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
“Rendezvous with Russia”, an international film festival, will be opened on December 7-9 in the Vologda Region, featuring around 30 Russian and foreign films, documentaries and animated movies. The festival hopes to boost tourism in the region, hosting round table discussions to debate the future of the local tourist industry.
The 28th "Premio di Lanciano" International Accordion Competition took place in Lanciano from 25th to 30th September 2018.
The top leadership of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Preserve presented a concept of its development in the RF Ministry of Culture, Moscow.
The 24th international trade fair for travel & tourism OTDYKH LEISURE 2016 is held on September 11th–23rd, at the Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow.
Representatives of Orchestra, a Russian-French landscape bureau arrived in Tot’ma on a four-day-duration visit aiming to present a coastal embankment improvement project.
The festival is named after Valery Gavrilin, the great Russian composer, People's artist of Russia who was born in Vologda.
Kirillov is in the list of Russia's small cities that are most popular destinations for summer vacationing, according to a study conducted by TourStat agency.
“Rendezvous with Russia”, a four-day international film festival, will be opened on December 6-9 in the Vologda Region, featuring around 30 Russian and foreign films, documentaries and animated movies. The festival hopes to boost tourism in the region, hosting round table discussions to debate the future of the local tourist industry.
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.
From August 16 to 19, Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre in Moscow will host a large-scale exhibition event - the First Tourist Week of the Russian Regions. It is orginised by the Tourism Association of the Russian Regions.