The Effect of the Environment on Saint Petersburg's Cultural Heritage: Results of Monitoring the Historical Necropolis Monuments

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This book addresses the effects of the environment on Saint Petersburg’s cultural heritage. It summarizes the results of long-term, large-scale monitoring of monuments in, and the environment (air, soil, vegetation) of, the historical Saint Petersburg Necropolis. The book offers detailed descriptions of the unique collection of decorative stones in the Necropolis and discusses the deposits that were most likely used to create them. In addition, it characterizes the processes of stone and bronze monuments’ degradation in response to physical, chemical and biogenic influences. Special attention is paid to describing the monitoring methodology and the structure of the monitoring information database. Drawing on the methodologies and cases presented here, the book subsequently puts forward a strategy for the conservation and restoration of these unique monuments. This book approaches practical questions of monuments preservation that will be of interest to museum staff, restorers and experts in various fields (geologists, biologists, chemists, engineers, etc.) whose work involves problems of cultural heritage preservation. The book is interesting for everyone who is not indifferent to the history and preserving of the world culture. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Museum Necropoleis of St. Petersburg. A Brief History (Vladimir N. Timofeev, Yuriy М. Pirjutko)....Pages 1-13 Stone Materials of the Necropoleis Monuments (Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Evgeniya I. Polyanskaya, Vera V. Manurtdinova)....Pages 15-43 Outdoor Environment of the Monuments in the Necropoleis (Vladimir P. Chelibanov, Aleksandr M. Marugin, Katerina V. Sazanova, Evgeny V. Abakumov, Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Vera V. Manurtdinova et al.)....Pages 45-73 Decay of the Monuments (Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Vera V. Manurtdinova, Marina S. Zelenskayа)....Pages 75-95 Changes in the Necropoleis Monuments’ Status Over Time (Vera V. Rytikova, Marina S. Zelenskaya, Vera V. Manurtdinova, Iuliia A. Loginova, Khristina V. Shumilova, Olga V. Shchedrova et al.)....Pages 97-143 Monitoring of the State of Stone and Bronze Monuments (Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Vera V. Manurtdinova, Marina S. Zelenskayа, Vadim A. Parfenov, Vera V. Rytikova et al.)....Pages 145-159 Methods of Monument Protection from Damage and Their Performance (Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Vadim A. Parfenov, Marina S. Zelenskayа, Yuliya V. Plotkina, Valeria M. Geludova, Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya et al.)....Pages 161-178 Results and perspective (Nadezhda N. Efremova)....Pages 179-179 Back Matter ....Pages 181-188