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 Vologda Region enters top five Russia’s most popular destinations for New Year and Christmas holidays. Veliky Ustyug received the status of the Official Hometown of Ded Moroz in 1998.
Gates to the North is an inter-regional event, show and exhibition for the tourism industry. It is held annually with an active backing of the RF Ministry of Culture, RF Tourism Agency, Association of Russian tour operators and Vologda Oblast Government.
International exlibris competition in Ruse, Bulgaria has been organized since 2005. The competition becomes a phenomenon of collective cultural memory. The works acquire encyclopedic value of intangible heritage created with special signs and modern messages to generations. The meaning of the relationship between writers / writers, books, readers, and the audience, which is attracted by the magic of fine drawings, is inadvertently transformed.
Organised by the Eurasian community of travel industry specialists, the international competition “Probrand-2020” named the winners of the 2nd International marketing competition in the field of tourism.
The Russian Government has decided to launch domestic tourism subsidy programme and to allocate an additional 15 billion ($211 million) to develop domestic tourism, which will be used to partially compensate Russians who vacation at home.
This weekend, Totma, located in the eastern part of the Vologda Oblast will celebrate a traditional Russian America Day. The major events of the celebration will be dedicated to the key moments of the Russian-American history of Totma lands.
The exhibition of fans features works from France, England, Germany and Holland. The collection of 18th and 20th-century European fans is extensive. This exhibition displays totally unique pieces that were created by well-known artists and painters in the famous European workshops.
On July 30, the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve joined the "Wooden Ring of Russia" Internet project at the invitation of the Russian Centre for preservation of wooden architecture of the Kizhi Museum-Reserve.
Held annually, Gates to the North is one of the top travel exhibitions in Russia’s North-West and is highly valued by the interregional tourism community.