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Russia-K ( "Russia - Culture") is a Russian nationwide not-for-profit television channel that broadcasts shows regarding arts and culture. It belongs to the state-controlled VGTRK group.

Key facts

Television channel.name
Russia-CulturaРоссия-Культура
Television channel.logo
Russia-Cultura.svg
Television channel.logo_size
210px
Television channel.picture_format
576i (SDTV)1080i (HDTV)
Television channel.network
VGTRK
Television channel.owner
Russian Government
Television channel.country
Russia
Television channel.language
Russian
Television channel.area
RussiaWorldwide
Television channel.headquarters
Moscow, Russia
Television channel.former_names
RTR-2 (August 25 — October 31, 1997) Kultura (November 1, 1997 — December 31, 2009)
Television channel.sister_channels
Russia-1, Russia-24, Carousel, RTR Planeta
Television channel.terr_serv_1
Analogue
Television channel.terr_chan_1
Channel 6 (Limited coverage for St Petersburg except the rest of Russia)
Television channel.terr_serv_2
Digital
Television channel.terr_chan_2
Channel 6
Television channel.online_serv_1
CytaVision
Television channel.online_chan_1
Channel 18 SDChannel 31 HD

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
culture
Country
Russia
Owned by
VGTRK
Official website
smotrim.ru/pick/kultura
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Commons category
Rossiya K
inception
1997-00-00
language used
Russian
social media followers
2060000
operating area
Russia
short name
Культура
title
Культура
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 1997–2001: The Beginning of Broadcasting
  • 2001–2006: Alexander Ponomarev
  • 2006–2009: Tatyana Paukova
  • Since 2010: Sergey Shumakov
  • Programming
  • Logo history
  • References
  • External links

Russia-K ( "Russia - Culture") is a Russian nationwide not-for-profit television channel that broadcasts shows regarding arts and culture. It belongs to the state-controlled VGTRK group.

==History== The creation of Kultura channel was authorised on 25 August 1997 after the presidential Decree No. 919 was signed by Boris Yeltsin. Its creation was supported by Mstislav Rostropovich, Dmitry Likhachyov, Rolan Bykov and other public figures. Mikhail Shvydkoy became the first editor-in-chief of Kultura. The channel began broadcasting on 1 November 1997 at 10:00 AM. At the stage of launching, it was planned that it would be called "RTR-2" (while RTR was labeled as RTR-1). The corresponding logo was briefly used in a number of printed TV programs, while the stylized "K" letter was used as the logo from the beginning of broadcast.

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