The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy ( uk, Міністерство культури України) or MinCult is the main state authority in the system of central government of Ukraine responsible for country's cultural development and history preservation. It is fully based on the former Ministry of Culture and Tourism (that was dissolved in 2010). The Honcharuk Government (on 29 August 2019) merged the Ministry of Youth and Sports into the ministry.New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ)
Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019) But its succeeding Shmyhal Government undid this merger. The Shmyhal Government did rename the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports into the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy on 26 March 2020. From 2 December 2014 to 29 August 2019 Ukraine had a (separate) Ministry of Information Policy.

History

Ukraine (1917–1919)

The origin of the Ukrainian ministry could be traced to the earliest creation of the General Secretariat of Ukraine where a department of culture was created in 1917 within the Secretariat of People's Education headed by

Ivan Steshenko Ivan Steshenko (June 24, 1873, Poltava – August 1, 1918, Poltava) was a Ukrainian civic and political activist, writer, translator, member of the Ukrainian government, and member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. He had several pen-surnam ...

. It was created on same principles that existed during the Russian Empire where cultural life in Ukraine was administered by the Russian Ministry of Enlightenment (see Ministry of National Education (Russian Empire)). In May 1918 there was established Ministry of People's Education and Arts headed by Mykola Vasylenko. Later there was ''Ministry of Art'' headed by Dmytro Antonovych (December 1918 - February 1919) that was disbanded soon after the Soviet invasion of Ukraine. There also existed ''Ministry of Confessions'' that was first created during the government of Skoropadsky on April 30, 1918 and was at first headed by Mykola Vasylenko. After the fall of Skoropadsky government Ministry of Confessions (April 30, 1918 - December 14, 1918) was transformed into Administration of Cults at first and later into Ministry of Denomination (February 13, 1919) both headed by

Ivan Lypa Ivan Lvovych Lypa ( uk, Іван Львович Липа; February 24, 1865, Kerch – November 13, 1923, Lviv (Vynnyky) was a Ukrainian physician and politician who served as Ukrainian minister of Religious Affairs. He is a father of another Ukra ...

. One of the most noticeable ministers however was

Ivan Ohiyenko Metropolitan Ilarion ( secular name Ivan Ivanovitch Ohienko; uk, Іван Іванович Огієнко; 2 January (14 January), 1882 in Brusilov, Kiev Governorate – 29 March 1972 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a Ukrainian Orthodox ...

Soviet Ukraine

With advancing Bolsheviks in Ukraine, there also was established the People's Commissariat of People's Education that took over most of cultural life in Ukraine. On 25 February 1919 by its decree, the Council of People's Commissariats of UkrSSR (CPC of UkrSSR) established Cinema Committee within its People's Commissariat of People's Education and registering all electro-theatres in Ukraine. On 19 February 1921 the CPC of UkrSSR issued statement obligating its People's Commissariat of People's Education to use all of artwork for purpose of communist agitation (propaganda). Previously by decree of 14 December 1920, the CPC of UkrSSR established Main Political and Educational Committee within its People's Commissariat of People's Education. Another decree of CPC of UkrSSR of 11 March 1921 "About purchase for state museums museum valuables from private individuals" initiated creation of state museums which were previously "nationalised" by Bolsheviks "in the name of the Revolution" in form of simple expropriation. Along with that there was established All-Ukrainian Committee in Conservation of artworks, artifacts, and natural landmarks. On 19 April 1921 CPC of UkrSSR issued decree "About peasants homes" ( uk, селянські будинки, selyanski budynky) establishing centers of political education (propaganda) in rural areas. On 22 November 1922, on efforts of people's commissar Hrynko, the

Central Executive Committee of Ukraine All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee ( uk, italic=yes, Всеукраїнський центральний виконавчий комітет) was a representative body of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets. It was the supreme legislative ...

adopted its statement "About enacting Code of Laws about People's Education" ( uk, Про введення в дію Кодексу законів про народну освіту) which defined the network of cultural and art institutions, their framework of functioning, and mechanisms of administration.

Structure

The ministry consists of the central body of ministry headed by its leadership composed of a

minister Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

, his/her first deputy, and other deputies in assistance to the minister. Part of ministry is composed of several state administrations that are specialized in certain field and coordinate operations of government companies.

Central Body

;Leadership *Minister *First Deputy *Deputies *Deputy-Chief of Aparat ;Section in support of the Minister's performance *Sector of informational-analytic work and communication with public ;Sector of control and checks in execution of acts and orders of the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as well as the orders of leadership ;Sector of job-secrecy work ;Sector of mobilization work and public security ;Section of financial revisions and support of measures in the fight with corruption *Sector for prevention and counter-action of corruption ;Section of human resources and state service ;Directory of legal support *Section of legal expertise *Section for the use of legislation *Sector for conducting a claim work ;Directory of Affairs *Section for documents support and control *Section for cooperation with Verkhovna Rada *Sector for organization of access to the public information ;Department in formation of the state policy in the sphere of culture, art, and education *Directory of Arts **Section of musical art **Section of theatrical art **Section of monumental, artistic, and folk art **Sector of circus art *Directory for strategical planning of cultural development and regional policy in the sphere of culture **Section of analysis and forecasting of activities in learning institutions **Section of analysis and forecasting of socio-cultural development of regions **Section of analysis and forecasting of libraries activities **Others;

State agencies

*State Service of Cinematography *State Service in control of transportation of cultural valuables over the State Border *State Service in protection of the National Cultural Heritage *State Service of Tourism and Resorts

Ministerial institutions and organizations

The ministry also administers a network of museums, libraries, cultural centers, regional centers of folklore, national cultural heritage sites, various artistic education in schools and universities, has own research centers and institutions, promotes circus, musical and theatric arts in regions. The ministry also maintains the registry of fixed landmarks of cultural heritage (national and local). On 11 December 2012 there were 4,719 such landmarks, 891 of national significance and the other 3,828 of local significance.State registry of fixed landmarks of Ukraine. Landmarks of national significance
Ministry of Culture. 11 December 2012 Note: while most of the educational state institutions are administered by the Ministry of Education, most arts educational state institutions are administered by the Ministry of Culture.

Ukrainian cultural centers

* Cultural center of Ukraine in Russia * Ukrainian cultural and information center in Sevastopol * State agency in promotion of culture of Ukraine

Museums under Ministry jurisdiction

National Art Museum of Ukraine The National Art Museum of Ukraine ( uk, Національний Художній Музей України) is a museum dedicated to Ukrainian art in Kyiv, Ukraine. History The National Art Museum of Ukraine, which was the first museum in ...

* Aivazovsky National Art Gallery *

Lviv National Art Gallery Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery ( uk, Львівська Національна Галерея Мистецтв імені Бориса Возницького) is the largest art museum in Ukraine, with over 62,000 artworks in its colle ...

* Lviv National Museum * Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II * National Historical Museum of Ukraine *

National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943" The National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943", is a museum dedicated to the Kyiv Strategic Offensive Operation of autumn 1943. The museum is located on the outskirts of the village of Novi Petrivtsi, Vyshhorod Raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. ...

* Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum * National Museum of Literature of Ukraine * National Museum of Taras Shevchenko *

National Research Restoration Center of Ukraine National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* Directorate of Arts Exhibitions of Ukraine *

National Museum Sanctuary of Ukrainian Pottery National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ...

Memorial to the Holodomor Victims in Ukraine A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of ...

Prison on Lontskoho A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...

* Marshal Konev Height * Historic Museum of Church of the Tithes

Culture and Heritage reserves managed by the ministry

* National Historical and Cultural Reserve "Hetman's Capital" * National Reserve "Khortytsia" * National Kyiv-Pechersk Historic-Cultural Reserve * National Reserve "Sophia of Kyiv" * National Historic-Archeological Reserve " Kamyana Mohyla" * National Historic-Memorial Reserve "

Babyn Yar Babi Yar (russian: Ба́бий Яр) or Babyn Yar ( uk, Бабин Яр) is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. The fi ...

" * National Historic-Memorial Reserve "

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" * National Historic-Cultural Reserve " Kachanivka" * National Historic-Cultural Reserve "Chyhyryn" * National Historic-Memorial Reserve "Fields of Berestechko Battle" * National Historic-Ethnographic Reserve "Pereyaslav" * National Reserve Hlukhiv * National Reserve "Castles of the Ternopil Land" * National Historic-Architectural Reserve "Kamianets" * Shevchenko National Reserve in Kaniv * National Architectural-Historic Reserve "Chernihiv ancient" * National Reserve "

Chersonesos Tuarica Chersonesus ( grc, Χερσόνησος, Khersónēsos; la, Chersonesus; modern Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language , Ukrainian: Херсоне́с, ''Khersones''; also rendered as ''Chersonese'', ''Chersonesos'', contracted in B ...

" * National Reserve "Ancient Halych"

List of Ministers of Culture

Ukrainian SSR

Post- Declaration of Ukrainian independence

References

External links

Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture

Official website
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