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
Gustave Doré was one the most prolific artist of the 19th century. He was a remarkable engraver, artist, illustrator, printmaker, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor, working primarily as a wood and steel engraver.
“Rendezvous with Russia" will feature Russian and foreign films, documentaries and animated movies.
The demonstration of 33 short films shot by students of Russian and foreign film schools will be organized at Komsomolets cinema house for free.
Galleries, theatres, museums, libraries and other cultural venues organised excursions, performances, presentations, meet-the-artist events and master classes In the format of offline and online.
During this holiday season, Moscow and St. Petrsburg citizens will be able to take a trip to a fairy tale in Veliky Ustyug. Several trains will connect St. Petersburg with Residence of Ded Moroz, Russian equivalent of Santa Claus. Ded Moroz, or Grandfather Frost, lives more than 1000 kilometers northeast of Moscow, among pine forests on a cliff above the Sukhona River.
The exhibition aimed to promote the art of the ex libris and to organize cultural exchange and communication between graphic artists from different countries. Its main objective was to cultivate and promote an interest in and devotion to bookplates and enhance their artistic qualities.
VI International competition for performers on wind and percussion "Northern Rhapsody" will be held in Cherepovets on November 25-28. The music competition will be arranged online via video recordings.
Applications for participation in an international competition can be sent by November 1. The music competition will be held online via video recordings.
"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 international festival of arts and crafts "Finno-Ugric Transit" was held in Saransk, the capital of Mordovia on October 14-17.