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 exhibition of delicate Vologda lace will be organized within the framework of the Days of Russia in Kazakhstan on October 15-22.
St. Petersburg International Content Forum and Kino Expo International Exhibition are held in St. Petersburg on September 13-17.
The Pushkinskaya Karta project (Pushkin cards) which provides Russian young people with free access to the treasures of Russian culture once every 4 months started working on September 1.
The 27th international trade fair for travel & tourism OTDYKH LEISURE 2021 is held on September 7th–9th, Moscow. This year the exhibition gathered over 400 exhibitors and 160 speakers from 41 Russian regions and 21 foreign countries.
Vologda’s cultural experts held a presentation of the Pushkin Card cultural program at the Vologda Theatre for Children and Youth.
During the Knowledge Day celebrated on September 1st, the entrance to the Vologda State Museum - Preserve and its branches will be free of charge for all categories of schoolchildren and students of the Vologda Region.
"Treasures of Russia" is an online voting dedicated to tourism opportunities in Russia. It is designed to identify the country's main attractions and its most popular places and objects and open new sights on Russia’s tourist map.
The day of State flag of the Russian Federation, one of the statutory holidays of Russia, was established in 1994 by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation and is celebrated on August, 22.
The All-Russian Forum of Regions of Russia will be held within the framework of the 24th International PIR exhibition on October, 5-8th at Crocus Expo in Moscow.
Sales of tours in Russia with cashback, which were supposed to end on July 31, have been extended to August.