The Department of Arts was established on the basis of the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the Uzbek SSR dated March 28, 1936. It was reorganized into the Main Directorate for Arts of the Ministry of Culture of the Uzbekistan SSR in June 1953. By orders of the Minister of Culture of the USSR and the Minister of Culture of the Uzbek SSR, the Main Directorate for Arts was liquidated on January 1, 1955.
Decrees, acts and orders of the Committee for Arts under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the Ministry of Culture of the USSR, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan and the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR, the Ministry of Culture of the Uzbek SSR and the Main Directorate for Arts of the Ministry of Culture of the Uzbek SSR; regulations on the Ministry of Culture of the Uzbek SSR, the Main Directorate for Arts and its regional departments.
Annual plans of the Main Directorate for the Arts and its subordinate institutions; seven-year music school programs; repertoire plans and programs of theaters and cinemas of the republic, Uzgosphilharmonia and Uzgosestrada; annual reports of the Main Department for Arts, regional departments, subordinate educational institutions and theaters of the republic.
Meeting protocols of the board of the Department, meetings and meetings with the head of the Department, meetings of the attestation commission, meetings of the commission for receiving and discussing operas and performances of theaters of the republic, production meetings of theaters; correspondence with the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR on improving the work of theaters, staffing, drawing up plans, programs and staging performances.
