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
Being the cultural capital of the Russian North, Vologda will host the 6th All-Russian Ex-libris Exhibition on August 22-26. It will feature ex-libris creations from many Russian regions and such CIS-countries as Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia and Kazakhstan. After the congress all the works will be donated to the Vologda Picture Gallery.
The Ceramic Festival was held in the District of Verkhovazh'ye for the first time.
The Vologda Region continues to attract tourists both from Russia’s regions and abroad. The region appears at the top of tourist rankings, and continues to develop its infrastructure and host large historic festivals.
Every year Tatyana Watson visits Bryanchaninovs' country estate, a unique monument of history and culture of the Federal value.
One of the oldest in Russia, it is known as a town of museums and seafarers. In the second half of the 18th century, 20 expeditions left from Totma. One of the most important led to the discovery of the Commander Islands and the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.
Once a year folklore dancers from across the globe transcend upon Israel en masse to perform. The International Folklore Festival in Israel has been continuously held since 1985. Each year folkloric ethnic dance ensembles among the best known and most appreciated in the world are being invited to Israel to a feast of dance, sound and colour. Their performances take place all over Israel.
Bulgarian theatres and foreign guests from Eastern Europe will participate in the event in summer 2017. Vologda Puppet Theatre Teremok will present a musical performance “Mishuk, or a fairy-tale about a naughty bear” written by the famous Vologda-born writer Vasily Belov. The performance is popular with kids and adults.
The 6th All-Russian Ex-libris Congress will feature ex-libris creations from many Russian regions and such CIS-countries as Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia and Kazakhstan. After the congress all the works will be donated to the Vologda Picture Gallery.
Wolf Mail began playing the guitar at the age of 10, heavily influenced by Elmore James and John Lee Hooker. Later, Mail received some guitar lessons from David Goodman, and went on to perform his first gig at 14. He left home at 17 to tour with his own band.
Prof. Dr. Rainer Vollkommer , director of Liechtenstein National Museum and Natalia Zotikova, Deputy Director General of the Vologda State Museum-Preserve signed a cooperation agreement for two years.