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	Topics Russian Geographical Society Topic Home The Russian Geographical Society (RGO) is a learned societyLearned society A learned society is a society that exists to promote an academic discipline or group of disciplines.... , founded on 6 August, 1845 in Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg Saint Petersburg listen is a city located in northwestern Russia on the delta of the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf... , RussiaRussia Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia.... . History Imperial Geographical Society Prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917Facts About Russian Revolution of 1917 The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, which, after the elimination of the Russian autoc... , it was known as the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. Founding members of the Society these included: Fyodor Litke Fyodor Wrangel Vladimir Dahl Vladimir Odoyevsky Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von StruveFriedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve was a Baltic-German astronomer from a famous dynasty of astronomers.... Karl Ernst von BaerKarl Ernst von Baer Karl Ernst von Baer was a Baltic German Russian biologist and a founding father of embryology.... Nikolai NadezhdinNikolai Nadezhdin Nikolai Ivanovich Nadezhdin was a Russian literary critic and Russia's first ethnographer.... The Society's official presidents were Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of RussiaGrand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich was the second son of Nikolai I and his wife Charlotte of Prussia.... in 1845-92 and Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of RussiaGrand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia 26th April, 1859 - 28th January, 1919 was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael N... in 1892-1917, but actually it was run by the Vice-Presidents: Fyodor Litke (1845-50, 1855-57), Count Mikhail MuravyovMikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov-Vilensky Count Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov was one of the most reactionary Russian imperial statesmen of the 19th century.... (1850-57), Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1873-1914), and Yuly ShokalskyFacts About Yuly Shokalsky Yuly Mikhailovich Shokalsky was a Russian oceanographer, cartographer, and geographer.... (1914-31). The filial societies were established at the Caucasus (1850), Irkutsk (1851), Vilnius (1867), Orenburg (1868), Kiev (1873), Omsk (1877), and other cities. The Society organized and funded the expeditions of Pyotr Kropotkin, Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Nikolai PrzhevalskyNikolai Przhevalsky Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky, also spelled Przewalski and Prjevalsky , was a Russian geographer and explorer... , Nikolai Miklukho-Maklai, Pyotr KozlovPyotr Kozlov Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov was a Russian explorer who continued the studies of Nikolai Przhevalsky in Mongolia and Tibet.... , Vladimir ObruchevVladimir Obruchev Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev was a Russian geologist, geographer, explorer, academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences,... , and Lev Berg. It helped set up the first polar stations in RussiaRussia Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia.... and was one of the first to publish detailed studies of the Russian folkloreRussian folklore Russian mythical heroesSee Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich, Alyosha Popovich, Svyatogor, Nightingale the Robber, Bogatyr, Byli... and Ukrainian fairs. The Society pioneered the systematic exploration of the Northern Urals in 1847-50, of the farthest reaches of the Amur River in 1854-63, of the vast areas of Kashgaria, DzungariaDzungaria Dzungaria is a geographical region covering approximately 777,000 km², within the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwe... , and MongoliaMongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country located in East Asia.... from the 1870s onward. By 1917 the RGO was composed of eleven subdivisions and 1,000 members. All-Union Geographical Society The Society changed its name to the State Geographical Society in 1926 and to the Geographical Society of the USSR in 1938. After Shokalsky its presidents were geneticistFacts About Geneticist A geneticist is a scientist who studies genetics, or a physician who diagnoses, treats, and counsels patients with genetic d... Nikolai VavilovNikolai Vavilov Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, 1887— January 26 1943) was a prominent Russian botanist and geneticist best known for havin... (1931-40), zoologist Lev Berg (1940-1950), parasitologistParasitology Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them.... Evgeny Pavlovsky (1952-64), glaciologist Stanislav Kalesnik (1964-77), polar explorer Aleksei TreshnikovAleksei Treshnikov Overview Aleksei Fedorovich Treshnikov was a Soviet polar explorer and leader of the Second Soviet Antarctic Expedition.... (1977-91). The Society has convened numerous congresses and has awarded four types of medals, named after Litke, Semyonov, Przhevalsky, and Semen Dezhnev. By 1970, it had published more than 2,000 volumes of geographical literature, including the annual Zapiski (since 1846) and Izvestiya (since 1865). It reverted to its original name upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The main offices of the Society are in St. Petersburg. Divisions The Imperial Society comprised four departments: Department of Physical Geography Department of Mathematical Geography Department of Ethnography Nikolai Nadezhdin was involved in the foundation of this department, when the RGO was originally set up. During the 1850s and 1860s the ethnographicEthnography Ethnography refers to the genre of writing that presents qualitative description of human social phenomena, based on fieldwo... division gathered and published material such as works of folklore and the byt or "way of life" which they regarded as reflecting the "essence" of the indigenous people of the Russian Empire. In 1909 Dmitry Nikolayevich AnuchinDmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin was a Russian anthropologist, ethnographist, archaeologist, and geographer.... , Vladimir BogdanovVladimir Bogdanov Vladimir Bogdanov, President of Surgutneftegaz, Russia's second largest oil company.... and Vsevelod Miller convened the ethnographic sub-section of the Twelfth Congress of Russian Natural Scientists and Physicians held in Moscow. Here they pushed for more professionalism to distinguish ethnographers from missionaries and amateurs. In 1917 David ZolotarevDavid Zolotarev Summary David Alekseevich Zolotarev was a Russian anthropologist and ethnographer who studied the tribal populations of the Yaroslav... and Nikolai Mogiliansky of the RGO participated in the Commission for the Study of the Tribal Composition of the Population of the Borderlands of RussiaCommission for the Study of the Tribal Composition of the Population of the Borderlands of Russia Summary The Commission for the Study of the Tribal Composition of the Population of the Borderlands of Russia was set up in Februar... . Department of Statistic Further reading Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. ??????? ??????????? ???????????? ?????????????? ???????? ??????????????? ????????. Volumes 1-3. SPb, 1896. Lev Berg. ?????????? ?????????????? ???????? ?? 100 ???. 1845-1945. Moscow-Leningrad, 1946. ?????????????? ???????? ?? 125 ???. Leningrad, 1970. Hirsch, Francine. 2005. Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union. 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