Academic Council
The Academic Council of the Society acts in order for the Society to carry out scientific, research, educational, and publishing activities, conduct scientific examinations and research, prepare thematic reports and conclusions on behalf of the Society.
At the XVI Congress of the RGS, which took place on December 1-4, 2020, a new composition of the Academic Council was elected.
Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu
President of the RGS
Nikolai Sergeevich Kasimov
Chairperson of the Academic Council, First Vice-President of the RGS, President of the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ilya Anatolyevich Gurov
Academic Secretary of the Academic Council, First Deputy Executive Director of the RGS
Sergei Anatolyevich Dobrolyubov
Dean of the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kolosov
Vice-President of the RGS, Deputy Director of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kotlyakov
Honorary President of the RGS, Scientific Director of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Artyom Andranikovich Manukyan
Vice-President of the RGS, Executive Director of the RGS
Boris Nikolaevich Porfiriev
Scientific Director of the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Vladimir Mikhailovich Razumovsky
Head of the Department of Regional Economics and Environmental Management, Faculty of Humanities, St. Petersburg State University of Economics
Igor Yuryevich Savin
Deputy Director of the V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Institute Federal Research Center, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Olga Nikolaevna Solomina
Director of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Valery Aleksandrovich Tishkov
Academician-Secretary of the History and Philology Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Director of the N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Chibilev
Vice-President of the RGS, Chairperson of the Orenburg Regional Branch of the RGS, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kirill Valentinovich Chistyakov
Vice-President of the RGS, Chairperson of the St. Petersburg Branch of the RGS, Director of the Institute of Earth Sciences of St. Petersburg State University
Aleksey Nikolaevich Chumachenko
Rector of Chernyshevsky Saratov National Research State University
Boris Aleksandrovich Vakhrushev
Chairperson of the Branch of the RGS in the Republic of Crimea, Dean of the Faculty of Geography, Geoecology, and Tourism of the Taurida Academy of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Aleksey Sergeevich Viktorov
Head of the Laboratory for Remote Monitoring of the Geological Environment of the Sergeev Institute of Geoscience of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Igor Nikolaevich Vladimirov
Director of the V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Eduard Vladimirovich Galazhinsky
Acting President of the Russian Academy of Education, Rector of Tomsk State University, Chairperson of the Tomsk Branch of the RGS, member of the Russian Academy of Education
Aleksey Germenovich Gvishiani
Scientific Director of the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Aleksandr Naumovich Gelfan
Director of Water Problems Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kirill Nikolaevich Dyakonov
Head of the Department of Physical Geography and Landscape Studies of the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Mikhail Nikolaevich Zheleznyak
Director of Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Yuri Petrovich Zinchenko
Dean of the Faculty of Psychology of Lomonosov Moscow State University, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Elena Evgenievna Inyakina
Chairperson of the Tambov Regional Branch of the RGS, Associate Professor at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Management of Derzhavin Tambov State University
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kalinin
Head of the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Protection of Perm State University
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kattsov
Director of the Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory
Elena Vladimirovna Kudryashova
Rector of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov
Aleksey Vladimirovich Kuznetsov
Director of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Semyon Aleksandrovich Kurolap
Dean of the Faculty of Geography, Geoecology, and Tourism of Voronezh State University
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Lobzhanidze
Head of the Department of Economics and Social Geography of the Faculty of Geography of Moscow Pedagogical State University
Nikolai Andreevich Makarov
Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Svetlana Mikhailovna Malkhazova
Head of the Department of Biogeography of the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Gennady Grigoryevich Matishov
Scientific Director of the Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Aleksey Stanislavovich Naumov
Head of the Department of Social-Economic Geography of Foreign Countries of the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Aleksandr Valeryevich Rebriy
Member of the Academic Council of the Russian Geographical Society
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Rumyantsev
Scientific Director of the Institute of Limnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Viktor Petrovich Savinykh
President of the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Natalya Fyodorovna Solovyova
Deputy Director, Head of the Department of Conservation Archaeology of the Institute of History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Sotkina
Chairperson of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Branch of the RGS, Director of the Further Education Center of Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Subetto
Dean of the Faculty of Geography of Herzen University
Yuri Fyodorovich Sychev
Assistant to the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic
Arkady Aleksandrovich Tishkov
Chief Researcher, Head of the Biogeography Laboratory of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Arnold Kirillovich Tulokhonov
Chairperson of the Republic of Buryatia Branch of the RGS, Scientific Director of the Baikal Institute of Nature Management of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Gennady Mikhailovich Fyodorov
Director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies of the Baltic Region of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Chairperson of the Kaliningrad Regional Branch of the RGS
Nikolai Nikolaevich Filatov
Chairperson of the Branch of the RGS in the Republic of Karelia, Chief Researcher at the Northern Water Problems Institute of the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Mikhail Vladimirovich Flint
Scientific Director of the Marine Ecology Department of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences