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Under Flag of RGS: Spanish Traveler Retracing Path of Magellan on Jet Ski

... and, more recently, a member of the Tomsk Branch of the Russian Geographical Society Alvaro de Marichalar decided to repeat it, now on ... Magellan, Spain, the Atlantic, a jet ski. But what does the Russian city of Tomsk have to do with it? This is a separate story. In July ...

International Expedition "Kamchatka: Northwestern Ring of Fire" Comes to a Close

... August 16 to September 4, an international expedition of the Russian Geographical Society was held on the Kamchatka Peninsula. It was ... of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the project was to conduct a comprehensive ...

Nomad Intellectuals: Traditions of the Kalmyks Which Will Surprise You

... In 1654, Daichin Taishi and his son Monchak turned to the Russian Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich with a request to allocate land to them, and ... between two rulers were held at the highest level – the Russian tsars had not only interpreters capable of translating from Kalmyk into ...

Brutal South is Waiting for Us: Circumnavigation of the RGS Preparing to Sail to Cape Horn

... of the round-the-world expedition of the Tomsk Branch of the Russian Geographical Society has been located since mid-June, preparations for ... and its people. “By courtesy of the Consul of the Russian Embassy in Argentina Georgy Polin, we learned about the unique system ...

International Tiger Forum to Discuss Conservation of Amur Leopard

... education in this activity. Experts from the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, Land of the Leopard National Park, the ... the A.N Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization “Far ...

Fun Journey Across Russia: RGS Festival Wraps Up in Moscow

... The anniversary V Festival of the Russian Geographical Society has wrapped up in Moscow. More than 700,000 people ... ceremony for the winners of the photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society "The Most Beautiful Country". The works of ...

Festival of the RGS Arouses Great Interest among Guests and Residents of Moscow

... The Festival of the Russian Geographical Society in Zaryadye Park aroused great interest among ... united by a love of geography and travel. Together with the Russian Geographical Society, they are discovering our vast and beautiful ...

International Internship of the RGS Takes Place in the Republic of Altai

... The International Internship of the Russian Geographical Society took place in the Republic of Altai from August 14 ... The grand opening of the International Internship of the Russian Geographical Society was held at Gorno-Altaisk State University. The ...

Kildin Island: Ecological Reboot

... started the third stage of the ecological expedition of the Russian Geographical Society to clean up the Russian Arctic from man-made pollution. Scientists of the Russian Geographical ...

The Geographical Dictation Close to Home: How to Organize a Venue for the International Educational Campaign of the RGS

... the traditional international educational campaign of the Russian Geographical Society, Geographical Dictation, will take place. ... is open on the website dictant.rgo.ru. Any Russian and foreign organizations – schools, universities, libraries, ...

Winners of Contest "The Most Beautiful Country" Awarded at RGS Festival

... so easy to convey in pictures all the charm and diversity of Russian nature, the richness of its traditions, and the charm of the culture of ... "The Most Beautiful Country" was held at the Festival of the Russian Geographical Society in Moscow's Zaryadye Park. “I ...

All of Russia in Zaryadye: the V RGS Festival Opens in Moscow

... to visit them all. On August 18, the V Festival of the Russian Geographical Society opened in Moscow's Zaryadye Park, in the heart of ... discoveries is mixed with the smell of steppe grasses of the Russian south, coniferous forests of the Urals and Siberia. The RGS Festival ...

Serbia Celebrates 177th Anniversary of the Russian Geographical Society

... The exhibition is dedicated to the 177th anniversary of the Russian Geographical Society and to Geographer's Day, which are celebrated ... The initiator of the exhibition was the Center of the Russian Geographical Society in Serbia. Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, ambassador ...

Announcing the Winners of the VIII Photo Contest "The Most Beautiful Country"

... On August 18, at the opening ceremony of the Festival of the Russian Geographical Society in the capital's Zaryadye Park, the winners of the ... Most Beautiful Country". Among them are the President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu, the world's best photographer of ...

Russian Geographical Society Congratulated by Colleagues from Other Countries

... On Geographer's Day, August 18, 2022, the Russian Geographical Society received congratulations on its 177th anniversary from around the world. Warm words to the Russian Geographical Society and congratulations to Russian geographers and ...

"We Have Come, Pole": 45 Years Ago, Icebreaker "Arktika" Was the First to Reach Earth’s Northernmost Point

... point of the planet. It was a fantastic victory for Russian science and technology. The “Arktika” stayed at the Pole ...

Flag of the RGS Raised on the "Roof" of the Altai Mountains

... The flag of the Russian Geographical Society soared over one of the most grandiose mountain ... – on the eve of Geographer's Day and the Festival of the Russian Geographical Society. It was brought to the highest point of the Katun ...

Field Stage of Archaeological Expedition "Unorozh – 2022" Completed

... Archeology. Interregional Complex Expedition", funded by a Russian Geographical Society grant, was completed in early August. Now ...

People Must Remember: Finds of the Chukotka Stage of the Expedition "ALSIB"

... archives are scattered and often contradictory. The Russian Geographical Society, together with the Russian Ministry of Defense, undertook to restore order and to honor the memory ...

Painting of "Tyurikov’s Plane" Started in Novosibirsk

... by the expedition of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society – continues in Novosibirsk. The specialists from ... During all this time, the Krasnoyarsk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society will help its Novosibirsk colleagues in restoring ...

Fedor Konyukhov Goes to the North Pole on a Powered Parachute

... pole on a paraplane. Godspeed!” said the member of the Russian Geographical Society Fedor Konyukhov on the eve of the expedition. ... manufacturer of the ultralight motorized parachute is the Russian company “ParAAvis”. Aivar Valeev ...

Search Operation on Kola Peninsula: the RGS and the Northern Fleet to Uncover Wartime Secrets

... On August 3, a joint search expedition of the Russian Geographical Society and the Northern Fleet to the Kola Peninsula was ... The representatives of the Chuvash Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society, the military of the Northern Fleet, and ...

RGS on Novaya Zemlya: 200-Year History

... Two hundred years ago, in 1821, Russian navigator Fedor Litke, who in the future would come up with the idea to form the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, made a scientific breakthrough in the exploration ...

“Write your Question for the Geographical Dictation – 2022” Competition: Results and Winners

... 2022" have been determined. The Expert Jury of the Russian Geographical Society selected the best questions out of 80 finalists ... in 2022 together with the questions from the experts of the Russian Geographical Society. All the authors of the best questions will be ...

Best Venues of the International Campaign of the RGS "Night of Geography" Announced

... Committee of the international educational campaign of the Russian Geographical Society "Night of Geography" summed up the results of the ... Museum, St. Petersburg. Murmansk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society. RGS Youth Club of the tourism center ...