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
Days of VOICES, a special programme of Festival VOICES (VOlogda Independent Cinema from European Screens) was held in Vologda on August 25-28. It included 30 full-length and short films. The event was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
The participants and spectators will feel themselves involved in the reconstruction of the events of the past, they will get acquainted with the history, culture, Russian folk music and household life of the population of ancient Russia.
Days of VOICES, a special programme of Festival VOICES (VOlogda Independent Cinema from European Screens) will be held in Vologda on August 25-28. It will include 25 full-length and short films. The event is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Marat Bryzgalov took part in the International Competition of bookplates "Year of the Tiger. A trip to China." The competition was announced by the International Federation of Ex-Libris Societies (Hong Kong) at the end of 2021.
Sales of tours and accommodation with cashback will start on the night of August 25 and will last until September 10 inclusive. It will be possible to go on a cashback trip from October 1 to December 25. At the same time, it will be possible to go on a cruise from September 1 until the end of navigation.
The festival is named after Valery Gavrilin, the great Russian composer, People's artist of Russia who was born in Vologda.
Days of VOICES - this is not only about cinema, it’s a video display of frescoes, unique exhibitions and performances.
IX All-Russian Belov Readings are devoted to 90th anniversary of the writer Vasily Belov.
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 participants and spectators will feel themselves involved in the reconstruction of the events of the past, they will get acquainted with the history, culture, Russian folk music and household life of the population of ancient Russia.