Development of Soviet Lithuania’s Urban Conservation System in the Baltic Context
Development of Soviet Lithuania’s Urban Conservation System in the Baltic Context

Summary/Abstract: Systematic urban heritage conservation in Soviet Lithuania began in 1956, when the Vilnius Old Town reconstruction project was launched. Similar issues were being dealt with in the Soviet Estonian and Latvian Republics as well. By the mid1970s urban conservation systems in Lithuania and Estonia had developed, while in Latvia a complex, functioning system was never established. While most of the previous studies were limited to one particular country, this article analyses the development of an urban heritage protection system in Soviet Lithuania in the contexts of other Baltic countries by comparing urban conservation processes, influences and revealing similarities and differences. Comparative analysis is particularly relevant, considering the long-term testimonials regarding Lithuania’s and Estonia’s heritage protection systems’ exceptionality and level of advancement, as well as their correspondence with relevant international trends.

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