Issues of Preserving the Historical Environment of the Resort City of Svetlogorsk

Abstract

The relevance of the article is due to the fact that historical environment in the cities is subject to major changes due to increased interest of developers in construction in historical areas and the use of historical potential of the territories for promotion of various projects, primarily in multistory housing construction. The state of the historical development of the city of Svetlogorsk of the Kaliningrad region - a resort federal city - raises certain issues, including those related to preservation of cultural heritage. The historical urban environment of Svetlogorsk is of significant cultural value, while the historical heritage resources of the city are numerous and diverse, which requires further research. The majority of architectural monuments are registered as identified cultural heritage sites, but some of them are being reconstructed or destroyed. Multistory residential buildings are being built in their place or adjacent territories due to significant demand for real estate in the resort city of Svetlogorsk. In the last three years, some work has been done to prepare documentation to transfer the identified cultural heritage sites to cultural heritage sites of regional and local significance, but this process is delayed once again, while new ambitious projects on the development of valuable historical territories arise. It seems important to remember that there are other means of expressing greatness and strength, apart from the grandeur. Masters of the past understood this and created true works of art that spoke the language of true greatness of peace and simplicity... [1].