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 festival is aimed at popularization of folk arts and handicrafts. It will be arranged with an active backing of the Vologda City Administration and a Handicrafts Centre “Reznoi Palisad (Carved Fence)”.
The Village - the Soul of Russia, Russian Folklore Festival will be held in Kadui District (Vologda Region) on August 19-21.
Vologda will host IV International Lace Festival VITA LACE on July 15-18. Registration of participants for IV International Lace Festival VITA LACE will last till June 25.
This summer Vologda will host several inter-regional and international events - an International Folk Crafts Festival City of Crafts, XV International drama festival Voices of History, IV International Lace Festival VITA LACE and Russian Folklore Festival "The Village - the Soul of Russia".
The State Holiday of the Russian Federation, Russia Day is celebrated on June 12. The national Russian holiday has been celebrated since 1992.
In January 2021 public interactive platform Zhivoenasledie.rf invited Russian regions to participate in the competition for the selection of "Top 1000 cultural and tourist brands of Russia."
Vologda is to become home to IV International Lace Festival VITA LACE on July 15-18.
Over 300 works of art dating back to the XVII−XIX centuries will be presented at the exhibition “Russian Baroque”. It will open on June 24 at one of the affiliates of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum.
The festival is aimed at popularization of folk arts and handicrafts. It will be arranged with an active backing of the Vologda City Administration and a Handicrafts Centre “Reznoi Palisad (Carved Fence)”.
Vologda Region will become home to XV International Theatre Festival “Voices of History" from July 1 throughout 10, 2021. The festival has long been a hallmark of the Vologda Region, it is a favourite festival of all theatre-goers.