We are making public the first three volumes (2011 edition) of this appreciated magazine. Please see the enclosure. Number 1 (2011) Number 2 (2011) Number 3 (2011) Also attached are the previous issues of the above magazine (see below). Number [...]
The second Arctic international forum «The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue» is to begin on Thursday, September 22, 2011, in Arkhangelsk.
Andrey Kapitsa, an outstanding Russian geographer, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Professor Emeritus at Moscow State University, died in Moscow on August 2nd, aged 80. Andrey Kapitsa was born on July 9th 1931 in Cambridge, U.K. [...]
A long planned action on tagging a Far Eastern leopard with a special collar with a downlink transmitter took place on September 8. The action was organized within the Russian Geographical Society’s programme to preserve rare species. There are only [...]
On 29 July 2011, the Russian Geographical Society officially launched the long awaited expedition entitled “Hidden Treasure in the Caucasus – High- Mountain Lake Kazenoi-Am”, which spans three Russian republics – Chechnya, Tatarstan and Dagestan. Before the launch of the expedition, participants in the project, who for the first time in the history of lake’s exploration were to plunge into its mysterious depths, held a press conference in Grozny.
Humans have always been known for their arrogance and belief that they are the lords of creation, superior to all other, “dumb” creatures. In the past several decades however, scientists all over the world have carried out research shedding light [...]
By Diana Samuels In the end, Wednesday’s world championship geography competition came down to identifying the country that receives 90 percent of its export earnings from a single product, transitioned from agricultural and nomadic lifestyles beginning with a “concession” in [...]
The Russian team scored victory at the 10th National Geographic World Championship, which ended on Wednesday, July 27, in San-Francisco, California. Three 16-year old high school students – Alexander Bondarchuk (Saint-Petersburg), Maria Samoletova (Saint-Petersburg) and the team captain Yegor Shustov [...]
The organisers of the National Geographic World Championship, taking place in San-Francisco, California, announced they have selected three teams that will compete in the finals. They include teams from Russia (103 points), Taiwan (100 points) and Canada (99 points), which [...]
