Novosibirsk branch of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS)
Our website was created by a group of members of the Novosibirsk branch of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS), more than 400 authors. The Novosibirsk branch is located in Siberia, and this determines its goals and objectives: uniting all geographers, scientists, teachers, professionals and simply nature lovers, studying and solving current environmental problems, interaction between society and nature. Description of the most beautiful and interesting places, assistance in organizing tourism.
The Russian Geographical Society is one of the oldest in the world.
The Russian Geographical Society is a public organization, one of the oldest geographical societies in the world. On August 18, 1845, by the highest order of Emperor Nicholas I, the proposal of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Count L. A. Perovsky, was approved on the creation of the Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg (later the Imperial Russian Geographical Society).
The main goal of the founders of the Society was: the study of “the native land and the people who inhabit it,” that is, to collect and disseminate geographical, statistical and ethnographic information about Russia itself.
Among the founders of the Russian Geographical Society: Admirals I. F. Krusenstern and P. I. Ricord, Vice Admiral F. P. Litke, Rear Admiral F. P. Wrangel, academicians K. I. Arsenyev, K. M. Baer, P. I. Keppen, V. Ya. Struve, military geographer, surveyor and writer M. P. Vronchenko and others. The idea of creating a society turned out to be so interesting and useful that from the moment the Russian Geographical Society was founded, the best minds of Russia took part in its activities, and the son of Nicholas I, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, agreed to become its first chairman.
The main task of the Russian Geographical Society is the collection and dissemination of reliable geographical information. Expeditions of the Russian Geographical Society played a big role in the development of Siberia, the Far East, Middle and Central Asia, the World Ocean, in the development of navigation, the discovery and study of new lands, in the development of meteorology and climatology. Since 1956, the Russian Geographical Society has been a member of the International Geographical Union.
The Novosibirsk branch of the Russian Geographical Society is headed by the Academic Council and the Presidium elected by it.
Currently, the NO RGS has about 200 full members.
The Novosibirsk branch of the Russian Geographical Society holds seminars, conferences, and photo exhibitions.
Field research, expeditions, and travel are organized in different regions of the world.
The first in Russia was organized in Novosibirsk Expedition center, allowing for large-scale, complex expeditions in any region of Asia
Website The Novosibirsk branch of the Russian Geographical Society is the largest in Russia, it contains more than 5,000 articles and materials. The site brings together travelers and scientists, photographers and people who want to know about the world around them.
We invite everyone to take part in the work of the Geographical Society.
We will be happy to post information about your travels, expeditions, and unusual phenomena on our website.
We are ready to post your information if it is interesting and meets the objectives of the Russian Geographical Society.
For members of the Russian Geographical Society, we are ready to help create their own section on our website.
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Russian Geographical Society Novosibirsk branch
TASS DOSSIER. On April 24, a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society will be held in St. Petersburg with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian Geographical Society (RGS) is an all-Russian public organization. It unites specialists in the field of geography and related sciences (geology, biology, history, archeology, ethnography), as well as enthusiastic travelers, ecologists, public figures, etc. The main idea of the society was formulated at the end of the 19th century by the Russian geographer and statesman Pyotr Semyonov- Tien-Shansky - “To attract all the best forces of the Russian land to the study of the native land and its people.”
Story
The Russian Geographical Society was founded on August 18 (August 6, old style) 1845 in St. Petersburg. On this day, Emperor Nicholas I approved the first temporary charter of the Society presented by the founders. Among the founders of the Russian Geographical Society were navigators and admirals of the Russian fleet Fyodor Litke, Ivan Krusenstern, Ferdinand Wrangel; members of the Imperial St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (now the Russian Academy of Sciences) naturalist Karl Baer, astronomer Vasily Struve; Quartermaster General Fedor Berg; Senator Mikhail Muravyov; linguist Vladimir Dal; Prince Vladimir Odoevsky and others - a total of 17 people (they received honorary titles of members - founders of the Society).
The first chairman of the Russian Geographical Society was the son of Nicholas I, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, who was 17 years old at that time.
During its existence, the Society changed its name several times. In 1849, the permanent charter of the organization was adopted and it was renamed the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. In 1917, it lost the name "Imperial", from 1925 it was called the State Russian Geographical Society of the RSFSR, from 1932 - the State Geographical Society (GGO) of the RSFSR. In 1938, it was renamed the Geographical Society of the USSR (or the All-Union Geographical Society) and became part of the system of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
With the assistance of the Russian Geographical Society, the first nature reserves in Russia were created, and the world's first higher educational institution of a geographical profile, the Geographical Institute, was founded (1918). The North Committee, created under the Russian Geographical Society in 1920, coordinated work on the development of the North and the Northern Sea Route (later ceased to exist, its functions were transferred to the Arctic Institute and the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route).
On March 21, 1992, by decision of the organization's academic council, its historical name was returned to it - the Russian Geographical Society. The Russian Geographical Society was registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 10, 2003 as a non-profit organization.
Activity
The main activities of the Russian Geographical Society are the collection and dissemination of geographical information about Russia, the organization of practical field research, expeditions to different parts of the Russian Federation and the world, education and awareness, and nature conservation.
From 1849 to 2015, the Society conducted over 3 thousand expeditions in Russia (as well as the USSR) and in more than 30 countries of the world. Among them are expeditions to explore and develop the Arctic (Chukotka, Yakutsk, Kola), the Urals (to the Northern Polar Urals), Siberia and the Far East (Vilyuiskaya, Sibiryakovskaya), Central and Central Asia (Mongol-Tibetan), and the World Ocean.
The Russian Geographical Society was one of the organizers of the first International Polar Year (2007/2008) and the International Forum on problems related to the conservation of tigers on Earth (2010). Since 2010, the Russian Geographical Society has been holding the International Arctic Forum "The Arctic - Territory of Dialogue." The Russian Geographical Society is one of the organizers of the International Geographical Olympiad and the All-Russian Geography Olympiad, the All-Russian Geographical Dictation (since 2015), and the All-Russian Congress of Geography Teachers (since 2011).
The Russian Geographical Society participated in the publication of the Great Atlas of the World (since 1934), the Marine Atlas (1944-1946), the Atlas of Antarctica (1972), the monograph "Geography of the World Ocean" in six volumes (1980-1987), the Atlas of Snow and Ice Resources of the World ( 1997), Atlas of Birds of the Russian Arctic (2012), etc.
Since 2015, the Russian Geographical Society has been holding a photo competition “The Most Beautiful Country”.
Controls, structure
The highest governing body of the Society is the congress, which is convened every six years (until 2014 - once every five years; extraordinary ones can be held as necessary). A total of 16 congresses took place. In 1933, the All-Union Congress of Geographers was convened in Leningrad. However, numbers began to be assigned to congresses in 1947, when they received the status of the highest governing body of the Society. The First Congress (the second actually) was held in 1947, also in Leningrad. At the XV Congress on November 7, 2014 in Moscow, the current version of the charter of the Russian Geographical Society was approved.
During the period between congresses, the Society's governing council (a permanent elected collegial governing body) operates; it includes the president (sole executive body; elected by the congress for a term of six years), honorary president, and executive director. The governing bodies also include the executive directorate, academic council, audit commission, council of elders (formed in 2012), and council of regions (2013).
There are regional branches of the Russian Geographical Society in all 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The largest is in the Republic of Bashkortostan, with a network of 65 local branches. In total, at the end of 2016, there were 137 local branches, which operate under 20 regional branches.
Managers
In 1945-1917. At the head of the Russian Geographical Society were the chairmen: Grand Dukes Konstantin Nikolaevich (1845-1892) and Nikolai Mikhailovich (1892-1917). The actual leadership was carried out by the vice-chairmen: Fyodor Litke (1845-1850; 1856-1873), Mikhail Muravyov (1850-1856), Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1873-1914), Yuliy Shokalsky (1914-1917). Beginning in 1918, the head of the Society began to be elected. The first elected chairman was Shokalsky (1918-1931).
Since 1931, the post of president was introduced, it was held by Nikolai Vavilov (1931-1940), Lev Berg (1940-1950), Evgeny Pavlovsky (1952-1964), Stanislav Kalesnik (1964-1977), Alexey Treshnikov (1977-1991) , Sergey Lavrov (1991-2000), Yuri Seliverstov (2000-2002), Anatoly Komaritsyn (2002-2009).
Honorary Presidents
The honorary presidents of the Society were: Yuliy Shokalsky (in 1931-1940), members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Vladimir Komarov (1940-1945), Vladimir Obruchev (1947-1956). In 2000, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Kotlyakov became honorary president.
Membership
Members of the Society on a voluntary basis can be adults of various nationalities, religions and places of residence - citizens of the Russian Federation, foreigners and stateless persons, as well as public associations. The entrance fee for individuals is 1 thousand rubles, the annual membership fee is 300 rubles.
At the end of 2016, 20 thousand 457 people were members of the Russian Geographical Society, of which 3 thousand 441 joined in 2016.
The Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society, created in 2010, operates on a voluntary basis. It is headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The council includes the President of the Society Sergei Shoigu, the reigning Prince of Monaco Albert II, the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party Boris Gryzlov, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov, the Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, the rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy, entrepreneurs Vagit Alekperov, Viktor Vekselberg, Oleg Deripaska, Alexey Miller, Vladimir Potanin, Mikhail Prokhorov and others.
Council meetings are held as needed, but at least once a year. The first took place on April 15, 2011 in Moscow. A total of seven meetings were held: two in Moscow, four in St. Petersburg and one on-site on the island of Valaam in Lake Ladoga in Karelia (August 6, 2012). The previous meeting took place on April 29, 2016 in St. Petersburg.
In addition, there are 38 regional boards of trustees operating at the branches of the Russian Geographical Society in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (at the end of 2016).
Divisions, publications
The scientific archive of the Russian Geographical Society, located in St. Petersburg, is the oldest and only specialized geographical archive in Russia (formed simultaneously with the Society in 1845). It has 63.2 thousand storage units: documents, ethnographic collections (more than 13 thousand items), a photo archive (more than 3 thousand), 144 personal funds of geographers and travelers, etc.
The library collections of St. Petersburg and Moscow contain 480.7 thousand domestic and foreign publications on geography and related sciences. Cartographic funds number 40.7 thousand storage units. The Museum of the History of the Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg (opened in 1986) is included in the list of academic museums.
The Russian Geographical Society is one of the founders of the scientific publication "News of the Russian Geographical Society" (published since 1865). In 2012, the magazine “Around the World” (founded in 1861) received the status of the Society’s publication.
Grants from the Russian Geographical Society
Since 2010, the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society has been organizing the issuance of grants to research, environmental and expedition projects on a competitive basis. Money for them is allocated by patrons. In addition, since 2013, the Russian Geographical Society and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) have been awarding joint grants.
In total, from 2010 to 2015, the Company allocated 604 grants (including 66 jointly with the Russian Foundation for Basic Research) for a total amount of 1 billion 28 million 140 thousand rubles. In 2016, the Russian Geographical Society directly supported 105 projects, to which 170 million 705 thousand rubles were allocated. grant funds.
Support was received by the projects “Baikal through the prism of sustainable development”, “Ecological rating and ecological map of Russia”, the expedition “Kyzyl - Kuragino” (2011-2015), “Gogland” (since 2013), the multimedia ethnographic project “Faces of Russia”, cycles of documentary films about the history of the Turks in Russia, “Reserved Russia” (2011-2013), international non-fiction film festival “Arctic”, etc.
The Russian Geographical Society has supported programs to clean up the Arctic (since 2010) and to preserve rare animal species: since 2010 - Amur tiger, snow leopard, beluga whale, polar bear, since 2011 - Far Eastern leopard, Przewalski's horse, since 2012 - lynx, since 2013 - manula, walrus.
Headquarters
The society has two headquarters. The main (historical) one is located in St. Petersburg. Since 1862, it was located in the house of the Ministry of Public Education on Fontanka; in 1907-1908, the Russian Geographical Society's own building was built according to the design of the architect Gavriil Baranovsky in Demidov Lane (now Grivtsova Lane).
In January 2013, the headquarters was opened in Moscow in a building on Novaya Square, where in the 19th century. there was the Apartment House of the Moscow Merchant Society (in the 1920s - a dormitory for the ethnological faculty of Moscow State University).
Financing
From the moment of its formation, the Russian Geographical Society was part of the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Initially, at the direction of Nicholas I, 10 thousand rubles were allocated for his maintenance. silver per year. By 1896, the state benefit had increased to 30 thousand rubles, and since 1909, an additional 10 thousand rubles were allocated annually. for the maintenance of the RGS house. Until 1917, government subsidies accounted for 50% of the Society's funding. In addition, funds came from private donations (20%), targeted contributions (10%), membership fees (10%), etc.
During Soviet times, the organization was funded by the state. In the 1990s. The Russian Geographical Society lost most of its state support, and employees were often not paid. The main source of funds was membership fees - mainly from organizations. The formation of the Society's Board of Trustees made it possible to fully support the activities of the Russian Geographical Society at the expense of extrabudgetary funds. Currently, the Russian Geographical Society does not receive government funding.
Society Awards
The society has its own awards - medals, prizes, honorary diplomas and certificates, personal scholarships, which are awarded for special merits and achievements in the field of geography and related sciences, environmental activities, and contribution to the popularization of the natural, historical and cultural heritage of Russia.
The first and main award of the Russian Geographical Society is the Konstantinov Medal, awarded to members of the Society for great merits in geographical science and exceptional contribution to the activities of the organization. It was established in 1846-1847. the first chairman of the Society. Awarded from 1949 to 1929 (in 1924-1929 it was called the “Highest Award of Society”). The awarding of this medal resumed in 2010. The second most important is the Great Gold Medal for scientific works. Awarded since 1947 for scientific expeditions, outstanding research in the theory of geography and long-term work in the field of geographical sciences.
The number of personalized medals includes gold medals named after F. P. Litke (established in 1873), P. P. Semenov (1899), N. M. Przhevalsky (1895; received gold medal status in 1946), gold and silver medal named after P. P. Semenov (1899, in memory of the services of the vice-chairman of the Society Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky; the awarding was discontinued after 1930, resumed after 1946), etc.
In total, from 1849 to 2015, the Society awarded 1 thousand 736 gold and silver medals of various denominations.
In the Russian Empire, the prize was awarded to them. N. M. Przhevalsky and the Tillo Prize. In the Soviet period and now - the prize named after. S. I. Dezhneva. In 2014, the Prize of the Russian Geographical Society was established, which received international status.
Emblem of the Russian Geographical Society
In the mid-19th century, the rapidly developing Russian economy was in dire need of reliable geographical information about Russia and its adjacent territories. The idea was in the air, by analogy with foreign experience, to create the Russian Geographical Society, an effective organization capable of solving the accumulated problems. The first to appear was in Paris (1821), then in Berlin (1828) and London (1830).
In 1845, the highest order of the Russian Emperor approved the proposal of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Count Perovsky, on the creation of the Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg (later the Imperial Russian Geographical Society).
The main purpose of creating the Society was to study “the native land and the people living there,” i.e. collecting and disseminating geographical, statistical and ethnographic information about Russia itself.
Among the founders of the society were outstanding Russian scientists, in particular, Fyodor Litke, Karl Baer, and others. From the first years of its existence, the Geographical Society launched extensive expeditionary, publishing and educational activities.
It made a major scientific contribution to the study of the Urals, Siberia, the Far East, Middle and Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iran, New Guinea, India, polar regions and other countries. These studies are associated with the names of Lev Berg and many others.
And today the Society brings together specialists in the field of geography and related sciences, as well as enthusiastic travelers, ecologists, public figures and everyone who seeks to learn new things about Russia and who is ready to help preserve its natural resources. Regional branches of the Society operate in every region of our country.
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The Russian Geographical Society is a public organization aimed at a deep and comprehensive study of geographical, environmental and cultural aspects in the history of Russia. This organization unites not only specialists in the field of geography, travelers, ecologists, but also people seeking to gain new knowledge about Russia and who are ready to help preserve its natural resources and wealth.
The Russian Geographical Society (abbreviated as RGO) was founded in 1845 by decree of Emperor Nicholas I.
From 1845 to the present time, the Russian Geographical Society has been active. It should be noted that the name of the Society changed several times: first it was called the Imperial Geographical Society, then it became the State Geographical Society, then the Geographical Society of the USSR (All-Union Geographical Society), and finally it became the Russian Geographical Society.
The founder of the Russian Geographical Society is Admiral Fedor Petrovich Litke. He created the Society in order to master Russia and study it comprehensively.
Among the founders of the Russian Geographical Society are famous navigators such as Ivan Fedorovich Krusenstern and Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel. Members of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences took part in the creation of the Society, for example, naturalist Karl Maksimovich Baer, statistician Pyotr Ivanovich Keppen. Military figures also contributed to the development of the Russian Geographical Society: surveyor Mikhail Pavlovich Vronchenko, statesman Mikhail Nikolaevich Muravyov. Among the Russian intelligentsia who took an active part in the creation of the Society, one can highlight the linguist Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl, philanthropist Vladimir Petrovich Odoevsky.
The leaders of the Society were members of the Russian Imperial House, travelers, researchers and statesmen. These are representatives of the Imperial House of Romanov, and presidents of the Society, such as the Russian and Soviet geneticist and geographer Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, who participated in dozens of expeditions and created the doctrine of the world centers of origin of cultivated plants. The Russian Geographical Society was also headed by the Soviet zoologist and geographer Lev Semenovich Berg, who made a huge contribution to science. He collected materials about the nature of different regions, in addition, he created a textbook called “The Nature of the USSR.” L.S. Berg can be considered the creator of modern physical geography, since he is the founder of landscape science. By the way, the landscape division proposed by Lev Semenovich has been preserved to this day.
For the past 7 years (since 2009), the post of President of the Russian Geographical Society has been held by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu. And in 2010, a Board of Trustees was formed, headed by the President of the country, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. At the meetings of the Council, the results of the work of the Russian Geographical Society for the year are summed up, and plans for the future are discussed. In addition, various grants from the Russian Geographical Society are awarded at the meetings.
The Russian Geographical Society has its own charter. The first one was published on December 28, 1849 under Nicholas I. And the charter that exists today was approved on December 11, 2010 during the 14th Congress of the All-Russian public organization “Russian Geographical Society”. In accordance with this, the society received the status of an “all-Russian public organization.”
The main goal of the Russian Geographical Society is a comprehensive knowledge of Russia and the world in all its diversity. To achieve this goal it is necessary:
1. active participation of society in its activities;
2. collection, processing and dissemination of various information about Russia in the field of geography, ecology, culture, ethnography.
3. attracting attention to historical and cultural sites of Russia for the development of tourism.
The Russian Geographical Society is trying to attract representatives of the youth environment to its activities in order to reveal their creative potential for organizing various competitions, as well as to cultivate a caring attitude towards nature.
The company works closely with environmental, geographic, environmental and charitable organizations, educational institutions (including federal universities), research and scientific centers, and commercial organizations working in the field of tourism and education. The Russian Geographical Society also cooperates with the media.
Today the Society has about 13,000 members in Russia and abroad. The Russian Geographical Society is a non-profit organization and therefore does not receive government funding.
The Russian Geographical Society is covered in a variety of media. For example, in the magazine “Arguments and Facts”, in the newspapers “Kommersant”, “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, on the TV channels “St. Petersburg”, “Channel 5”, “NTV”
There is a website of the Russian Geographical Society, which contains all the necessary information about the Society, as well as a library, grants and projects. One of the most important projects is the youth movement, which was created in 2013. Today, about 80 thousand schoolchildren and students from all regions of Russia, as well as about 1 thousand specialists in the field of geographical and environmental education, are participants in the movement. The youth movement was created in order to organize all-Russian youth projects, with the help of which participants could show their activity, creativity and initiative.
The Russian Geographical Society awards special awards for achievements in the field of geography or for assistance to the Russian Geographical Society.
This award is received by members of the Russian Geographical Society for their success and usefulness in geography. The Konstantinov Medal was received by Vladimir Ivanovich Dal for his “Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language” (1863), Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev for his works on the geology of Asia (1900) and many others.
2. Big gold medal:
The award is given for works in the field of science every 2 or 3 years. Only those scientists who have accomplished a brave feat can receive it. Another criterion is successful expeditions that resulted in some important discovery. Nikolai Vasilyevich Slyunin received a large gold medal for his essay “Okhotsk-Kamchatka Territory” (1901), Grigory Nikolaevich Potanin for his work entitled “Essays on Northwestern Mongolia” (1881).
3. Big silver medal:
The award is given for works in the field of science once every 1 or 2 years for contributions to the Russian Geographical Society, or for success in the field of geography.
4. Gold medal named after. Fyodor Petrovich Litke:
Only scientists who have made major discoveries in the World Ocean and polar countries can receive such an award. The first medal was awarded to Konstantin Stepanovich Staritsky for hydrographic research in the Pacific Ocean (1874). In different years, the medal was received by Mikhail Vasilyevich Pevtsov for his work “Essay on a trip to Mongolia” (1885), Leonid Ludwigovich Breitfus for studying the Barents Sea (1907 g.) and others.
5. Gold medal named after. Peter Petrovich Semenov:
This medal is awarded for the study of environmental issues, scientific works on soil geography and descriptions of vast parts of Russia and other countries. It was established in 1899, it was received by Pyotr Yulievich Schmidt for studying water conditions in the Far East (1906), Lev Semenovich Berg for studying the Aral Sea (1909) and other scientists.
6. Gold medal named after. Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky:
The medal is awarded for discoveries in deserts and mountainous countries, for expeditions to explore the peoples of Russia and other countries. Established on August 29, 1946 and awarded once every 2 years. One of those who received this award is Alexander Mikhailovich Berlyant.
7. Gold medal named after. Alexander Fedorovich Treshnikov:
The medal is awarded to participants in expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic, dedicated to the study of climatic conditions, as a result of which scientific discoveries were made, as well as for the development of the polar regions.
8. Gold medal named after. Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay:
Awarded for research in the field of ethnography, historical geography, and cultural heritage.
9. Small gold and silver medals:
They can be obtained once a year. Small gold medals are awarded to the authors of scientific works in one of the areas of the Russian Geographical Society, which systematize the results of research done on any subject. Silver is awarded for selfless assistance to the Society. Both medals were established in 1858. Small gold medals were received by Pyotr Petrovich Semenov for his work and services provided to the Society (1866), Venedikt Ivanovich Dybovsky and Viktor Aleksandrovich Godlevsky for research on Lake Baikal (1870) and others. Small silver medals were awarded to Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky for the article “Non-resident population of the southern part of the Primorsky Region” (1869), Alexander Andreevich Dostoevsky for his assistance in compiling the “History of Society” (1895) and many other scientists.
In addition to medals, the Society annually awards the following awards:
1. Prize named after. Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev:
2. Honorary diploma:
Scientists are awarded for research in geography and related sciences. The decision to award a diploma is published on the Russian Geographical Society website.
3. Certificate of honor:
The diploma is awarded for contribution to the development of the Society. As a rule, the presentation takes place on some anniversary or is associated with an important date.
4. Personalized scholarship:
Awarded at least 10 times a year. It is awarded to young scientists in the field of geography for the best scientific works.
The Russian Geographical Society provides grants in priority areas - funds to finance research and educational projects aimed at achieving the goals and solving the problems of the Society.
Grant projects must be of great public importance and focused on achieving practical results in the interests of Russia.
Grants have been awarded every year since 2010 on a competitive basis. The competition is organized at the end of the year, its duration is a month. For example, in 2010, the Russian Geographical Society provided financial assistance to 13 projects in the amount of 42 million rubles, a year later the number of projects increased greatly - to 56. More than 180 million rubles were allocated for them. In 2012, almost 200 million rubles were allocated for 52 projects. And in 2013, grant support amounting to more than 100 million rubles was provided to 114 projects.
The Russian Geographical Society has many periodicals. For example, “Bulletin of the Imperial Geographical Society”, “Living Antiquity”, “Questions of Geography”, “Geographical News”, etc.
The Russian Geographical Society has 85 regional branches in the Russian Federation. Their activities consist of increasing the level of citizens’ knowledge about their region, increasing the number of activists of the Russian Geographical Society, and drawing attention to the environmental environment.
The Russian Geographical Society (RGS) is one of the oldest geographical societies in the world. The most important task of the Russian Geographical Society is to unite people who are not indifferent to the nature of the Motherland.
The society was founded in St. Petersburg by order of Emperor Nicholas I, who on August 18 (August 6, old style), 1845, approved the proposal of the Russian Minister of Internal Affairs, Lev Perovsky. The society was established under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which emphasized its state status.
The idea of creating the Society belonged to Admiral Fyodor Litka. The main task of the new organization was to gather and direct 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 Fyodor Litke, Ivan Krusenstern, Ferdinand Wrangel, Peter Ricord; members of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences - naturalist Karl Baer, astronomer Vasily Struve, geologist Grigory Helmersen, statistician Peter Keppen; prominent military figures (former and current officers of the General Staff) - Quartermaster General Fyodor Berg, surveyor Mikhail Vronchenko, statesman Mikhail Muravyov; representatives of the Russian intelligentsia - linguist Vladimir Dal, philanthropist Prince Vladimir Odoevsky.
On October 19 (October 7, old style), 1845, the first general meeting of full members of the Russian Geographical Society took place in the conference hall of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and Arts, which elected the Council of the Society. Opening this meeting, Fyodor Litke defined the main task of the Russian Geographical Society as “cultivating the geography of Russia.”
When the Society was created, four departments were envisaged: general geography, geography of Russia, statistics of Russia and ethnography of Russia. According to the permanent Charter of 1849, the list of departments became different: departments of physical geography, mathematical geography, statistics and ethnography.
In the early 1850s, the first regional departments appeared in the Society - Caucasian (in Tiflis) and Siberian (in Irkutsk). Then the Orenburg and North-Western (in Vilna), South-Western (in Kiev), West Siberian (in Omsk), Amur (in Khabarovsk), Turkestan (in Tashkent) departments were opened. By 1917, the Russian Geographical Society consisted of 11 departments (including the headquarters in St. Petersburg), two subdivisions and four divisions.
The first chairman of the society was Grand Duke Konstantin (1821-1892), the second son of Nicholas I. After his death, the society was headed by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, and starting in 1917, chairmen (later presidents) began to be elected.
The first de facto leader of the Russian Geographical Society was its vice-chairman, Russian navigator Fyodor Litke. Later, the Society was led by famous travelers, explorers and statesmen.
Since its founding, the Russian Geographical Society has not ceased its activities, but 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 called 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 All-Union Geographical Society) (1938-1992).
Already in the first decades of activity, the society united advanced and educated people of Russia, who were close to the acute socio-economic problems of the era. The Russian Geographical Society has occupied a prominent place in the scientific and social life of the country.
From the first years of its existence, the Geographical Society launched extensive expeditionary, publishing and educational activities.
It made a major scientific contribution to the study of European Russia, the Urals, Siberia, the Far East, Middle 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 Severtsov, Ivan Mushketov, Nikolai Przhevalsky, Grigory Potanin, Mikhail Pevtsov, Grigory and Mikhail Grumm-Grzhimailo, Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Vladimir Obruchev, Pyotr Kozlov, Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, Alexander Voeikov, Lev Berg and many others. At this time, the Russian Geographical Society laid the foundations of the domestic conservation business.
With the assistance of the Russian Geographical Society, in 1918, the world's first higher educational institution of a geographical profile was created - the Geographical Institute. And in 1919, one of the most famous members of the Society, Veniamin Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, founded the first geographical museum in Russia.
During Soviet times, the Russian Geographical Society focused on relatively small but deep and comprehensive regional studies, as well as large theoretical generalizations. The geography of regional branches has expanded significantly: as of 1989-1992, the Geographical Society of the USSR had a Central Branch (in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg) and 14 republican branches. In the RSFSR there were 18 branches, two bureaus and 78 departments.
Today, the Russian Geographical Society is an all-Russian public organization that unites specialists in the field of geography and related sciences, as well as enthusiastic travelers, ecologists, public figures and everyone who seeks to learn new things about Russia and who is ready to help preserve its natural resources. The organization has about 13 thousand members in Russia and abroad. There are regional branches in all 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
The Company has two headquarters - one in St. Petersburg, the other in Moscow. In St. Petersburg, it is located on Grivtsova Lane in its own house, built in 1908 with money from members of the Society. The headquarters of the society was not closed for a single day even during the years of the blockade. Today the building houses a museum, a unique library, as well as a scientific archive and a lecture hall named after. Yu.M. Shokalsky.
In 2013, the grand opening of the headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society took place in Moscow on Novaya Square.
It is located in the building where the apartment building of the Moscow Merchant Society was located in the 19th century. The headquarters in Moscow houses a library, media studio, lecture hall, and exhibition hall.
In its activities, the society is guided by its own Charter. The highest body of society is the congress, convened every six years. The Congress elects the Governing Council, the Academic Council and the President of the Society for a period of six years. The Governing Council is the permanent elected collegial governing body of the Society between congresses. The Scientific Council facilitates the Society's research, educational and outreach activities, and conducts scientific examinations.
The President of the Society is Sergei Shoigu (since November 2012, Russian Minister of Defense).
In 2010, the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society was created, headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Council revived the long-standing traditions of philanthropy and established Society grants.
The Russian Geographical Society is a non-profit organization and does not receive government funding.
The main activities of the Society are expeditions and research, education and enlightenment, nature conservation, publishing books and working with youth.
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the intensity of research and expeditionary work of the Russian Geographical Society is now comparable to the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, the most fruitful period of the Russian Geographical Society.
The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources