The historic monuments of Tyumen are an integral part of the historical and cultural landscape of the city, especially those of them that have the status of the objects of the cultural heritage of the federal significance. The relevance of this topic lies in commemorative marks being one of the sources of the formation of historical memory. For the first time, there is an attempt to study the commemorative potential using the example of a limited number of cultural heritage sites in Tyumen and compare with its current state. A comprehensive study of the history of these objects allows identifying their commemorative potential, while the comprehension of the current state of their memorialization aids in developing specific proposals for perpetuating significant events for them. Using the principles of objectivity and historicism, the authors have studied memorial plaques. Today, they are the only type of commemorative signs located on the cult cultural heritage sites of federal significance in Tyumen. Their texts contain information exclusively about the events of religious life. The reason for this may be the fact that the initiative to install all the memorial signs came from the representatives of the church. The events related to the history of the iconic monuments of Tyumen were grouped into thematic blocks. They reflect the connection of these objects with facts from the life of indivi¬duals or with the history of the most memorial place. This allows formulating more clearly their proposals for the memorialization of historic objects of cultural heritage of federal significance in Tyumen. It should be noted that the issue of the current state and prospects of memorialization of the historic objects of cultural heritage of regional significance in Tyumen requires a special study.

The historical part of Tyumen is a sociocultural space that attracts residents and tourists with the presence of architectural monuments. Among them, the objects of cultural heritage of federal significance are of particular importance for the history and culture of Russia. Informational inscriptions and signs serve as a source of information about historical buildings included into the Unified State Register of Cultural Heritage Sites (historical and cultural monuments) of the peoples of the Russian Federation. This topic has not been sufficiently studied in the academic literature. The inscriptions are rarely the subject of research, and they receive little attention in regional publications on memorial data. Filling this void is the purpose of this article. The research methodology includes the general principles of objectivity and historicism. Using analysis, descriptive and comparative-historical methods, the authors evaluate the content of the inscriptions on the subject of their compliance to the historical truth. This article identifies quantitative and qualitative indicators related to inscriptions on objects of cultural heritage of federal significance in Tyumen. The quantitative characteristics include the presence, absence, inaccessibility of plates at objects, while the qualitative indicators — certain clusters of information about them. The authors propose to distinguish two groups of inscriptions depending on the date of their installation. The first group includes those that, for various indicators, do not meet the contemporary requirements. Most likely, they were placed at the facilities before the introduction of the current standards. The second group includes those established in accordance with applicable law. In the conclusion, the authors suggest correcting the texts of the inscriptions in the future, based on the contemporary legislative framework.

The paper deals with the perpetuation of the name of G. W. Steller in the form of the installation of an object of monumental art in Tyumen. The authors outline the structure of his memorialization: the emergence of the idea of creating a memorial sign; making a proposal for its installation; choosing the form and location; search for funding sources; the inauguration of an object of monumental art. The types and locations of the commemorative sign proposed by the participants in the discussion of the idea of preserving Steller’s memory are analyzed. The possible periods of perpetuating his name are indicated. The factors that “slow down” or “accelerate” the process of memorialization are listed.