ABSTRACT
Cultural monuments can be very diverse. They are folk songs and costumes, the creations of architects, poets, artists, carpenters, stonecutters and blacksmiths. The idea of culture must take hold of the masses. The Fund must constantly invent new forms of aid to culture. For example, in the suburbs of Leningrad, in Arkhangel'skoe near Moscow and in other old parks, marble statues perish from external influences. One of the most pressing problems of contemporary life, is the preservation of our cities, large and small, their appearance, their spirit and their individuality. The perception of "other," the cognition of an "other" nation is the consciousness of the existence of oneself beyond the limits of oneself, the consciousness of one's own people in the midst of others. This consciousness is extremely important in our moral conclusions. Russian culture has, from the very beginning, been a culture of different peoples, united by Rus', by a single government.
