The cultural heritage of Belarus includes both material and immaterial assets (valuables), in accordance with the Law on Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Belarus (2006).[1]
Material historical and cultural assets, movable and immovable, include (Article 13[1]):
These assets are classified as follows (Article 16):[1]
Non-material assets, including traditions, rites, folklore, folk arts, and language, are classified as (Articles 14, 16):[1]
The State Register of Historical and Cultural Values of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Дзяржаўны спіс гісторыка-культурных каштоўнасцей Рэспублікі Беларусь) and Databank are maintained (Article 8).[1]
In 2007, a total of 4,811 objects of heritage were listed, of which 4,694 were material, including 1,655 architectural monuments, 1,125 historical monuments, and 57 art monuments.[2]
Current 07-07-2020 objects of heritage list.[3]
Every asset has a unique 10-character alphanumeric code of the following template: nnnAnnnnnn
The first character refers to its location
1 — Brest Region;
2 — Vitebsk Region;
3 — Gomel Region;
4 — Grodno Region;
5 — Mogilev Region;
6 — Minck Region;
7 — Minsk;
8 — abroad
The second character refers to its type
1 — tangible immovable assets
2 — tangible movable assets
3 — intangible assets
The third character refers to its category (0,1,2,3)
The third character refers to its more detailed classification
А — documents
Б — nature reserves
В — archaeological
Г — architectural monuments
Д — historical monuments
Е — urban design
Ж — arts
М — collection
Н — set (камплект)
Six last characters is zero-padded number of the asset in the order of its inclusion into the Register