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Ministry of Culture (Russia)

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Formed
  
2008

Minister responsible
  
Vladimir Medinsky

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Russia

Website
  
mkrf.ru (Russian)

Ministry of Culture (Russia)

Headquarters
  
Maly Gnezdnikovsky 6/7, Moscow

Annual budget
  
74.5 billion rouble (FY 2011)

The Ministry for Culture of Russia (Russian: Министерство культуры Российской Федерации; Минкультуры России) is a Russian Federal Ministry in the Russian Government that responsible for state policy in Cultural spheres, Art, Cinematography, archives, and inter-nations issues.

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Structure

Formed in May 2, 2008 on basic of the Ministry for Culture and Mass Media (Министерство культуры и массовых коммуникаций Российской Федерации). In the past, the Culture Ministry was operated between 1953-1992, and 1992-2004 (While between March and September 1992 the ministry was known as Ministry for Culture and Tourism (Министерство культуры и туризма Российской Федерации).

  • Federal Service for Supervision over Culture (Федеральная служба по надзору за соблюдением законодательства в области охраны культурного наследия; Росохранкультура), Dissolved in 2011.
  • Federal Archive Agency (Федеральное архивное агентство; Росархив)

    • Russian Culture Ministers

  • Alexander Alexeyevich Avdeyev (2008 - 2012)
  • Vladimir Medinsky (Since 2012)

    • References

    Ministry of Culture (Russia) Wikipedia
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