Between 23rd and 26th June 2011, the ethnographic ground of the Volokolamsk Historical and Archaeological Museum, located at the Ruza River in the Moscow region, played host to celebrations of the ancient Slavic pagan holiday Ivan Kupala. The holiday is [...]
On June 13, 2011, volunteers of the Russian Geographical Society began excavations as part of the archaeological expedition “Kyzyl-Kuragino Railway” in Tuva. The expedition is financed through a grant of the Russian Geographical Society, distributed, among other grants, by the [...]
Grigory Grumm-Grzhimaylo – traveller, geographer and zoologist, explorer of Western China, the Pamir and Tien Shan mountains, Western Mongolia, Tuva and the Far East. One of his most famous expeditions was to Eastern Tien Shan and Nanshan, in 1889-1900. Organised [...]
Russian explorer of Mongolia and Tibet Pyotr Kozlov was a disciple of Nikolai Przewalski. In the course of Mongolian-Sichuan expedition of 1907-1909, he discovered the ruins of the dead Tangut city of Khara Khoto. During the excavations in the spring [...]
Kuril Lake is one of the most unique natural sites in Russia. The lake, with its surface area of more than 77 square kilometres, is located within the confines of the Kamchatka Wildlife Refuge, which was included on UNESCO’s World [...]
Full list of 36 small-scale grants awarded by the Russian Geographical Society in 2011.
The name of Georgiy Ushakov, Doctor of Geography, a courageous traveller and Arctic explorer, is well-known to many. This is not surprising, because he made over 50 geographical discoveries, which are now marked on the map. For this reason, on [...]
On 22 April 2011, the Russian Geographical Society launched the first phase of the multipurpose expedition to monitor radiation situation along the Russian Far Eastern coast begins, prompted by the series of accidents at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant. The [...]
