Executive Directorate

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Composition of the Executive Directorate of the RGS

Artyom Manukyan

Vice President of the RGS, Executive Director, Secretary of the Governing Council

Provides overall guidance to activities of the Executive Directorate

The Document Management and Archives Department, Legal Department, Financial Department, Organization, Protocol and Exhibition Activities Department are reporting directly to the Executive Director

Ilya Gurov

First Deputy Executive Director

The Expert Analytics and International Affairs Department, as well as St. Petersburg headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society in terms of scientific, stock and other work are reporting directly

 

 

Mikhail Vorobiev

Deputy Executive Director

Operations Department, as well as St. Petersburg headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society, in terms of work related to administrative and facility support, are subordinated directly

 

Sergey Korlykhanov

First Deputy Executive Director 

Regional Development, Expeditionary Activity and Tourism Development, Youth Work departmnets are subordinated directly by the Deputy Executive Director

Alexander Galushka

Adviser to the President of the RGS

Anastasia Chernobrovina

Adviser to the President of the RGS on Information Policy

Information and Media Support Department is subordinated directly.

Sergey Katikov

Adviser to the President of the RGS on International Issues

Responsible for building partnerships with foreign geographical societies and relevant institutions

 

Information and Media Support Department

Ekaterina Podkovyrina

Director of the Department

Responsible for the formation and implementation of the information and PR strategy of the Society in the mass media, the Internet and social networks, as well as for the implementation of the Department's media projects: the contests ”The Most Beautiful Country” and ”The Best Guide of Russia"

Valeria Vitvitskaya

Deputy Director of the Department

Operations Department

Pyotr Gladyshev

Director of the Department 

 

Responsible for material and technical support of the Russian Geographical Society

Mikhail Baranov

 

Deputy Director of the Department 

 

Responsible for material and technical support of the Russian Geographical Society

 

 

Ekaterina Melchakova

Deputy Director of the Department

Responsible for the souvenir field of work, organization of the work of the official store of the RGS and the loyalty program of the RGS

Expert Analytics and International Affairs Department

Elena Ryzhonkova

Head of Grant Area of the Project Operations and Analytics Department

Responsible for support of grant projects of the RGS

 

Svetlana Vorobyova

Deputy Director of the Department

Responsible for management of international educational events ”Geographical Dictation” and ”Night of Geography".

Youth Work Department

Anton Yurmanov

Department Director

Responsible for the development of the youth movement of the RGS and the formation of the volunteer corps of the Society, coordinates the work of the network of youth clubs of the RGS and the phenological network of the RGS

Daria Kabanova

Deputy Director of the Department

Responsible for the development of the youth movement of the RGS and the formation of the volunteer corps of the Society, coordinates the work of the network of youth clubs of the RGS

Organization, Protocol and Exhibition Activities Department

Anastasia Kadrgulova

Director of the Department

Responsible for organizing and holding exhibitions, festivals, thematic days of the Russian Geographical Society and other projects and events, including those with heads of the Society

 

Olga Moksheva

Deputy Director of the Department

Responsible for organizing and holding exhibitions, festivals, thematic days of the Russian Geographical Society and other projects and events, including those with heads of the Society

Regional Development Department

Dmitry Zapenko 

Director of the Department 

Coordinates activities of regional branches of the Russian Geographical Society, provides interaction between regional branches and governing bodies, structural subdivisions of the Executive Directorate, commissions and councils of the Society

Vera Maksimchuk

 

 

Deputy Director of the Department

 

Coordinates activities of regional branches of the Russian Geographical Society, provides interaction between regional branches and governing bodies, structural subdivisions of the Executive Directorate, commissions and councils of the Society

 

Expeditionary and Tourism Development Department

Natalia Belyakova

Director of the Department

Responsible for providing expedition activities, organizing and conducting scientific, complex, research, environmental, educational, cultural, tourist and other RGS expeditions, as well as for providing tourism development activities

Sergey Chechulin

Head of the Expeditionary Direction

Responsible for expeditionary support and organization of scientific, research, environmental, educational, cultural, tourist and other expeditions of the Russian Geographical Society, as well as for providing tourism development activities

Anzhelika Chaikova

Deputy Director of the Department

Responsible for expeditionary activity and tourism development activities

Legal Department

Anastasia Suchkova

 

Director of the Department 

Responsible for legal support in relation to all legal matters of the Russian Geographical Society and legal protection of its interests

 

Madina Korigova

Deputy Director of the Department

Responsible for legal support in relation to legal matters of the Russian Geographical Society

 

Financial Department

Sergey Bloshchuk

Director of the Department

Controls movement and targeted use of funds, financial and operating results, accounting and fiscal liabilities of the Russian Geographical Society

Lubov Sipailo

Deputy Director of the Department

Document Management and Archives Department

Aleksander Karandeyev

Department Director

Responsible for organizing document flow and maintaining the archive of the Executive Directorate of the Russian Geographical Society

Lubov Kalinchuk

Deputy Director of the Department

Executive Directorate Department (St. Petersburg HQ) 

Roman Ryabincev

Director of the Department

 

Responsible for coordinating the activities of the St. Petersburg Headquarters of the RGS, as well as research, maintenance and support of the Society archives