Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments - KGIOP

The Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments (KGIOP) is an executive body. state authorities of St. Petersburg The Committee conducts a state policy in the field of accounting, identification, preservation, use, popularization and state protection of cultural heritage objects (monuments stories and culture) peoples of the Russian Federation (cultural heritage objects), coordinates the activities of other executive bodies in this area. state power St. Petersburg

History

1966: Transformation into a stand-alone Committee

In 1996, GIOP GlavAPU was transformed into an independent Committee of the Administration of St. Petersburg with the preservation of the usual abbreviation (KGIOP).

1944: Reorganisation into the State Monument Protection Inspectorate

In 1944, the Department was reorganized into the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Monuments (GIOP) as part of the Office of Architecture.

1938: Transformation into the Monuments Protection Department of the Office of Arts of the Leningrad City Executive Committee

Since 1938, the Heritage Protection Department has been in charge of the Monument Protection Department of the Arts Department of the Leningrad City Executive Committee.

1918: Established the Department of Museum Affairs and Monument Protection

On November 15, 1918, the Department for Museum Affairs and Monument Protection was established in Petrograd - a direct predecessor of the KGIOP.