Article 3. Basic terms

For the purposes of this Law, the following basic terms shall apply:

ensembles — groups of monuments, buildings and structures historically formed within a specific territory, which, in their integrity or in connection with the surrounding landscape, possess historical, archaeological, architectural, aesthetic, or socio-cultural value, including social, administrative, religious, scientific, educational, defensive, palace, residential, commercial, industrial and other facilities, either individually or in combination, as well as works of painting, sculpture, applied decorative arts, and architecture; also including relics of historical layouts, settlements, landscape architecture and garden art works (gardens, recreation parks, boulevards, promenades);

sites of interest — territories representing the joint creation of humans and nature, or possessing historical, archaeological, urban planning, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological value, including centers of folk handicrafts, historical settlements or urban planning centers, as well as places associated with historical (including military) events, monuments, buildings connected with the lives of prominent historical figures, memorial sites, natural landscapes, as well as cultural layers, remains and ruins of ancient towns, citadels, settlements and residences, and ritual sites;

monuments — individual buildings, structures and constructions of historical, scientific, artistic or other cultural value, along with related works of painting, sculpture, applied decorative arts, as well as historically formed territories of such sites; including memorial houses, apartments, cemeteries, mausoleums, individual graves, works of monumental art, sites of science and technology (including military technology), materials of anthropology, ethnography, numismatics, epigraphy, cartography, photography, cinematography, audio and video recordings, and other records in physical form, works of literature and art, archival, manuscript and graphic documents, ancient manuscripts, early printed books, rare and unique editions, musical notations, sacred sites and memorial items, stone statues, rock carvings, and archaeological monuments;

cultural heritage sites — tangible and intangible cultural heritage sites;

tangible cultural heritage sites — ensembles, sites of interest, and monuments possessing historical, scientific, artistic or other cultural value;