List of Culture Ministers of Russia
# List of Culture Ministers of Russia

This is a list of Ministers of Culture of Russia.

## Russian SFSR

### Ministers of Culture (1953–1992)

| Minister | Political party | Term of Office | Term of Office |
| - | - | - | - |
| Tatyana Zuyeva | Communist Party | 1 April 1953 | 24 May 1958 |
| Alexey Popov | Communist Party | 24 May 1958 | 17 November 1965 |
| Nikolay Kuznetsov | Communist Party | 17 November 1965 | 28 February 1974 |
| Yury Melentyev | Communist Party | 28 February 1974 | 14 July 1990 |
| Yury Solomin | Independent | 8 September 1990 | 5 December 1991 |
| Yevgeny Sidorov | Independent | 5 February 1992 | 27 March 1992 |

## Russian Federation

### Minister of Culture and Tourism (1992)

| Minister | Minister | Minister | Political party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Cabinet |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Yevgeny Sidorov | Independent | 27 March 1992 | 30 September 1992 | Yeltsin–Gaidar |

### Ministers of Culture (1992–2004)

| Minister | Political party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Cabinet |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Yevgeny Sidorov | Independent | 23 December 1992 | 28 August 1997 | Chernomyrdin I |
| Yevgeny Sidorov | Independent | 23 December 1992 | 28 August 1997 | Chernomyrdin II |
| Natalia Dementieva | Independent | 28 August 1997 | 30 September 1998 | Chernomyrdin II |
| Natalia Dementieva | Independent | 28 August 1997 | 30 September 1998 | Kiriyenko |
| Vladimir Yegorov | Independent | 30 September 1998 | 8 February 2000 | Primakov |
| Vladimir Yegorov | Independent | 30 September 1998 | 8 February 2000 | Stepashin |
| Vladimir Yegorov | Independent | 30 September 1998 | 8 February 2000 | Putin I |
| Mikhail Shvydkoy | Independent | 8 February 2000 | 9 March 2004 | Putin I |
| Mikhail Shvydkoy | Independent | 8 February 2000 | 9 March 2004 | Kasyanov |

### Minister of Culture and Mass Media (2004–2008)

| Minister | Political party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Cabinet |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alexander Sokolov | Independent | 9 March 2004 | 12 May 2008 | Fradkov I |
| Alexander Sokolov | Independent | 9 March 2004 | 12 May 2008 | Fradkov II |
| Alexander Sokolov | Independent | 9 March 2004 | 12 May 2008 | Zubkov |

### Ministers of Culture (since 2008)

| Minister | Political party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Cabinet |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alexander Avdeyev | Independent | 12 May 2008 | 21 May 2012 | Putin II |
| Vladimir Medinsky | United Russia | 21 May 2012 | 21 January 2020 | Medvedev I |
| Vladimir Medinsky | United Russia | 21 May 2012 | 21 January 2020 | Medvedev II |
| Olga Lyubimova | Independent | 21 January 2020 | Incumbent | Mishustin |
