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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).
Material historical and cultural assets, movable and immovable, include (Article 13):
These assets are classified as follows (Article 16):
Non-material assets, including traditions, rites, folklore, folk arts, and language, are classified as (Articles 14, 16):
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).
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.
In 2014 it listed 5527 object of heritage were on the list.
Code
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 — abroadThe second character refers to its type
1 — tangible immovable assets 2 — tangible movable assets 3 — intangible assetsThe 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