List of culture ministers of Russia
This is a list of Ministers of Culture of Russia.
Russian SFSR
Ministers of Culture (1953–1992)
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Tatyana Zuyeva | Communist Party | 1 April 1953 | 24 May 1958 |
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Alexey Popov | Communist Party | 24 May 1958 | 17 November 1965 |
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Nikolay Kuznetsov | Communist Party | 17 November 1965 | 28 February 1974 |
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Yury Melentyev | Communist Party | 28 February 1974 | 14 July 1990 |
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Yury Solomin | Independent | 8 September 1990 | 5 December 1991 |
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Yevgeny Sidorov | Independent | 5 February 1992 | 27 March 1992[1] |
Russian Federation
Minister of Culture and Tourism (1992)
| Minister | Political party | Term of Office | Cabinet | |||
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Yevgeny Sidorov | Independent | 27 March 1992 | 30 September 1992 | Yeltsin–Gaidar |
Ministers of Culture (1992–2004)
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Yevgeny Sidorov | Independent | 23 December 1992 | 28 August 1997 | Chernomyrdin I |
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Natalia Dementieva | Independent | 28 August 1997 | 30 September 1998 | |
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Vladimir Yegorov | Independent | 30 September 1998 | 8 February 2000 | Primakov |
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Mikhail Shvydkoy | Independent | 8 February 2000 | 9 March 2004 | |
| Kasyanov | ||||||
Minister of Culture and Mass Media (2004–2008)
| Minister | Political party | Term of Office | Cabinet | |||
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Alexander Sokolov | Independent | 9 March 2004 | 12 May 2008 | Fradkov I |
| Fradkov II | ||||||
| Zubkov | ||||||
Ministers of Culture (since 2008)
| Minister | Political party | Term of Office | Cabinet | |||
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Alexander Avdeyev | Independent | 12 May 2008 | 21 May 2012 | Putin II |
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Vladimir Medinsky | United Russia | 21 May 2012 | 21 January 2020 | Medvedev I |
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Olga Lyubimova | Independent | 21 January 2020 | Incumbent | Mishustin |