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
Vologda’s experts participated in the Fair of Tourism (ITTFA) / Sajam Turizma (Int'l Travel Trade Fair) in Belgrade, Serbia on February 23-26.
J.Seven is a musician, multi-instrumentalist, who besides playing saxophone, which is his priority instrument, also play the Spanish guitar, blockflute and drums. His popularity is growing rapidly throughout the world.
His first exhibition was arranged in 2012 in a series of Russian – Swiss cultural exchange program for 2012-2015 organized with the support of Pro Helvetia foundation. Alex Doll’s artworks were on display in Vologda in 2015 and 2016. In 2015 the exhibition was devoted to the 285th birthday anniversary of a great Russian general Alexander Suvorov.
The International Lace Festival VITA LACE supported by the RF Ministry of Culture was held in Vologda twice – in 2011 and 2014.
NTV’s anchor John Warren arrived in the Vologda Oblast to make a TV show about local food in Vologda Region.
The Vologda Region takes eighth place in the list of Russia's most popular destinations during New Year holidays in 2017, according to a study conducted by TourStat agency.
The exhibition project “Ethno Art Fest” is a competition consisting of a series of exhibitions, aimed to support the ethnographic art and crafts.
If you happen to be a fan of German cinema you should find an opportunity to visit Vologda where the Festival of German Films will be carried out on January 26-29.
A delegation from the Vologda Region led by Deputy Governor Oleg Vasiliev visited Madrid, Spain to participate in FITUR, one of the first tourism fairs in the world.
According to a newly created legend, Ded Moroz was born on November 18th in Veliky Ustyug, a small town in the Vologda region. The date of the magician's birthday was chosen by weather chart makers as their long-term observations register that on that very day the ground of Veliky Ustyug is usually covered with a heavy snow blanket. No one knows his exact age. Although experts insist his career began more than 150 years ago, the first mentions of his appearance in noble Russian families on Christmas and New Year eve date back to the beginning of the 19th century.