Ministry of Culture
Overview
Main functions of the ministry:
- regulation of relations in the sphere of culture (art, cinema, protection and usage of historical and cultural heritage);
- support of museums, culture, art and national artistic trades institutions;
- preservation, revival and development of traditional crafts of the Vologda Region;
- management of service of libraries.
One of the primary functions of the Ministry of Culture is the preservation of the archives of Government Ministries and Departments and related administrative units, and this involves the selection of those records having permanent value, the arrangement and description of archives, and the provision of a reference service to scholars, to Government Ministries and Departments and to the general public. As the government's recordkeeping authority, the Ministry works to ensure effective information management and acts as the official guardian of Vologda Oblast's public archives.
The holdings of the archives and records service comprise records in a variety of media. This includes paper-based textual records, electronic records as well as audio-visual, photographic and cartographic material. Governmental bodies produce vast amounts of administrative records.
As an executive body with diverse functions, the Ministry carries out its mission through a number of subordinate offices and institutions. There are state and municipal archives in the Vologda Oblast.
The main functions of the Ministry and its subordinate institutions in the sphere of records activities include:
- to collect material in or about the Vologda Oblast;
- to preserve the archival heritage of the Vologda Oblast;
- to make the archival heritage accessible to people.
News
The local lakes and rivers freeze around mid-November and this is when the festivals begin with Ded Moroz’s official birthday.
The Cultural Capitals competition began in 2023 and annually takes place in Russia. During the event, a prestigious title is awarded to one city in the country by a panel of experts. Cities with at least 250,000 inhabitants are invited to participate.
The campaign has been held on the initiative of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation since 2013. This year, its events are timed to coincide with National Unity Day and the Year of the Family.
The public holiday was established in honour of events of 1612 when Russian voluntary troops commanded by Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky liberated Moscow from foreign invaders.
An international festival named after Valery Gavrilin, the great Russian composer opened in Vologda on Oct 4 with Anyuta ballet set to music by Valery Gavrilin.
XI All-Russian Belov Readings will be held in Vologda on October 21- 26.
The festival is named after Valery Gavrilin, the great Russian composer, People's artist of Russia who was born in Vologda.
Vasily Belov is a Vologda-born writer, poet and dramatist who published more than sixty books.
The exhibition “Laces of Russian North” that kicked off at a branch of the Mikhail Sholokhov State Museum-Reserve will last till December 8, 2024.
It was the first ever performance of the Bolshoi Theatre in Vologda. The ballet "Anyuta" set to the music of our countryman, composer Valery Gavrilin was presented in the year when we mark the 85th anniversary of the birth of Valery Gavrilin.