Activity of the Kuban historians on the protection of the region's cultural heritage (19 - early 20th century)

The article is devoted to the formation of the Kuban regional studies, a powerful impulse to the development of which was given in the late 19th - the early 20th centuries. At that time, a constellation of provincial historians was formed, whose activities became a significant contribution to the science and culture of the region. By their efforts the protection of monuments was put on a state basis. With their participation a local legislative framework was developed, which outstripped and supplemented general line of development of the Russian legislation on this issue in many respects. In the protection of cultural monuments Kuban historians used various methods of educational work: lectures, publication of popular works, excursions, publications in the periodical press, museum expositions, etc. The experience accumulated by historians of the Kuban During the studied period can be successfully used for the protection of historical and cultural monuments in our days.