Reviving the Traditions of Historical and Geographical Publishing

"General Geography" By Bernhardus Varenius. Photo is provided by Alexander Filippov
"General Geography" By Bernhardus Varenius. Photo is provided by Alexander Filippov

Book publishing has played an important role in the activities of the Russian Geographical Society since its foundation in 1845. Numerous publications of the Society were included in the Gold Fund of Russian scientific and popular literature and became the standard of books about travels and discoveries. They are based on a collection of manuscripts, books and maps from the Society archives, the so-called Russian geographical "Kunstkammer".

In order to join efforts to revive the traditions of the Russian historical and geographical publishing, a seminar for heads and employees of publishing companies will be held at 15:00, September 20, 2018 at the Society’s Headquarters in St. Petersburg.  The expansion of the publishing program of the Society with the participation of publishing organizations and terms of future cooperation will be discussed at the seminar.

There will be an excursion to participants to show collections of the Society, including rare and unique editions, art books, collections of documents and travel journals of the famous geographers and travelers: N. M. Przewalski,  P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, and others.

Date and time: 20 September 2018, 15: 00. Registration starts at 14:00.

Place: Headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg (Grivtsova pereulok, 10, Litera A).

More information via email: Sayana.Kuzhugetatrgo.ru.