at the University of Bergen, Norway.
Summary
Architectural Conservation and Restoration in Norway and Russia delves into the main challenges of historic and contemporary architectural preservation practices in Russia and Norway.
