The instructions to the Government of the Russian Federation relate, in particular, to providing financial support to the best projects on creating a comfortable urban environment in small towns and historical settlements and to allocating additional funds from the federal budget to support these projects in the amount of no less than 5 billion rubles each year in 2018–2021.
Other instructions to the Government concern developing regulations for archaeological excavations in historical settlements, expanding the list of municipal entities included in the Golden Ring of Russia tourist route, ensuring the comprehensive development of historical settlements and municipalities that have historical and cultural potential, improving the tourism and investment attractiveness of small towns and historical settlements, and other issues.