Introduction: The northern neighbours and their heritage: A Russian-Norwegian cultural millennium I. Nation building, assessment of historic monuments and cultural heritage managementChapter 1. Norwegian Medieval Architecture in Russian Accounts (late 19th – early 20th centuries) Chapter 2. Historical Knowledge and Inspiration: Nordic Impact on Russian Architecture (1870s–1910s) Chapter 3. The Imperial Archaeological Commission (1859–1918) and Cultural Heritage Management in Russia Chapter 4. Cultural Heritage in Norway and the International Exchange of Ideas: A scholarly description and a personal narrativeII. Contemporary preservation of historic monuments – former preservations as heritage and obstacleChapter 5. Facing the Vulnerabilities of a Medieval Cathedral Chapter 6. The Faceted Palace in Novgorod the Great: The main problems of restoration Chapter 7. The General Staff Building in Saint Petersburg: From an empire-style administrative building to contemporary art venues for the hermitage museum Chapter 8. The Relevance of Authenticity. eidsvoll constitution hall restoration 1814-2014 Chapter 9. Russian-Norwegian Cooperation on Cultural Heritage: A personal experienceIII. Contemporary preservation of recent heritageChapter 10.Neglected Heritage: Khrushchev mass housing in Leningrad Chapter 11. Individual Wooden Dwelling Houses of the First Half and Middle of the Twentieth Century: Problems of the study, conservation and restoration Chapter 12. Hated Heritage: Architecture of the Norwegian welfare stateChapter 13. Experimental Preservation of an Arctic Settlement Piramida on Spitzbergen: A Russian view of the 120 hours 2015 architectural competition