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 International Festival Intermuseum is one of the main events in the Russian cultural calendar. For many years, it has been serving the professional development of the museum business by shaping opinions on traditions, new trends, practices and technologies in modern museums.
William Craft Brumfield is one of the leading western specialists on the history of Russian architecture, professor of Slavic studies at Tulane University in New Orleans, and honorary fellow of both the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences and the Russian Academy of the Arts.
The International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Dagestan started on May 26 and it will last till June 1. Puppet artists from Brazil, South Africa, India, China and Russia participate in the festival and they will build a "magic world" with their puppets.
On June 11th the Vologda Philharmonic Society presents the famous pair - Italian bandoneon virtuoso Gianni Iorio with pianist Pasquale Stafano in a program consisting largely of Argentine tango and jazz. The concert is sure to delight fans of the genre.
The international photo festival has been created by the Russian Photo Union. Its aim is to gather photographers from around the world, turning the town of Kirillov into an international centre of artistic expression focusing on photography. It will involve international artists from such countries as Russia, Ukraine, France, Germany, the Chinese People’s Republic and Kazakhstan.
On August 9-11, the small town of Totma in Russia’s Vologda Region will celebrate Russian America Day at the same time as Fort Ross in northern California, once the southernmost outpost of the Russian empire in the Americas and founded by Totma native Ivan Kuskov.
The project “Summer in the Kremlin” was launched in 2002. It alternates with the International Drama Festival “Voices of History”. Every two years the festival welcomes Vologda’s citizens and guests of the city with a special atmosphere.
INTERMUSEUM 2019 International Festival of Museums will open at Manege Exhibition Centre in Moscow on May 30. More than 300 museums from our country and abroad will be represented at the Festival.
Vologda City will play host to the second edition of the International Folk Crafts Festival “City of Crafts”on June 14-16. The festival will gather craftsmen from 40 Russian regions and from such countries as Germany, Belarus, Armenia, Estonia and Uzbekistan.
Every year Tatyana Watson visits Bryanchaninovs' country estate, a unique monument of history and culture of the Federal value. She will come to the District of Gryazovets on June 8th and June 22nd.