On the Peninsula will be created East-Crimean archeological historical and cultural reserve

At the session of Permanent Commission of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea on Culture, that was held under the chairmanship of its Head Svetlana Savchenko, discussed the prospects for the establishment of the East Crimean archaeological historical and cultural reserve and a new type of the issue of preserving cultural heritage of the Eastern Crimea.

According to the Director of Crimean Republican Institution “Kerch Historical and Cultural Reserve” Tatiana Umrikhina, on the territory of Kerch Peninsula at present time there are more than 5 thousand different monuments. “We now raise strategic for the region question – about the creation of the East-Crimean archeological historical-cultural reserve (ECAHCR). It will include all of cultural heritage of this territory, and it, in turn, is unique in the entire southern region of Russia. The creation of the reserve will allow not only to preserve and study all these monuments, but also to finally realize and solve the issue of permanent archeological expeditions”.