Got Russian Ancestry? There’s a report in Tass that 143,000 monuments have been added to the Russian database of cultural heritage sites.
Following is an excerpt from the article posted Feb. 21, 2018 at the Tass website.
MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/ Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky confirmed on Tuesday that some 143,000 monuments have already been added to the state’s unified database of cultural heritage sites.
According to earlier media reports, the database had 36,698 monuments, 3,605 ensembles and 506 sites.
“We began with 300 objects on paper, right now there are 143,000 of them in the digital version,” Medinsky told reporters.
Read the full article at: http://tass.com/society/990989
Thanks to ResearchBuzz for the heads-up.
