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 exhibition of Vologda laces will be opened on September 19th in the Russian House of Science and Culture, the largest foreign cultural institute in the world that has the world's largest building among the similar cultural and scientific missions.
Constructed between 1568 and 1570 under personal supervision of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the St. Sophia Cathedral Museum is a state-preserved architectural and historical monument located in the centre of Vologda.
The festival is named after Valery Gavrilin, the great Russian composer, People's artist of Russia who was born in Vologda.
The Museums of the Russian North is a major culture grant programme of Severstal, focused on supporting the development of arts museums in the north of Russia.
The exhibition of Vologda laces will be opened on September 19th in the Russian House of Science and Culture, the largest foreign cultural institute in the world that has the world's largest building among the similar cultural and scientific missions.
Residents and visitors of the Spanish city of Malaga were able to get acquainted with the artwork of Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). The exhibition of the Russian avant-garde painter was opened in the Russian Museum branch at the beginning of the year. It was held in the framework of the cross cultural Year of tourism between Russia and Spain.
In the 21st century Vologda has been very active in the ex-libris movement with many graphic artists becoming interested in ex-libris creation, with a regular participation in international competitions and an increasing number of dedicated collectors.
The festival is named after Valery Gavrilin, the great Russian composer, People's artist of Russia who was born in Vologda.
The 5th International Festival “Roses of Obzor” was held in Obzor, at the seaside in hospitable and sunny Bulgaria from July 31 to August 14. It attracted most talented and promising children and youth in the field of arts.
Every year Tatyana Watson comes from Australia to visit Bryanchaninovs' country estate, a unique monument of history and culture of the Federal value.