Cultural values as a specific object of civil law relations

The article examines the provisions relating to cultural property as a specific object of civil law relations. The question of approaches to the definition of the concept of the object of civil legal relations and to the system of these objects, as well as its correlation with the concepts of “object of civil rights” and “object of civil circulation” is briefly discussed. An attempt is made to define the concept of “cultural values”, to establish a correlation with the concept of “cultural heritage”; to clarify the place of cultural values in the system of objects of civil-law relations. It is emphasized that in the field of cultural property rights are subject to various restrictions based on the public interest in the artistic, historical and generally cultural significance of such objects. Examples are also given of domestic and foreign experience of legal regulation of cultural property. Challenges of an international nature in attempting to define this concept were revealed.