The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation () is a
ministry of the
Government of Russia
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responsible for state policy in cultural spheres such as
art,
cinematography
Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography.
Cinematographers use a lens to focu ...
,
archive
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Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual ...
s,
copyright
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,
cultural heritage
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, and
censorship
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.
Olga Lyubimova
Olga Borisovna Lyubimova (russian: Ольга Борисовна Любимова; born 31 December 1980) is a Russian politician serving as the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation. She was appointed on 21 January 2020.
Prior to her c ...
has been Minister of Culture since 21 January 2020.
Structure
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). In the past, the Ministry of Culture operated between 1953 to 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 (Федеральная служба по надзору за соблюдением законодательства в области охраны культурного наследия; Росохранкультура) was dissolved in 2011.
* Federal Archive Agency (Федеральное архивное агентство; Росархив)
Authority
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.
Ministers of Culture
References
External links
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Culture, Ministry of
Russia
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Ministries established in 2008
2008 establishments in Russia