Russian Museums Alarmed By Order For 'Patriotic Education'

By artappraiser on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 1:51am |

By Lilya Palveleva @ RFERL.org, March 23

MOSCOW -- Late last month, Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky set off alarm bells among culture aficionados when he sent a letter to regional administrations ordering them to bring the museums in their purview into line with "the state's priorities."

The state news agency TASS reported about the letter and quoted a paragraph of it in which Medinsky orders regional officials to pay particular attention to "the embodiment of [state priorities] in exhibitions about the most important events in the history of modern Russia."

According to the TASS report, local officials have been ordered to report back on the progress of their work by April 30 [....]

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https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-museums-medinsky-patriotic-education-alarmed/29838273.html