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
Ray Brown Jr. was born in New York City and raised in a family of musical royalty (the son of singer Ella Fitzgerald and legendary jazz bass player Ray Brown).
Vincent Herring is a saxophone virtuoso with a uniquely intense and vigorous musical voice. He is considered one of the premier saxophonists of his generation. He first toured Europe and the United States in the early 1980s.
Three years ago the authorities of the Vologda Oblast jointly with the Russian Ministry of Culture decided to launch a tourism project “Silver Necklace of Russia” in the region.
130 lace-makers from Russian regions (Vologda, Murmansk, Archangelsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Lipetsk regions among them) will take part in the All-Russian competition "Silver Bobbin".
Considered one of the premier saxophonists of his generation, Vincent Herring is a saxophone virtuoso with a uniquely intense and vigorous musical voice. He first toured Europe and the United States in the early 1980s.
The International Forum-Exhibition “Hands of women” will be held in Strasbourg on November 3-5. Masters of arts and crafts, designers and business ladies are invited to participate.
V All-Russian forum «Belov. Vologda. Russia» is being held in the Vologda Region from October 22 to 24.
Martin Alvarado is widely considered to be Argentina’s most significant contemporary tango singer.
The fifth all-Russian forum «Belov. Vologda. Russia» will be held in Vologda Oblast from 22 to 24 October.
The Vologda Region will celebrate a Night of the Arts on November 3rd.