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# Karamelka the pony from Tsarskoye Selo leads among five contest finalists
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/ministerstvo-kultury-provodit-konkurs-na-zvanie-glavnogo-pitomtsa-khranitelia-uchrezhdenii-kultury/
- Published: 2025-03-15T13:19:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:42:27.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Museums, Society, Nature, Humour

Ministry of Culture Holds Contest for the Title of Chief Pet-Guardian of Cultural Institutions.

The finalists are Karamelka the pony from Tsarskoye Selo, Thomas the cat from the Ivan Pavlovich Bardin Museum of Science and Technology, Mashunya the cat from the Pskov City Cultural Centre, Dymka the cat from the Tauric Chersonese Museum-Reserve, and Yefrosinya the cat from the Ryazan Centre of Folk Art.

At present Karamelka the pony is leading the vote by a wide margin