On April 2, 2022, on International Children's Book Day, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation launched the Culture for Schoolchildren portal, which will collect digital resources about culture for children and youth.
The Ministry of Culture of Russia annually holds a competition for the award of grants from the President of the Russian Federation to support creative projects of national importance in the fields of culture and art.
“The Great Ethnographic Exam,” is an educational project that introduces the culture of the peoples living in Russia, and also allows one to assess their general level of ethnocultural literacy.
More than 1.9 billion rubles will be allocated to regions for updating libraries, replenishing book collections, as well as purchasing equipment for children's theaters.
New Rules have been adopted by a resolution of the government of the Russian Federation which says that cultural institutions can make agreements to lease state or municipal property without bidding.
By a decree of the President of the Russian Federation, on August 9, 2021, the Order For Merit in Culture and Art and the Medal For Works in Culture and Art were created.
The mobile application, “NEB Light,” based on the National Electronic Library, was released, and is available, free of charge, on the App Store and Google Play.
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation would like to announce the second all-Russian competition “Libraries: PROmovement,” in which employees of the central and municipal libraries of the Russian Federation can participate.
From April 5th to June 30, 2021, applications are being accepted for participation in the all-Russian competition, “Librarian of the Year - 2021,” founded by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, organized by the National Library of Russia, and co-organized by the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture.
The Association for the Development of Financial Literacy announced the holding of an all-Russian competition for projects in the field of financial literacy development.
On March 13, 2021, a very important document for the library industry was approved - the Strategy for the Development of Library Science in the Russian Federation until 2030.
he State Russian House of Folk Art, named after V.D. Polenov, has started, in all regions of the Russian Federation in 2021, the All-Russian initiative, "Folk Culture for Schoolchildren."