UNESCO World Heritage Sites
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that is listed by UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance. The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 state parties which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term.
The program catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity. Under certain conditions, listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund. The programme was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on November 16, 1972. Since then, 186 state parties have ratified the convention.
- Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (1996, 2000)
- Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological
- Site of Zvartnots (2000)
- Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley (2000)
- Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower (2000)
- Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (1994)
- Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (1994)
- Upper Svaneti (1996)
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (2003)
- Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly (2004)
- Saimaluu-Tash
Russian Federation
- Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (1990)
- Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (1990)
- Kizhi Pogost (1990)
- Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (1992)
- Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (1992)
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal (1992)
- Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (1993)
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye (1994)
- Virgin Komi Forests (1995)
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka (1996, 2001)
- Lake Baikal (1996)
- Golden Mountains of Altai (1998)
- Western Caucasus (1999)
- Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (2000)
- Curonian Spit (2000) *
- Ensemble of the Ferrapontov Monastery (2000)
- Central Sikhote-Alin (2001)
- Uvs Nuur Basin (2003) *
- Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent (2003)
- Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent (2004)
- Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2004)
- Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (2005)
- Struve Geodetic Arc (2005)*
- State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv" (1999)
- Kunya-Urgench (2005)
- Ichan Kala (1990)
- Historic Centre of Bukhara (1993)
- Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2000)
- Samarkand Crossroads of Cultures (2001)