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The Russian name of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation translates literally as "Ministry of Enlightenment," not simply "Ministry of Education." The ministry's name in English is also sometimes rendered as "Ministry of General Education."
The Ministry of National Education, the first predecessor of today's Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, was established on the 8th of September 1802. The current ministry, specifically created under the name Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, was formally established on the 17th of May 2018.
Sergey Kravtsov has served as Minister of Education of the Russian Federation since the 21st of January 2020. The ministry's first minister, when it was established in 2018, was Olga Vasilieva.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the split was intended to "optimize the current system of government bodies" and to "better concentrate our capabilities in developing both the one and the other education system." Former Minister Vladimir Filippov, chair of the Higher Attestation Commission, said that in the combined ministry schools had felt like they were in a secondary role.
Narkompros RSFSR was the People's Commissariat for Education, established in November 1917 as the Soviet government's replacement for Russia's imperial education ministry. It was renamed the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR in March 1946.
The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation is headquartered at Karetny Ryad 2 in the Tverskoy District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow.