Museums-reserves of Russia: historical and cultural features

The article examines the history of the creation of museum-reserves in Russia, approaches to their formation, formation as legal entities vested with powers to ensure the preservation, maintenance, study, and popularization of memorial sites. A comparative analysis is conducted and historical and cultural features of some museum-reserves are highlighted. The conclusion about the exceptional complexity of the spatial structure of the system of museum-reserves and places of interest of the Russian Federation is substantiated.