Министерство культуры Российской Федерации | |
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Formed | 2 May 2008 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Russia |
Headquarters | Maly Gnezdnikovsky 6/7, Moscow 55°45′44.46″N 37°36′19.53″E / 55.7623500°N 37.6054250°E |
Annual budget | 74.5 billion rouble (FY 2011)[citation needed] |
Minister responsible |
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Website | culture |
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство культуры Российской Федерации; Минкультуры России) is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for state policy in cultural spheres such as art, cinematography, archives, copyright, cultural heritage, and censorship.[1]
Olga Lyubimova has been Minister of Culture since 21 January 2020.
Structure
[edit]The current Ministry of Culture was formed on May 2, 2008, from the Ministry for Culture and Mass Media (Министерство культуры и массовых коммуникаций Российской Федерации).[2] In the past, the Ministry of Culture operated between 1953 and 2004, while between March and September 1992 the ministry was known as the Ministry for Culture and Tourism (Министерство культуры и туризма Российской Федерации).
The Federal Service for Supervision over Cultural Heritage Protection (Russian: Федеральная служба по надзору за соблюдением законодательства в области охраны культурного наследия; Росохранкультура) was dissolved in 2011.
Authority
[edit]The Ministry of Culture independently carries out legal regulations, as well as develops and introduces draft regulations on the following issues: culture, art, cinematography, copyright, related rights, historical and cultural heritage, international cultural and informational cooperation.[3]
Ministers of Culture
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Russia bans 'historically false' film on Stalin deportations of Chechens". AFP. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
Russia has refused to permit the release of a film about the mass deportations of entire ethnic groups on Stalin's orders during World War II, calling it anti-Russian and a falsification of history
- ^ Presidential Decree No. 724; Указ Президента РФ от 12.05.2008 N 724 Archived 2013-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Description".
External links
[edit]- Official website
(in Russian)