Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests at the 4^th Congress of Sister Cities of Russia and Finland.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants of the 12^th Likhachev International Scientific Conference.

Issues discussed included the improvement of legislation on endowment funds.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the Establishment and Activity of Cultural and Information Centres.

Winners of the 2011 prizes were opera singer Venera Gimadiyeva, performer Mansur Musayev and architect Arseny Chakrygin.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On 2011 President’s Prize for Young Cultural Professionals

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the staff of the Mikhailovskoye Museum Reserve on the 90^th anniversary since its founding.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez on his 85^th birthday.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his greetings to participants and guests of the 17^th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of Russian animation.

Dmitry Medvedev visited Glavkino, one of Russia’s largest film and television studios, where he met with the creators of the film August 2008 and servicemen involved in the military operation against Georgia’s aggression.

Dmitry Medvedev had working meetings with head of the Republic of Udmurtia Alexander Volkov and St Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko.

Dmitry Medvedev signed an Executive Order On Holding the Year of Russian History in the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Medvedev signed an Order On holding the Year of the Russian Federation in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Year of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Russian Federation with a view to further developing Russian-German relations.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the staff of Moscow's Romen Music and Drama Gypsy Theatre on the 80th anniversary of its establishment.

Dmitry Medvedev signed executive order assigning the federal state budgetary cultural institution the Battle of Stalingrad State Historical and Memorial Museum the status of a particularly valuable object of Russian cultural heritage.

The Presidential Reserve Fund’s spending came to an approved total of 700 million rubles (around $23 million) in 2011. A total of 206 social sector establishments received money from the fund over the course of the year.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the staff of the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama on the theatre’s 85^th anniversary.

Dmitry Medvedev visited the Petrozavodsk Palace of Creativity for Children and Teenagers, where he had a meeting with professionals working in preschool education and at children's cultural institutions, and librarians.

Dmitry and Svetlana Medvedev with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev attend the Sleeping Beauty ballet premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre.

Dmitry Medvedev awarded state decorations to prominent figures from the culture and arts world in the run-up to the National Unity Day.