PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS: SUBJECT-OBJECT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE PROBLEM OF RESPONSIBILITY
The article raises the problem of studying the modern practice of protecting archaeological sites in contemporary Russia and moral and ethical aspects of responsibility associated with it. The author presents facts of interaction between the academic community, authorities, economic entities and the media on the works with monuments of the past in the Republic of Tatarstan. The community of professional archaeologists is proved to be an equal actor in this interaction. It is proposed that the problem of responsibility be solved taking into account the historicity of specific ethical systems, which are often in conflict with each other.