Uzbekistan's Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution on May 12, adding 67 new objects to the national list of cultural heritage, the Cultural Heritage Agency reported.

Previously, 8,370 cultural heritage sites were under state protection. With the new additions, the total number has reached 8,437. Among the newly included sites are the Republican Specialized Art School named after P. Benkov and building No. 22 on Shota Rustaveli Street (the so-called 'Stalin building') in Tashkent.

During the draft discussion in May 2025, the building of the Art Studies Research Institute and the Cabinet of Ministers building were also listed as 'modernist objects,' but they were omitted from the final resolution.

The resolution also revised the lists of archaeological, historical, and architectural monuments, monumental art, and landmarks in Andijan, Bukhara, Fergana, Jizzakh, Navoi, Namangan, Samarkand, Surkhandarya, and Syrdarya regions, the city of Tashkent, Tashkent region, and Karakalpakstan.

New entries include the grave of Igor Savitsky in Nukus, a monument to Erkin Vohidov in Fergana region, the State Museum of History and Culture of Namangan region, and the house-museum of Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi in Kokand.

The Cultural Heritage Agency, together with relevant ministries and agencies, will ensure the inclusion of these objects in the state cadastre.

In 2023, reports emerged that building No. 22 might be demolished. In early 2025, the Agency announced plans to include the 1956-built structure in the heritage list.

Last year, residents of 'Specialists' Houses' No. 16 and 18 on Beshyogoch Street claimed that these buildings were previously on the heritage list but were later removed. A multi-story building is planned for the area, prompting local opposition and a letter to the president.

Source: www.gazeta.uz