What does the Russian Geographical Society do? President of the Russian Geographical Society, Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu took part in the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the RGO. Department of Mathematical Geography

"The main idea of \u200b\u200bthe founders of the Society – to involve in the study of the native land and the people living in it all the best forces of the Russian land"

P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky

The Russian Geographical Society was founded by the Imperial order of Emperor Nicholas I in 1845. On August 18 (August 6, old style), 1845, the emperor approved the provisional charter of the Russian Geographical Society.

The idea of \u200b\u200bcreating the Society belonged to Admiral Fyodor Petrovich Litke, educator of the future first Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich. The main task of the new organization was to gather and send the best young forces of Russia to a comprehensive study of their native land.

Among the founders of the Russian Geographical Society were famous navigators: admirals Fedor Petrovich Litke, Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern, Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel, Pyotr Ivanovich Rikord; members of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences: naturalist Karl Maksimovich Baer, \u200b\u200bastronomer Vasily Yakovlevich Struve, geologist Grigory Petrovich Gelmersen, statistician Pyotr Ivanovich Keppen; prominent military leaders (former and current officers of the General Staff): Quartermaster General Fyodor Fedorovich Berg, geodesist Mikhail Pavlovich Vronchenko, statesman Mikhail Nikolaevich Muravyov; representatives of the Russian intelligentsia: linguist Vladimir Ivanovich Dal and philanthropist Prince Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky.

This is how the famous geographer, traveler and statesman Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky described the essence of the Russian Geographical Society: "Free and open to all who are imbued with love for their native land and deep, unbreakable faith in the future of the Russian state and the Russian people, the corporation".

Since its foundation, the Russian Geographical Society did not stop its activities, however, the name of the organization has changed several times: it bore its modern name in 1845-1850, 1917-1926 and from 1992 to the present. It was named Imperial from 1850 to 1917. In Soviet times, it was called the State Geographical Society (1926-1938) and the Geographical Society of the USSR (or the All-Union Geographical Society) (1938-1992).

Over the years, the Russian Geographical Society was led by representatives of the Imperial House of Romanovs, famous travelers, researchers and statesmen. The Chairmen of the Russian Geographical Society were: Grand Dukes Konstantin Nikolaevich (1845-1892) and Nikolai Mikhailovich (1892-1917), and the Vice-Chairmen were: Fedor Petrovich Litke (1845-1850, 1857-1872), Mikhail Nikolaevich Muravyov (1850-1856 ), Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1873-1914), Julius Mikhailovich Shokalsky (1914-1917), from 1917 to 1931 was the Chairman of the Society. Since 1931, the Society has been led by the Presidents: Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (1931-1940), Lev Semyonovich Berg (1940-1950), Evgeny Nikanorovich Pavlovsky (1952-1964), Stanislav Vikentievich Kalesnik (1964-1977), Alexei Fedorovich Tryoshnikov (1977-1991) ), Sergey Borisovich Lavrov (1991–2000), Yuri Petrovich Seliverstov (2000–2002), Anatoly Aleksandrovich Komaritsyn (2002–2009), Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (2009-present).

The Russian Geographical Society has made a major contribution to the study of European Russia, the Urals, Siberia, the Far East, Central and Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iran, India, New Guinea, polar countries and other territories. These studies are associated with the names of famous travelers, such as Nikolai Alekseevich Severtsov, Ivan Vasilievich Mushketov, Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky, Grigory Nikolaevich Potanin, Mikhail Vasilievich Pevtsov, Grigory Efimovich and Mikhail Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo, Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov-Afanchevas Obb , Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maclay, Alexander Ivanovich Voeikov, Lev Semyonovich Berg and many others.

Also an important tradition of the Russian Geographical Society is communication with the Russian fleet and sea expeditions. Among the full members of the Society were famous marine researchers: Pyotr Fedorovich Anzhu, Vasily Stepanovich Zavoiko, Zagoskin Lavrenty Alekseevich, Platon Yuryevich Lisyansky, Fedor Fedorovich Matyushkin, Gennady Ivanovich Nevelskoy, Konstantin Nikolaevich Posiet, Stepan Osipovich Makarov.

During the imperial period, members of foreign royal families were elected honorary members of the Society (for example, the personal friend of Peter Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansk, the Belgian king Leopold II, the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid, the British Prince Albert), famous foreign researchers and geographers (Baron Ferdinand Richthofen, Roald Amudsen , Fridtjof Nansen and others).

The largest philanthropists who channeled significant funds for the activities of the Society were: merchant Platon Vasilyevich Golubkov, tobacco manufacturer Vasily Grigorievich Zhukov, after whom one of the most prestigious awards of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society - Zhukovskaya was named. A special place among the patrons of the Russian Geographical Society is occupied by the gold miners Sibiryakovs, who financed a number of expeditionary and educational projects.

In 1851, the first two regional departments of the Russian Geographical Society were opened: Caucasian in Tiflis and Siberian in Irkutsk. Then new departments are created: Orenburg, North-West in Vilno, South-West in Kiev, West-Siberian in Omsk, Priamursky in Khabarovsk, Turkestan in Tashkent. They conducted extensive research into their regions. By 1917, the Imperial Russian Geographical Society consisted of 11 departments (including the headquarters in St. Petersburg), two sub-departments and four departments.

During the Soviet era, the work of the Society changed. The Russian Geographical Society has focused on relatively small, but deep and comprehensive regional studies, as well as large theoretical generalizations. The geography of the regional branches has significantly expanded: as of 1989-1992, the Central Branch (in Leningrad) and 14 republican branches worked in the Geographical Society of the USSR. In the RSFSR, there were 18 branches, two bureaus and 78 departments.

The Russian Geographical Society also laid the foundations of the national reserve management, the ideas of the first Russian specially protected natural areas were born within the framework of the Permanent Environmental Commission of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, the creator of which was Academician Ivan Parfenievich Borodin.

The most important event was the creation of the Permanent Commission of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society for the Study of the Arctic. The result of her work was the world famous Chukotka, Yakutsk and Kola expeditions. The report on one of the Arctic expeditions of the society interested the great scientist Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev, who developed several projects for the development and study of the Arctic.

The Russian Geographical Society became one of the organizers and participants of the first International Polar Year, during which autonomous polar stations were created at the mouth of the Lena River and on Novaya Zemlya.

With the assistance of the Russian Geographical Society in 1918, the world's first higher educational institution of a geographical profile, the Geographic Institute, was created. And in 1919, one of the most famous members of the Society, Veniamin Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, founded the first geographical museum in Russia, during the heyday of his collection they occupied the third place in Russia after the Hermitage and the Russian Museum.

During the Soviet period, the Society was actively developing new areas of activity related to the promotion of geographical knowledge. The famous Yuli Mikhailovich Shokalsky lecture hall began its work.

In November 2009, Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu was elected President of the Russian Geographical Society, and a representative Board of Trustees was formed, the chairmanship of which was assumed by the President of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

Today the Russian Geographical Society has over 25,000 members in Russia and abroad. Regional offices are open in all 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The main activities of the Russian Geographical Society are expeditions and research, education and enlightenment, nature conservation, book publishing and work with young people.

The Russian Geographical Society is a non-profit organization and does not receive government funding.

In the building of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, the extraordinary congress of the Russian Geographical Society (RGO) completed its work. The main result is the election of Sergei Shoigu, the head of the Emergencies Ministry, as president of the society, as well as the approval of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society, which, at the request of scientists, was headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. So Putin and Shoigu now found themselves in a company with the former leaders and participants of the Russian Geographical Society - such as the Grand Dukes Konstantin Nikolaevich and Nikolai Mikhailovich, the travel scientists Nikolai Miklukho-Maclay, Ivan Kruzenshtern, Nikolai Przhevalsky, Nikolai Vavilov and Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky. The practical benefits of the arrival of the heroes of modern Russia in the Russian Geographical Society were immediately appreciated.

In recent years, the RGS has very bad money - they did not have enough money for expeditions, research, or even for the normal conduct of congresses. However, money was found for the event that ended on Wednesday. According to the honorary president of the Russian Geographical Society, academician Vladimir Kotlyakov, the money was found from the Por-Bazhyn foundation, which deals with the cultural heritage of Tuva, which is associated with Shoigu.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was elected to the presidency of the society on a non-alternative basis - after the former head of the Russian Geographical Society Anatoly Komaritsyn decided to leave his post. Over 90% of the delegates voted for Shoigu's candidacy.

His service - the Ministry of Emergency Situations - has very great potential, ”Professor Sergei Tivyakov, a delegate from Kuzbass, noted with satisfaction in an interview with Izvestia. - Our society is in great need of funds, including budget funds. And why, you ask, Shoigu? This is a person who has come across geography in practice ...

They were waiting for Putin in the hall, where such famous travelers as, for example, Artur Chilingarov and Fyodor Konyukhov were lost among the mass of participants and guests. To avoid being bored while waiting, a film about Putin and nature was shown on a huge screen: now Putin with tigers, now with leopards, now with belugas. Finally, Putin - as if he had stepped off the screen - appeared on the stage.

When we talk about Russia, we often use the word "great" in the standard version, we say: "Great Russia," the prime minister addressed the congress delegates. - When we say "great country", "great state", then, of course, the scale matters. You can be a very effective country that can be endowed with a lot of correct and complimentary epithets. But if there is no scale, no influence, meaning, this is probably something else, you need to use some other characteristics ...

Putin is confident that the Russian Geographical Society can become a "platform for dialogue between the state and society" by actively participating in environmental and ecological projects, in the development of tourism, as well as assisting in the integrated development of remote regions, research in the Arctic and Antarctic.

I will do my best to help your work, - Putin concluded his speech.

After the applause died down, Shoigu came to the podium.

The new president of the Russian Geographical Society listed the future priorities of the society. This is the dissemination of geographical information about Russia, the development of ecotourism, forecasting of natural hazards, business consulting and international cooperation.

The organization should become an association of scientists, politicians and entrepreneurs, concluded Shoigu, adding that the RGS will also have its own youth wing.

Putin put an end to the event. Having offered to make films about nature with state money (scientists could already get acquainted with one before his arrival), the prime minister said the most important thing: the government will find 50 million rubles for the Russian Geographical Society next year under 10 grants - to support the directions that the society itself will choose. This practice should become annual.

The figure of Putin is no coincidence for us, - Academician Kotlyakov explained to Izvestia. - First, I know him; secondly, he is a candidate of sciences and his dissertation is devoted to natural resources; thirdly, he is simply very interested in atlases, maps ... And he just will increase our authority.

Indeed, in 1997, Putin defended his dissertation on the topic: "Strategic planning of the reproduction of the mineral resource base of the region in the conditions of the formation of market relations."

What is the Russian Geographical Society

The Russian Geographical Society was established on August 18, 1845 by the highest order of Nicholas I under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which emphasized its state status. Through the efforts of famous Russian and Soviet scientists and travelers, the society conducted expeditions, the tasks of which were mainly geographic and ethnographic research. Today the Russian Geographical Society is an all-Russian public organization that unites 27 thousand members in Russia and abroad and has 127 regional and local branches. The central organization is located in St. Petersburg.

In the Fundamental Library of Moscow State University (MSU) M.V. Lomonosov, chaired by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society (RGO) took place.

Before the meeting, President of the Russian Geographical Society, Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation Sergei Donskoy signed an agreement on strategic partnership.

The agreement provides for the interaction of the Russian Geographical Society and the Ministry of Natural Resources in such areas as the protection of the environment, water bodies, forests, animals and plants, the development of nature reserves and educational tourism, as well as environmental education and the formation of ethics of a responsible attitude towards the environment in people.

The parties will exchange information, hold consultations, joint actions and round tables, as well as provide information support for each other's events. The Russian Geographical Society undertook to ensure the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources in the events held by the society, for example, in meetings of working groups. And the Ministry of Natural Resources, in turn, is to involve representatives of the Russian Geographical Society to work out issues related to nature protection.

“The fact that we are now signing an agreement is important for us, on the one hand, and on the other hand, this is another official confirmation of our long-standing cooperation, the Russian Geographical Society and the Ministry of Natural Resources. We have a lot of projects that are already underway and a lot of projects that await us in the future, ”Sergei Shoigu said during the signing of the agreement.

The President of the Russian Geographical Society recalled that in 2010, a lot of work began to clean up the Arctic, which is actively promoted by the Russian Geographical Society and the Ministry of Natural Resources. One of the islands of the Franz Josef Land archipelago has already been completely cleared of scrap metal and fuel and lubricants left over from Soviet times.

“We have a large program for the Novosibirsk Islands, which includes both ecology and research. The three of us - the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Russian Geographical Society and the Ministry of Defense of Russia - are doing a lot of work there, ”Sergei Shoigu noted, recalling that the Temp airfield was restored on the Novosibirsk Islands by the forces of the military department.

The President of the Russian Geographical Society also announced that two large expeditions were conducted to study the consequences of the accident at the Japanese nuclear power plant "Fukushima". “And, of course, we were worried about everything related to possible emissions and possible impact on the environment,” stressed Sergei Shoigu.

After the signing of the agreement, the President of the Russian Geographical Society and the head of the Federal Communications Agency, Oleg Dukhovnitsky, took part in the cancellation ceremony of an artistic marked envelope dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the birth of Russian traveler Nikolai Przhevalsky. The envelope with the original stamp and signatures of Sergei Shoigu and Oleg Dukhovnitsky will later be sold throughout the country in a circulation of 1 million copies.

In addition, the President of the Russian Geographical Society examined the exhibition of paintings, photographs and old books, housed in the Fundamental Library of the Moscow State University. Lomonosov.

Speaking at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society, Sergei Shoigu said that this year, together with the Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov in Moscow, the Youth Center of the Russian Geographical Society was opened, which is designed to unite schoolchildren and students, young scientists and travelers who are not indifferent to the study of geography, history and culture of our country.

The chairman of the Russian Geographical Society said that the youth movement is not limited only to the capital. He recalled that over the past four years more than 50 youth projects of the Russian Geographical Society have covered more than 80 thousand people in 40 regions of the country.

“The opportunity to continue interesting research encourages children to move on and attract friends to the ranks of the Youth Movement of the Russian Geographical Society. This movement is one of our priorities, ”stressed Sergei Shoigu.

“It is logical if the Youth Centers of the Russian Geographical Society will appear in the best year-round children's camps in our country, for example, in the“ Orlenok ”in the Krasnodar Territory or“ Ocean ”in the Far East and, I hope, in the near future - in“ Artek ”, said the Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society adding that "in this matter we count on the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia."

Sergei Shoigu noted that the Russian Geographical Society has long been carrying out projects in the field of preserving historical memory and popularizing the heroic pages of the past of our country - the exploits of explorers, navigators, climbers, military geographers and scouts.

The Center for Underwater Research of the Russian Geographical Society is called upon to shed light on unknown events in history. “In 2014, the Center's program covers more than a dozen facilities located in the Baltic, in the Beaufort Sea, in the Kara, Japanese, Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Seas. There are plans for a detailed study of the water area near the Crimean coast, ”Sergei Shoigu said.

The Crimean region, as the President of the Russian Geographical Society noted, is associated not only with the history of the Russian fleet, but also with the Russian Geographical Society, which more than 150 years ago laid the foundations for the study of the nature and history of the peninsula.

“Such iconic names as Vernadsky, Fersman, Obruchev are associated with the studies of Tavrida. And our task is to continue their traditions, including to revive the work of the branches of the Russian Geographical Society that existed here. By the way, the brightest, most interesting projects, including our regional branches, will be presented at the Festival of the Russian Geographical Society in the fall of this year, ”he said, stressing that all those who are passionate about local history, tourism, photography, history, ethnography, as well as underwater research and archeology.

In his speech, the Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society also drew the attention of the members of the Board of Trustees to the results of the work of the Russian Geographical Society with the most valuable library and archival materials.

“The inventory of funds and their digitization, which has not been carried out for more than 80 years, is in full swing. The largest libraries in Moscow and St. Petersburg will help to scan rare collections of the Russian Geographical Society, ”said Sergei Shoigu.

“We will gradually post them on the Internet. I have no doubt that many of our trustees will not refuse to take direct part in concrete initiatives of the society, ”Sergei Shoigu expressed confidence.

The Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society emphasized that “the society's library continues to grow, both with rare books and unique maps. In particular, in 2013, the library was replenished with a collection of 500 maps, the latest of which dates back to the 19th century, and the earliest - to the 16th century ”.

“I believe that in order for our colleagues to choose a project based on their interests, the Executive Directorate of the Russian Geographical Society will provide them with a list of all projects for the coming year,” added Sergei Shoigu.

The Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society reminded those present about the parting words of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who spoke at the extraordinary congress of the Russian Geographical Society in 2009, so that the society could become a powerful expert platform.

“And now, having united in our ranks more than 500 leading experts of the country in the field of geography, ecology and related sciences, including academicians and Nobel laureates, we are fully prepared to fulfill this mandate. Moreover, we have already helped a number of companies of our trustees with analysis and expertise both on Olympic topics and in matters of work in the Arctic zone, within the framework of the RGS technological platform, ”noted Sergei Shoigu.

At the same time, the chairman of the Russian Geographical Society emphasized that since public expertise of projects being implemented in Russia has become one of the priorities of the country's domestic policy, "who else but the Russian Geographical Society should be one of its key tools."

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All-Russian public organization "Russian Geographical Society" (abbreviated VOO "RGO") is the oldest public organization in Russia, one of the oldest geographical societies in the world.

The main task of the Russian Geographical Society is the collection and dissemination of reliable geographical information. Expeditions of the Russian Geographical Society played an important role in the development of Siberia, the Far East, Central and Central Asia, the World Ocean, in the development of navigation, the discovery and study of new lands, in the formation of meteorology and climatology. Since 1956, the RGS has been a member of the International Geographical Union.

• 1 Names
• 2 History
  • 2.1 Foundation of a company
  • 2.2 Getting started
    • 2.2.1 Department of Physical Geography
    • 2.2.2 Department of Mathematical Geography
    • 2.2.3 Department of Statistics
    • 2.2.4 Department of Ethnography
    • 2.2.5 Political and Economic Committee
    • 2.2.6 Commission for Arctic Studies
    • 2.2.7 Seismic Commission
  • 2.3 Honorary Members of the Society
  • 2.4 Philanthropists of the Society
• 3 Patrons and trustees of society
• 4 Articles of Association
• 5 Management of the Company
  • 5.1 Chairpersons (Presidents)
  • 5.2 Honorary Presidents
  • 5.3 Vice Presidents (Vice Presidents)
  • 5.4 Chiefs of staff (assistant to the chairman, academic secretaries, executive directors)
  • 5.5 Governing bodies
    • 5.5.1 Community conventions
    • 5.5.2 Board of Trustees
    • 5.5.3 Media tip
    • 5.5.4 Governing Board
    • 5.5.5 Scientific Council
    • 5.5.6 Council of Elders
    • 5.5.7 Council of Regions
    • 5.5.8 Executive Directorate
    • 5.5.9 Revision Commission
• 6 Departments
• 7 Figures of the Russian Geographical Society
  • 7.1 Founding Members of the Russian Geographical Society (list)
  • 7.2 Members of the Russian Geographical Society before 1917
  • 7.3 Notable members of the Russian Geographical Society
• 8 Awards of the Russian Geographical Society
• 9 Library of the Russian Geographical Society
  • 9.1 Heads of the RGS Library
• 10 Editions of the Russian Geographical Society
• 11 Scientific archive of the Russian Geographical Society
  • 11.1 Heads of the scientific archive of the Russian Geographical Society
• 12 Museum of the Russian Geographical Society
  • 12.1 Head of the Museum of the Russian Geographical Society
• 13 Lecture hall of the Russian Geographical Society. Yu.M. Shokalsky
  • 13.1 Leaders of the lecture hall of the Russian Geographical Society. Yu.M. Shokalsky
• 14 See also
• 15 Notes
• 16 Literature
• 17 References

Names

IRGO emblem, 1915

• 1845-1850 Russian Geographical Society (RGO)
• 1850-1917 Imperial Russian Geographical Society (IRGO)
• 1917-1925 Russian Geographical Society (RGO)
• 1925-1938 State Geographical Society (SGO)
• 1938-1992 Geographical Society of the USSR (All-Union Geographical Society) (VGO)
• 1992-1995 Russian Geographical Society (RGO)
• 1995-present in. All-Russian public organization "Russian Geographical Society" (VOO "RGO")

History

Foundation of a company

On August 6 (18), 1845, by the highest order of Emperor Nicholas I, the submission of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire, Count L.A. Perovsky, on the creation of the Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg (subsequently, from December 28, 1849, the Imperial Russian Geographical Society) was approved.

The idea of \u200b\u200bcreating the Society belonged to the educator of the future first chairman of the Russian Geographical Society, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, Admiral, the future president of the Academy of Sciences F.P. Litke. The task of the Russian Geographical Society from the first days of its activity was "to gather and send the best young forces of Russia to a comprehensive study of their native land."

Among the founders of the Russian Geographical Society were the famous navigators Admirals FP Litke, IF Kruzenshtern, FP Wrangel, PI Rikord; members of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences the naturalist K. M. Baer, \u200b\u200bthe astronomer V. Ya. Struve, the geologist G. P. Gelmersen, the statistician P. I. Köppen; prominent military leaders (former and current officers of the General Staff) Field Marshal FF Berg, Major General MP Vronchenko and General of Infantry MN Muravyov-Vilensky.

Among the founding members of the Society were also the geographer and statistician K.I. Arsenyev, the director of the Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Internal Affairs A.I. Levshin, the traveler P.A. V. I. Dal, Orenburg Governor General V. A. Perovsky, writer and philanthropist Prince V. F. Odoevsky.

Main article: Founding members of the Russian Geographical Society (list)

Start of activity

IRGO stamp, 1915

The Russian Geographical Society was conceived as a geographic and statistical society, under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but by the order of the emperor it was named Geographic. The initial financing of the Society was state-owned and amounted to 10 thousand rubles a year; subsequently, patrons of art made a significant contribution to financing the enterprises of the Russian Geographical Society.

The elder brother of Mikhail Vronchenko, Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire Fyodor Vronchenko achieved the allocation of 10 thousand rubles in silver to the Company, and also donated several books to the library of the Russian Geographical Society.

This is how the essence of the Russian Geographical Society was described by its long-term vice-chairman, the famous geographer, traveler and statesman P. P. Semyonov: “Free and open to all who are imbued with love for their native land and deep, unbreakable faith in the future of the Russian state and the Russian people, corporation ".

From the very beginning of its existence, the Russian Geographical Society launched an extensive expeditionary and educational activity. It made a major contribution to the study of European Russia, the Urals, Siberia, the Far East, Central and Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iran, India, New Guinea, polar countries and other territories. These studies are associated with the names of famous travelers N.A. Severtsov, I. V. Mushketov, P. A. Kropotkin, I. D. Chersky, N. M. Przhevalsky, G. N. Potanin, M. V. Pevtsov, G. E. and M. E. Grumm-Grzhimailo, P. P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy, V. A. Obruchev, P. K. Kozlov, N. N. Miklukho-Maklaya, A. I. Voeikova, Yu. M. Shokalsky, FF Berg and many others. Military and civilian officials from the Military Topographic Depot of the General Staff of the Russian Imperial Army and the Corps of Military Topographers worked very closely with the Russian Geographical Society. Another important tradition of the Russian Geographical Society was communication with the Navy. The Society's full members included many admirals and naval officers: P.F. Anzhu, V.S. Zavoiko, L.A. Zagoskin, P. Yu. Lisyansky, F.F.Matyushkin, G.I. Nevelskoy, K.N. Posiet, E. V. Putyatin and others. The members of the Society were the marine painter IK Aivazovsky and the battle painter V.V. Vereshchagin.

The society quickly covered the whole of Russia with its subdivisions. In 1851, the first two regional departments were opened - Caucasian in Tiflis and Siberian in Irkutsk, then departments were created: Orenburg, North-West in Vilna, South-West in Kiev, West-Siberian in Omsk, Priamursky in Khabarovsk, Turkestan in Tashkent. They conducted extensive research into their regions.

During the imperial period of its activity, the Society played the role of a platform for informal dialogue between departments that carried out cartographic, statistical and research work: "In its (Society's) environment, the heads of various state institutions involved in cartography of Russia came together to discuss their subjects."

Department of Physical Geography

Department of Mathematical Geography

Department of Statistics

Department of Ethnography

Political and Economic Committee

Arctic Research Commission

The most important event was the creation of a permanent commission of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (IRGO) for the study of the Arctic. This made it possible to systematize expeditionary activities and generalize the unique information obtained about the nature, geology and ethnography of the Far North. The world famous Chukotka, Yakutsk and Kola expeditions were carried out. The report on one of the Arctic expeditions of the society interested the great scientist D.I.Mendeleev, who developed several projects for the development and research of the Arctic.

The Russian Geographical Society became one of the organizers and participants of the First International Polar Year, during which the Society created autonomous polar stations at the mouth of the Lena River and on Novaya Zemlya.

Seismic commission

The Seismic Commission of the Russian Geographical Society was created in 1887 after a strong earthquake in the city of Verny (Alma-Ata). The commission was created on the initiative and with the active participation of IV Mushketov.

Honorary Members of the Society

During the imperial period, members of foreign royal families were elected as honorary members of the society (for example, the personal friend of P.P.Semenov-Tyan-Shansk, the Belgian king Leopold I, the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the British Prince Albert), famous foreign researchers and geographers (Baron Ferdinand Richthofen , Roald Amudsen, Fridtjof Nansen, etc.).

In addition to the immediate leaders of the Russian Empire and members of the royal family, more than 100 ministers, governors, members of the State Council and the Senate were active members of the Geographical Society in different years. It was their fruitful work in the Geographical Society that helped many of them to achieve such high results: it was D.A.Milyutin, who restored the prestige of the Russian army after the defeat in the Crimean War, who received the post of Orenburg governor thanks to outstanding Asian studies, Ya.V. Khanykov, Senator and Academician V. P. Bezobrazov and many others. dr.

Public opinion in those years was formed by members of the Russian Geographical Society, Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow and Bishop Jacob of Nizhny Novgorod, book publishers Alfred Devrien and Adolf Marks, editors of the largest Russian and foreign newspapers E.E. Ukhtomsky and Mackenzie Wallace (Donald Mackenzie Wallace).

Philanthropists of the Society

The largest benefactors who channeled significant funds for the activities of the Society were: the merchant P.V. Golubkov, who financed the exploration of Central Asia, the publication of maps, the Kamchatka expedition, the famous tobacco manufacturer, commerce adviser Zhukov, who actively supported the preparation of essays on the statistics of Russia, his name was named one of the most prestigious awards of the IRGO - Zhukovskaya, gold miner Soloviev, who donated half a pound of gold to the Siberian expedition, as well as Honorary Citizen Golikov, Count Emerick Gutten-Chapsky, Honorary Citizen Turubaev, M.K.Sidorov and many others. others. A special place among the patrons of the Russian Geographical Society is occupied by the gold miners Sibiryakovs, who financed a number of expeditionary and educational projects of the Society. Noteworthy is the fact that the Russian Geographical Society worked on the "Great Reforms" of Alexander II. Members of the IRGO, Ya. I. Rostovtsev, NA Milyutin, and EI Lamansky, played a significant role in their preparation and implementation. And the long-term Vice-Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society P.P.Semenov-Tyan-Shansky considered this work to be the main business of his life, and not the famous travels, scientific works or the unique collection of Dutch painting he collected.

By 1917, the IRGO consisted of 11 departments (including the headquarters in St. Petersburg), 2 sub-departments and 4 departments. basically, they were concentrated in the little-explored outskirts of the Russian Empire: in Siberia, the Far East, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

In Soviet times, the work of the Society changed: until 1917, the Russian Geographical Society had, in fact, a monopoly on conducting geographical expeditions, later this function was transferred to the Academy of Sciences, and the Society focused on relatively small, but deep and comprehensive regional studies, as well as large theoretical generalizations ... The geography of regional offices has expanded significantly: as of 1989-1992. the Central Branch (in Leningrad) and 14 republican branches worked in the USSR GO. The RSFSR had 18 branches, 2 bureaus and 78 departments. 14 regional offices had 8 branches and 56 departments.

In the twentieth century. on the initiative of a prominent member of the Russian Geographical Society, the famous scientist, statesman and public figure V.I. Vernadsky, the Commission for the Study of Natural Productive Forces was created, which subsequently significantly expanded its powers and played an important role in the industrialization of our country, its transformation into a leading industrial power. This organization was created for the practical application of the huge baggage of knowledge about Russia accumulated by Russian geographers. The leading roles in it were played by such outstanding figures of the Russian Geographical Society as V.L. Komarov, N.N. Kolosovsky, N.I. Andrusov, A.P. Karpinsky, A.E. Fersman.

The Russian Geographical Society also laid the foundations of the national reserve management, the ideas of the first Russian specially protected natural territories (SPNA) were born within the framework of the Permanent Environmental Commission of the IRGO, the creator of which was Academician I.P. Borodin.

With the assistance of the Russian Geographical Society in 1918, the world's first higher educational institution of a geographical profile, the Geographic Institute, was created.

In 1919, one of the most famous members of the Society, V.P.Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, founded the first geographical museum in Russia.

During the Soviet period, the Society actively developed new areas of activity related to the promotion of geographical knowledge: a commission of the corresponding orientation was established, an Advisory Bureau under the leadership of L. S. Berg was opened, the famous lecture hall named after L. Yu.M. Shokalsky.

In the post-war period, a rapid increase in the number of members of the Society was recorded, if in 1940 there were only 745 people in the Russian Geographical Society, then in 1987 the number of members reached 30 thousand, that is, it increased almost 40 times.

Patrons and Trustees of the Society

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society
Vladimir Putin
with the President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu,
April 27, 2015

• Nicholas I.
• Alexander II.
• Alexander III.
• Nicholas II.
• V.V. Putin has been the chairman of the board of trustees since its foundation in 2010.

Company charter

Portraits of the leaders of the Russian Geographical Society, the staircase of the Main building, St. Petersburg Stained glass in the Main building of the Russian Geographical Society (St. Petersburg)

The Russian Geographical Society is the only public organization in Russia that has continuously existed since its creation in 1845. The charters of the Russian Geographical Society convincingly demonstrate the legally irreproachable legal succession of society throughout its 165-year history. The first charter of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society was approved by Nicholas I on December 28, 1849.

The current charter, according to which the Russian Geographical Society received the status of an "All-Russian public organization", was approved by the XIV Congress of the All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Geographical Society", minutes of December 11, 2010.

Society management

Over the years, the Russian Geographical Society was led by representatives of the Russian Imperial House, famous travelers, researchers and statesmen.

Chairpersons (Presidents)

• 1845-1892 - Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich (chairman)
• 1892-1917 - Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich (chairman)
• 1917-1931 - Yu.M. Shokalsky (chairman)
• 1931-1940 - N.I. Vavilov (since 1931 the leaders of the Society began to be called presidents)
• 1940-1950 - L. S. Berg
• 1952-1964 - E. N. Pavlovsky
• 1964-1977 - S. V. Kalesnik
• 1977-1991 - A.F.Treshnikov
• 1991-2000 - S. B. Lavrov
• 2000-2002 - Yu. P. Seliverstov
• 2002-2009 - A. A. Komaritsyn
• 2009-present - S.K.Shoigu

Honorary Presidents

• 1931-1940 - Yu.M. Shokalsky
• 1940-1945 - V. L. Komarov
• 2000-present - V. M. Kotlyakov

Vice Presidents (Vice Presidents)

• 1850-1856 - M. N. Muravyov (vice-chairman)
• 1857-1873 - F.P. Litke (vice-chairman)
• 1873-1914 - P. P. Semyonov (vice-chairman)
• 1914-1917 - Yu.M. Shokalsky (vice-chairman)
• 1917-1920 - N. D. Artamonov (vice-chairman)
• 1920-1931 - G.E. Grumm-Grzhimailo (vice-chairman)
• 1931-1932 - N. Ya.Marr (since 1931, deputy heads became known as vice presidents)
• 1932-1938 - the post remained vacant
• 1938-1945 - I. Yu. Krachkovsky
• 1942 - ???? - Z. Yu. Shokalskaya (acting vice president)
• ????-1952
• 1952-1964 - S. V. Kalesnik
• 1964-1977 - A.F.Treshnikov
• 1977-1992 - S. B. Lavrov
• 1992-2000 - Yu. P. Seliverstov
• 2000-2002 - A. A. Komaritsyn
• 2002-2005 -
• 2005-2009 -
• 2009-2010 -
• 2010-present - A. N. Chilingarov (first vice president); NS Kasimov (first vice president); A. A. Chibilev; P. Ya.Baklanov; K. V. Chistyakov;

Chiefs of staff (assistant to the chairman, academic secretaries, executive directors)

• 1845-1850 - F.P. Litke (assistant to the chairman)
• winter 1846/1847 - P.N. Foos (acting assistant to the chairman)
• 1850-1854 - K.I. Arseniev (assistant to the chairman)
• 1854-1857 - K. I. Levshin (assistant to the chairman)
• 1857-1865 - E.P. Kovalevsky (assistant to the chairman)
• 1865-1873 - K. I. Lyovshin (assistant to the chairman)
• 1873-1877 - Yu.A. Gagemeister (assistant to the chairman)
• 1877-1882 - F. R. Osten-Zaken (assistant to the chairman)
• 1882-1886 - O. E. Stubendorf (assistant to the chairman)
• 1886-1889 - F.R. Osten-Zaken (assistant to the chairman)
• 1889-1897 - I. I. Stebnitsky (assistant to the chairman)
• 1897-1899 - A. A. Tillo (assistant to the chairman)
• 1900-1908 - M. I. Rykachev (assistant to the chairman)
• 1908-1908 - A. V. Grigoriev (assistant to the chairman)
• 1908-1912 - V.O. Struve (assistant to the chairman)
• 1912-1917 - N. D. Artamonov (assistant to the chairman)

• - E. E. Voronov (scientific secretary)
• - I. L. Kleopov (scientific secretary)
• - L. I. Senchura (scientific secretary)
• - B. I. Koshechkin (scientific secretary)
• ???? - 1988 - V.Z.Rodionov (scientific secretary)
• 1988-2009 - A.O. Brinken (scientific secretary)
• 2009-2011 - M. V. Ignatova (executive director)
• 2011-2012 - L. E. Ovchinnikova (executive director)
• 2012-2014 - G. D. Oleinik (Executive Director)
• from November 10, 2014 - A.A. Manukyan (executive director)

Governing bodies

According to the current Charter (section 5), the structure of the governing bodies of the Society includes: Congress, Board of Trustees, Media Council, Governing Council, Academic Council, Council of Elders, Council of Regions, President of the Society, Executive Directorate and Audit Commission.

Headquarters function in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Society conventions

• 1970 - V
• 1975 - VI
• 1980 - VII
• 1985 - VIII
• 1990 - IX (Kazan)
• 1995 - X (St. Petersburg)
• 2000 - XI (Arkhangelsk)
• 2005 - XII (Kronstadt)
• 2009 - XIII (Moscow)
• 2010 - XIV (St. Petersburg)
• 2014 - XV (Moscow)

In November 2009, the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society was headed by V.V. Putin.

Together with the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, the Russian Geographical Society founded the television project "My Planet".

In 2010, the My Planet TV channel won the Golden Ray award in the Best Educational TV Channel of the Year nomination.

There is a program of the Russian Geographical Society on Radio Mayak.

Created in 2009, located in Moscow.

Revision Commission

Departments

By 1917, the Russian Geographical Society numbered eleven divisions and about one thousand members. Branches of the society were created in the Caucasus (1850), in Irkutsk (1851), Vilnius (1867), Orenburg (1867), Kiev (1873), Omsk (1877), Khabarovsk (1894), Tashkent (1897) and other cities. Some organizations were completely autonomous - for example, the Society for the Study of the Amur Region, created in Vladivostok in 1884 and only formally included in the IRGO in 1894. In 1876, the departments in Vilnius and Kiev ceased their activities.

On March 5, 1912, the Council of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society approved the regulation on the Permanent Environmental Commission.

At present, there are branches of the Russian Geographical Society in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation. A complete list of the RGS branches is given on the official website of the Society.

Figures of the Russian Geographical Society

Founding members of the Russian Geographical Society (list)

Members of the Russian Geographical Society until 1917

Notable members of the Russian Geographical Society

Artur Nikolaevich Chilingarov Vladimir Mikhailovich Kotlyakov Leonid Grigorievich Kolotilo Nikolay Sergeevich Kasimov Alexander Alexandrovich Chibilev Nikolay Alekseevich Severtsov Nikolay Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maclay Ivan Vasilievich Mushketov Nikitin, Sergei Alexandrovich Mikhail Vasilievich Pevtsov V. A. Obruchev Lev Semenovich Berg Grigory Efimovich Grum-Grzhimailo Mikhail Efimovich Grum-Grzhimailo Boris Andreevich Vilkitsky Nikolay Alexandrovich Gurvich Alexander Fedorovich Middendorf

Kirill Yakovlevich Kondratyev Ignatiy Yulianovich Krachkovsky Alexey Vladimirovich Postnikov Zinaida Fedorovna Radchenko Nikolay Mikhailovich Revyakin Nikolay Nikolaevich Urvantsev Georgy Yakovlevich Izvekov Egor Petrovich Kovalevsky Yuri Fedotovich Tarasyuk Andrey Borisovich Ditmar Alexey Porfirievich Ilyinsky Nikolay Alexandrovich Gurvich

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Awards of the Russian Geographical Society

The RGS awarding system includes a number of medals of various denominations (large gold medals, personalized gold medals, small gold, silver and bronze medals); various awards; honorary reviews and diplomas. the period from 1930 to 1945 was not awarded.

• Big gold medals
  • The Constantine medal existed as the highest award of the Russian Geographical Society until 1929 (from 1924 to 1929 it was called the "Highest award of society"). In 2010 and 2011, remakes of the medal were presented without award status, as a commemorative medal.
  • Big Gold Medal of the Geographical Society of the USSR (1946-1998), Big Gold Medal of the Russian Geographical Society (since 1998).
  • Great gold medal of the departments of ethnography and statistics (1879-1930).
• Personalized gold medals
  • P.P.Semenov Gold Medal (1899-1930, since 1946).
  • Medal named after Count F.P. Litke (1873-1930, since 1946).
  • Gold Medal named after N.M. Przhevalsky (since 1946).
• Small Gold and Equivalent Medals
  • Small gold medal (1858-1930, since 1998).
  • Medal named after N.M. Przhevalsky (silver; 1895-1930).
  • Silver medal named after P.P.Semenov.
• Unnumbered Minor Medals
  • Small Silver Medal (1858-1930, since 2012).
  • Small bronze medal (1858-1930).
• Prizes
  • Prize named after N.M. Przhevalsky
  • Tillo Prize
  • Zhukovskaya Prize
  • S. I. Dezhnev Prize
  • Honorary reviews and diplomas

Scientific Library of the Russian Geographical Society. 1916 year

Library of the Russian Geographical Society

Entrance to the library of the Russian Geographical Society, Main building, St. Petersburg Library of the Russian Geographical Society. 2004 year.
Member of the Academic Council of the Russian Geographical Society Leonid Kolotilo.

In 1845, simultaneously with the Russian Geographical Society, its Library was created. The beginning of the book collection was laid by books donated by gentlemen members of the Society and personally sent by authors. The acquisition of the fund provided for the purchase of books and the exchange of publications with Russian and foreign scientific institutions. The creation and operation of such a Library has had and is of great cultural importance for Russia. Realizing this, 4 years after its foundation, the leadership of the Society entrusted the first work to put the Library in order to Peter Semyonov (later - Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, the most famous Russian geographer and statesman). Fund The library (490,000 copies) included and includes publications on the entire spectrum of geographical sciences and related disciplines - from physical geography to medical geography and geography of art. Foreign publications make up a significant part of the collection, which emphasizes the scientific nature of the Library.

As part of the rare book fund of the XVI-XVIII centuries. there are Rossica publications (reports of foreigners about Russia), publications of the era of Peter I, classic descriptions of travel and discoveries. The cartographic collection, numbering 42,000 copies, contains rare and single copies of handwritten maps and atlases. The richest reference fund is represented by encyclopedias, dictionaries, guidebooks, bibliographic publications.

The Publications Fund of the Russian Geographical Society contains copies of all publications published under the heading "Russian Geographical Society". Unfortunately, the lack of funding for regional offices in the 1990s broke this tradition. Today, the collection of publications of the Russian Geographical Society can no longer be characterized by maximum completeness.

The collection includes books from the personal libraries of the members of the Russian Geographical Society, who stood at its origins - the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, and other prominent Russian geographers - Shokalsky, Pavlovsky, Shnitnikov, Kondratyev. From 1938 to the present day, the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences (BAN) participates in the acquisition of publications for the Library of the Russian Geographical Society. Since the middle of the 20th century, our Library has been a department of the BAN. The history of the RGS Library is inseparable from the history of Russia. During the Civil War, the Society's Library was a kind of "club" of geographers in Petrograd. During the Great Patriotic War, the Library was not intended for evacuation from the besieged Leningrad, providing its funds to the soldiers and commanders of the Soviet Army even at night when time was freed up for studying literature. Materials on the hydrometeorological regime of Lake Ladoga were used for laying the Road of Life.

The uniqueness of the collection of our Library is emphasized by the books inscribed by famous travelers and researchers of the 2nd half of the 20th century - T. Heyerdahl, Yu. Senkevich, Soviet cosmonauts, L. Gumilyov. The constant task of the Library is to provide information for the professional and social activities of the members of the Russian Geographical Society and employees of academic institutions in Russia.

Heads of the RGS Library

1. Golovnin Alexander Vasilievich (1845-1849)
2. A. I. Schwartz (1848-1849)
3. Alexander Karlovich Girs (1849-1851)
4. Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1849-1851)
5. Evgeny Ivanovich Lamansky (1851-1856)
6. Victor Yakovlevich Fuchs (1856-1857)
7. M.I.Bogomolov (1858)
8. Lavrenty Marievich Brosse (1862-1871)
9. Pyotr Andreevich Giltebrandt (1873-1876)
10. Evgeny Petrovich Melgunov (1876-1877)
11. Vladimir Feoktistovich Leontiev (1877)
12. Fyodor Ilyich Lyutsensky (1876-1878)
13. Petr Vladimirovich Okhochinsky, Konstantin Sergeevich Merezhkovsky (1878-1879)
14. Julius Wilhelmovich Brunnemann (1879-1899)
15. Vladimir Vladimirovich Lamansky (1900-1902)
16. Nikolai Nikolaevich Shchukin (1903-1907)
17. Nikolai Ivanovich Veselovsky (1906-1908)
18. Elizaveta Vasilievna Razumovskaya (1908-1913)
19. Ilya Petrovich Murzin (1908-1939)
20. Alexey Grigorievich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1939-1941)
21. Evgeny Evgenievich Svyatlovsky (1941-1942)
22. Zoya Alekseevna Romishovskaya (1942-1945)
23. Alexey Grigorievich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1946-1951)
24. A. N. Zaplatina (1951-1952)
25. Taisiya Aleksandrovna Sitnikova (1952-1954)
26. Zinaida Fedorovna Kryukova (1954-1955)
27. Nina Mikhailovna Loshkomoeva (1955-1998)
28. Galina Igorevna Lepyokhina (1998-2000)
29. Nina Mikhailovna Loshkomoeva (2000-2001)
30. Svetlana Evgenievna Savina (2001-2012)
31. Svetlana Dmitrievna Mangutova (2012 - present)

Publications of the Russian Geographical Society

The oldest scientific journal published by the Society since 1865 is Izvestia of the Russian Geographical Society. It comes out in a very small circulation (about 250 copies), it is known mainly to specialists. Editorial office in St. Petersburg.

At present, the RGS publication includes the popular science magazine Around the World, published since 1861, with an editorial office in Moscow.

Scientific archive of the Russian Geographical Society

Simultaneously with the founding of the Society (1845), the Scientific Archive began to form - the oldest and only specially geographic archive in the country. The first manuscripts that entered the archive were private donations. Somewhat later, the archive began to be systematically replenished with the personal funds of members of the Russian Geographical Society.

Especially many manuscripts were received from members of the Society, lovers of geography from the broad masses of rural intelligentsia: teachers, doctors, clergy in response to the Society's ethnographic program, published in 1848 and sent out in an amount of seven thousand copies to all parts of Russia. The program included 6 sections: about appearance, about language, about home life, about the peculiarities of social life, about mental and moral abilities and education, about folk legends and monuments.

Of the large number of programs developed by the Department of Ethnography, some that had a noticeable influence on the replenishment of the manuscripts of the archive should be indicated, these are: "A program for collecting information on folk superstitions and beliefs in Southern Russia" (1866), "A program for collecting folk legal customs" ( 1877), "A program for collecting information about wedding ceremonies among the Great Russians and foreigners of Eastern Russia" (1858). The manuscripts are distributed by provinces. The collections of the Caucasus, Central Asian Russia, Siberia, the Baltic region, Belarus, Poland, Finland are highlighted ... The manuscripts of entire groups of nationalities - Slavs (eastern, western, southern), peoples of Central Asian Russia, Siberia, European Russia are highlighted. Materials related to foreign countries are classified by parts of the world: Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia and Oceania.

In total, there are 115 ethnographic collections in the archive, which is more than 13,000 items.

Among the documentary materials of the archive, the fund of the Chancellery of the Russian Geographical Society, numbering more than 5,000 items, stands out for its richness and diversity. These are manuscripts on organization and creation. Societies, materials on scientific and organizational activities, materials on the organization of numerous expeditions equipped by the Society, correspondence on international relations of the Society, etc.

A unique collection of documents is the personal funds of the great Russian geographers and travelers: P.P.Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, N.M. Przhevalsky, N.N. Miklukho-Maklai, P.K. Kozlov, G.E. Grumm-Grzhimailo, A.I. Voeikova, L. S. Berga, V. L. Komarov, V. A. Obruchev, N. I. Vavilov, Yu. M. Shokalsky, B. A. Vilkitsky, etc. Being prominent scientists and travelers, they left the most interesting descriptions of natural conditions, economy, life, folk art of the places visited. For example, the personal fund of N.M. Przhevalsky - 766 items, including manuscripts and field diaries of all five travels to Central Asia.

At present, there are 144 personal funds in the archives of the Society - this is more than 50,000 units of storage.

The photo archive is rich and varied, numbering over 3000 items.

These are photographs from expeditionary research, photographic landscapes, types of population, everyday subjects, types of cities and villages, etc. Photos of the Resettlement Office.

The collection of drawings - 227 items of storage is especially highlighted.

As historical relics, medals are stored in the archive - these are 120 storage units.

The archive contains 98 items that are of historical value - these are objects of Buddhist worship, unique vases made of bronze and porcelain of Japanese and Chinese work, etc.

The archive of the Russian Geographical Society is a scientific department where representatives of various specialties study its materials.

The Society's archive participates in various international exhibitions and is engaged in publishing activities. Archive staff advise and select documents for documentaries and feature films, etc.

Heads of the scientific archive of the Russian Geographical Society

A significant contribution to the development of the scientific archive of the Geographical Society was made by EI Gleiber, who was in charge of it from 1936 to 1942. During the blockade of Leningrad, on January 14, 1942, he died of exhaustion in the archive.

• After the death of E.I.Gleiber, B.A.Valskaya was appointed head of the archive.
• After BA Valskaya the archive was headed by TP Matveeva for several decades.
• 1995-present - Maria Fedorovna Matveeva.

Museum of the Russian Geographical Society

In 1860, Academician K.M.Bair headed a commission for the scientific selection of exhibits that were to be included in the fund of the Museum of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. But only 100 years later, in 1970, the V Congress of the USSR Civil Society adopted a Resolution on the organization of the museum, approved and financed by the Museum Council under the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The Museum of the Geographical Society of the USSR was included in the list of museums of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

Museum was opened 9th December 1986 in the mansion of the Society, built in 1907-1908 by the project of the architect G.V. Baranovsky, which reflects the rich and vivid history of the Russian Geographical Society.

The exposition of the museum clearly showed the original documents and exhibits, paintings and old tomes, which arouse the sincere interest of visitors to this intimate and very cozy corner of the building.

During the construction of the RGS house, there were no halls for the museum, but the interiors of the building itself - the vestibule, the stairs, the library, the archive, offices and assembly halls - are museum premises, one of which houses the Museum.

Small in area, but large in documentary content, the museum did not become an exhibition of documents or an "iconostasis" of portraits. Plane material in showcases is decorated with artistic techniques, not monotonously, but lively and interesting. Indeed, as early as 1891, the IRGO was transferred to the museums of St. Petersburg: the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, the Botanical and Zoological Museums, the Museum of the Mining Institute (for lack of space for their placement in the IRGO).

The exposition contains many historical photographs, letters and maps of famous explorers-travelers: A.I. Voeikov, N.M. Knipovich, R. E. Kols, G. Ya. Sedov, I. V. Mushketov, S. S. Neustruev, V.K. Arsenyev, B.P. Orlov, Yu.M. Shokalsky, I.D.Papanin, S.V. Kalesnik, A.F. Treshnikov. But there are also voluminous objects. Among the materials of V.A.Obruchev, there are cute little things of a field first-aid kit, an old cookery, a smoking pipe. Next to the diary, written during the expedition to the Pamirs in 1885-1886, written in the amazing handwriting of G. Ye. Grumm-Grzhimailo, a barometer and a box for feathers; perfectly preserved drawings of butterflies, which he collected together with the Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich (later chairman of the IRGO). Immediately there is a "correspondence" of these researchers who are fond of entomology. And next to it is the "visiting card" of the Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich Romanov, the chairman of the IRGO, with his request to withdraw from himself the powers of the IRGO chairman in connection with the change of power in the country.

Mongol-Sichuan expedition of I.K.Kozlov 1907-1909 was represented by a piece of cloth (Buddhist icon) found during excavations of the city of Khara-Khoto in Mongolia, and a bronze ritual bell, the ringing of which should "call upon the attention of God."

The original snuffbox and a bag for grinding snuff attracted attention not only because it belonged to F.P. Litke's grandfather, but also because the snuffbox was made of volcanic lava and on its lid was a sign of the Catherine era, and the bag was a kind of "mechanism" of the 17th century.

The display cases contained a large collection of commemorative medals from the Geographical Society of the World; collection of fishing gear for marine animals from the islands of the Bering Sea and Polynesia (expedition of 1826-1829 by F.P. Litke); collection of archaeological excavations of the Mangazeya settlement (historical and geographical expedition of M. I. Belov in 1959).

Among the exhibits were N.M. Przhevalsky's personal belongings, I.F.Kruzenshtern's personal secretary-box, an elegant mantel clock of one of the participants of the Bellingshausen-Lazarev Antarctic expedition (1819-1821), P.P.Semenov-Tyan-Shansky's personal belongings and his excellent publication "Picturesque Russia"; carriage clock of the early 19th century by PI Köppen, a founding member of the IRGO. In addition, the exhibition contained a huge number of original drawings from the ethnographic collections of the Society.

It can be said that the Museum was the hallmark of the history of the Russian Geographical Society.

In 2009, in connection with the renovation of the building of the Russian Geographical Society, the museum expositions were dismantled. Packaged exhibits are stored in the building of the Russian Geographical Society.

Head of the Museum of the Russian Geographical Society

All the time the museum was in operation, its permanent manager, until her death, was:

• 1986-2010 L. I. Yarukova

Now the curator of the museum funds of the Russian Geographical Society is the Vice-President of the Russian Geographical Society K. V. Chistyakov.

Lecture hall of the Russian Geographical Society. Yu.M. Shokalsky

Already in 1940, 122 lectures were given and the lecture hall was attended by 30,700 listeners.

In 1941, they lectured in units of the Leningrad Front. about 2000 lectures were delivered in dugouts, on ships, in trenches, in hospitals. On January 17, 1946, the Lecture Center resumed its activities in the GO building.

By 1963, there were 82 lecturers, including 12 doctors of sciences, 40 candidates of sciences. During the year, 252 lectures were delivered, 180 of them were visiting, lectures were attended by 22476 listeners.

In 1967, more than a million listeners attended the lecture hall, more than 10,000 lectures were given, and the publication of brochures with lecture texts was organized. By the 70th anniversary of the lecture hall, about 70 lecturers were awarded with certificates of honor.

Honorary member of the Russian Geographical Society, historian G.A. Boguslavsky, in an article dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Lecture Center, said wonderful words:

“… The absolute openness of the Lecture Hall, its publicity, the desire to respond to what is of interest to the audience today - all this makes the Lecture Hall of the Russian Geographical Society not only the oldest, but unshakable in its loyalty to principles and traditions, a center of high scientific, political and educational culture. Moreover, culture is not only geographic, but included in the general process of cognition of Russia and the world ... ... And the main thing, probably, is not to lose, not to grind these magnificent traditions of openness, a keen sense of novelty, scientific conscientiousness, "goodness" and benevolence - to everyone who is near who has come to stay again. "

Leaders of the lecture hall of the Russian Geographical Society. Yu.M. Shokalsky

• 1967-1973 - V. A. Pechenkin
• 1973-1974 - Yu. A. Nechaev
• 1975-1983 - V. A. Sokolov
• 1983-1988 - A.O. Brinken
• 1988-1988 - K. V. Petukhov
• 1989-1989 - I. A. Vasilyeva
• 1990-1991 - N.M. Mezhevich
• 1991-1993 - O. B. Stsiborsky
• 1993-2008 - M. A. Reichberg
• 2008 - ???? - L. A. Solovieva
• ???? - present - S.K.Kuzhuget

see also

• Geographical Society
• International Geographical Union
• Bulletin of the Russian Geographical Society

Notes

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Russian Geographical Society. Dossier
2. Charter of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society - St. Petersburg: 1850. - 26 p.
3. Opening of the headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society in Moscow. Kremlin.ru.15 January 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2013. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013.
4. St. Petersburg city branch of the Russian Geographical Society
5. Russian Geographical Society website
6. Home - Radio "Lighthouse"
7. Executive Directorate: Russian Geographical Society, Russian Geographical Society
8. History of the Environmental Commission
9. Departments of the Russian Geographical Society on the map of Russia: Russian Geographical Society, Russian Geographical Society. Retrieved January 17, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013.
10. List of those awarded with insignia of the Russian Geographical Society (1845-2012)
11. Around the World Magazine | Around the world

Literature

• Berg L.S.All-Union Geographical Society in a Hundred Years. M.-L., 1946.
• Geographical Society for 125 years / Ed. S. V. Kalesnik, L., 1970.
• Imperial Russian Geographical Society // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb., 1890-1907.
• The 25th anniversary of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society on January 13, 1871, St. Petersburg, 1872.
• Konstantinov OA One hundred twenty-five years of the Geographical Society of the USSR. L., 1970.
• Russian Geographical Society. 150 years - M .: JSC "Progress", 1995.
• Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky P.P. The history of half a century of activity of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society 1845-1895: 3 parts. - SPb .: type. V. Bezobrazova and Comp., 1896.
  • Part I-I. - XXX, 468 p.

Links

• rgo.ru - the official website of the Russian Geographical Society
• The official page of the Russian Geographical Society in the social network "VKontakte"
• Russian Geographical Society, Moscow Center
• History of the Russian Geographical Society
• Publications of the Russian Geographical Society - Electronic Library
• regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society in the Yamalo-Nenets district
• Russian Geographical Society, Historical and Cultural Internet Portal "Encyclopedia of St. Petersburg"
• Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of the Russian Empire (in 5 volumes) on the website "Runivers"
• History of the Environmental Commission of the Russian Geographical Society
• The magazine "Earth and People" about the awards of the Geographical Society of the USSR Academy of Sciences. July 1967.

Founding members	Arseniev Berg Ber Wrangel Vronchenko Gelmersen Dahl Köppen Kruzenshtern Levshin Litke Muravyov Odoevsky Perovsky Rikord Struve Chikhachev
Patrons	Nicholas I Alexander II Alexander III Nicholas II Putin
Chairpersons (Presidents)	Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolai Mikhailovich Shokalsky Vavilov Berg Pavlovsky Kalesnik Treshnikov Lavrov Seliverstov Komaritsyn Shoigu
Honorary Chairmen (Honorary Presidents)	Shokalsky Komarov Kotlyakov
Society publications	Notes of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society News Russian Geographical Society
Society Awards	The Konstantin Medal The F. P. Litke Medal The S. I. Dezhnev Medal The N. M. Przhevalsky Medal The P. P. Semyonov Medal The Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich Gold Medal "For Services to the Russian Geographical Society"
Society Workers	Andrei Andrianov Vilkitsky Boris Grigoriev Vilkitsky Voeikov Gurvich Dietmar Drizhenko Yermolaev Izvekov Katanov Kaulbars Vladimir Koeppen Koeppen Fedor Kozlov Kolotilo Kolchak Kondratyev Campfires Krachkovskii Kropotkin Lachinov Loparev Maclay Nikiforovsky Postnikov Przewalski Prishvin Evdokim Romanov Nikolai Romanov Semenov-Tyan-Shan Snesarev Urvantsev Oleg Churkin Churkin Fedor
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