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The RGS Center Has Started its Work in Australia

... of the RGS Center in Australia. Photo: Press service of the Russian-Australian Commonwealth The grand opening of the Center of the Russian Geographical Society took place in Australia on December 14. It began ...

RGS Participates in Student Expeditions Forum "Rediscovering Russia"

... expeditions to solve strategic problems of development of Russian regions. To summarize the results of the 2024 season, the project team ... “In the middle of the 19th century, when the Russian Geographical Society was founded and its active work began, research ...

First Results of Geographical Dictation Published

... venues in 2024 broke all records: 11,077 venues. The Russian Geographical Society conducts individual work with each venue of the ... anniversary, 10th, international educational event of the Russian Geographical Society took place on November 16 and 17, 2024. More than ...

RGS Takes Part in Russian Traveler Awards 2024

... of the winners and runners-up of the national tourist award Russian Traveler Awards. Photo: Aleksey Volkov ... award for the best projects in the field of travel in Russia Russian Traveler Awards is dedicated to the main tourist events of our country. ...

Work of Archaeological Expedition Supported by RGS Completed in Turkmenistan

... of the Institute of History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences has completed work in Southern Turkmenistan. The ... The project is being implemented with the support of the Russian Geographical Society. The studied layers at the excavation date ...

Fedor Konyukhov Sets off on New Solo Voyage Across Southern Ocean

... in the Southern Ocean began. This time, the famous Russian traveler is going to go alone on the rowing boat "AKROS" from Cape Horn ... normally, the boat is moving smoothly across the waves. The Russian Geographical Society, of which Fedor Konyukhov is an honorary member, ...

International Competition for Schoolchildren "Arctic" Opens Submissions

... the Saratov Regional Branch of the RGS together with the Russian Hydrometeorological Society and the Saratov regional center for gifted ...

Project "Springs of the RGS" Awarded Diploma of International Prize #WeAreTogether

... place in its regional stage was taken by the project of the Russian Geographical Society "Springs of the RGS". The award ceremony took ... of this project was proposed by the volunteers of the All-Russian event "We are Together" at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir ...

International Festival of RGS "Geography" Held in Stavropol

... 30, Stavropol hosted the international festival of the Russian Geographical Society "Geography". The event, held in the city's Victory ... of a large number of foreign countries. Popularization of Russian culture and knowledge of the cultures of friendly countries is one of ...

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to Siberian Federal District Anatoly Seryshev Assesses Tomsk Circumnavigation

... office of the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the president of the Russian Federation in the SFD ... the Tomsk Regional Branch of the RGS "Following the paths of Russian explorers" met in Novosibirsk with the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the ...

Announcing Results of All-Russian Competition "High-class Geography"

... Participants of the final of the All-Russian competition "High-class Geography" in 2024. Photo: Vladimir Neskoromny ... The final, third stage of the All-Russian competition of the RGS "High-class Geography" took place at the ...

Album "Toponymy of Alania Gorges" to be Created Using Grant from RGS

... of Alania Gorges” will be created using a grant from the Russian Geographical Society. The publication will include information about ... of Alania Gorges " is being created with the support of the Russian Geographical Society, the Russian Historical Society, and the History ...

Academic Council of Russian Geographical Society Discusses Climate, Hydrology, and History

... The annual meeting of the Academic Council of the Russian Geographical Society was held at the St. Petersburg Headquarters of the ... of Lomonosov Moscow State University, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolai Kasimov outlined a range of issues for ...

RGS to Organize Geographical Film Festival in Kazakhstan

... Kazakhstan. The large-scale film forum was organized by the Russian Geographical Society together with Kazakh partners: Turan University ... three documentaries shot during the expeditions of the Russian Geographical Society in the most remote and protected corners of our ...

Announcing Results of International Festival of Intellectual Games "GeFest"

... of the competitions, which are held with the support of the Russian Geographical Society, was Dream Team from Nizhny Novgorod. The ... can be found on the website of the Youth Movement of the Russian Geographical Society. ...

Announcing Results of RGS Competition for Participation in Expedition Following Semenov-Tyan-Shansky’s Routes

... of implementing the proposed ideas in future projects of the Russian Geographical Society. The first place went to the team from the ... has become a symbol of the full-scale explorations of the Russian scientist in the region. Similar plaques are planned to be installed in ...

Know Geography Excellently: Geographical Dictation of the RGS Held for the 10th Time

... The Globe of Russian Championship. Photo: Anna Yurgenson/RGS press service ... of the Dictation heard the questions voiced by a great Russian writer and thinker Leo Tolstoy, Russian poet and writer Sergei Yesenin, ...

RGS to Take Part in Women's Eco-Projects Contest "Green Future"

... Expert Analytics and International Affairs Department of the Russian Geographical Society, will take part in the first international contest ... by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation a concept note on the establishment of a unified ...

RGS Extends Registration for Geographical Dictation Venues

... there is still time to join the most popular project of the Russian Geographical Society. Over the 10 years of the Geographical ...

Center of the Russian Geographical Society Opens in New Delhi

... Gurov at the opening of the RGS Center in New Delhi. Photo: Russian Embassy in India The Center of the Russian Geographical Society has started its work in the Indian capital New ...

Ilya Gurov: "BRICS Geographer's Day – There will Definitely be an Effect"

... until 2020. The initiative to introduce it was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees ... on August 18. It was on this day in 1845 that the Imperial Russian Geographical Society was founded at the behest of Nicholas I. ...

Mesyatsev Island Completely Disappears in the Arctic

... Aleksey Kucheyko shared an interesting observation with the Russian Geographical Society. Comparing satellite images of Franz Josef Land, ... Archipelagos” project, and in 2021 by the staff at Russian Arctic National Park. “We discovered the disappearance of the ...

"Siberia, from North to South": RGS’s Exhibition Successfully Held in India

... The international photo exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society "Siberia, from North to South – Beautiful ... the RGS in cooperation with the Indian public organization "Russian-Indian Cultural Exchange" in Kolkata. ...

All-Russian “Georacing” Competitions to be Held in Moscow for the First Time

... for the first time. It is being implemented by the Russian Geographical Society together with the Equestrian Federation of Russia, ... perform, habitats, and important events in the history of Russian regions associated with them. The best video will be awarded a gift ...

Vladimir Putin Announces Establishment of BRICS Geographer's Day

... Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the establishment of BRICS ... to establish BRICS Geographer's Day belongs to the Russian Geographical Society, whose Board of Trustees is chaired by Vladimir ...