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 event which will bring together a wide range of admirers of the writer's work, all those interested in the preservation, study and promotion of the literary heritage of Vasily Belov, will take place for the ninth time in Vologda.
Vologda will host XV International drama festival "Voices of History" from June 9 throughout June 19, 2022.
An exhibition by Hiroaki Miyayama immerses the viewer in the world of the traditional Japanese culture.
On the night of May 21 to 22, museums across the world will take part in the Long Night of Museums.
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 Governor's International music competition is held in the Vologda Region every three years. The main objective of the event is to reveal new talents, gifted musicians from Russian regions, the near and far abroad and to perpetuate the memory of Valery Gavrilin.
IV International Lace Festival VITA LACE will be held in Vologda on July 14-17.
The festival "Voices of History" that emerged in 1991 as a review of the performances of professional theatres in the historical and architectural ensemble of the unique environment of the Vologda Kremlin has long been a hallmark of the Vologda Region, a favourite festival of all theatre-goers.
The International Lace Festival VITA LACE collects everything related to the world of linen industry: fabrics, clothes, textile, souvenirs, as well as looms, spinning machines and accessories.
More than fifty artworks by the world-famous artist Hiroaki Miyayama have arrived for exhibition in Vologda. An exposition of prints inspired by The Tale of Genji kicked off at the Shalamov House of the Vologda Regional Picture Gallery on April 9.