Council of Regions

The Council of Regions of the RGS acts to ensure the regional development of the Society, to coordinate the activities of the regional and local branches of the Society.
You can learn more about the activities of the regional and local branches of the RGS in the special section.

Regulations on the Council of Regions

Composition of the Council of Regions

Artyom Andranikovich Manukyan

Vice President of the RGS, Executive Director, Secretary of the Governing Council

Presides over activities of the Executive Directorate The following departments are reporting directly to the Executive Director: the Document Management and Archives Department; Legal Department; Financial Department; Organization, Protocol, and Exhibition Activities Department

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Sotkina

Secretary of the Council of the Regions

Vice-rector for Additional Education and Social Partnership of Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, Candidate of Geographical Sciences Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Branch of the RGS

Southern Federal District

Vladimir Evgenievich Vorobyov

Vladimir Evgenievich Vorobyov Head of the museum and exhibition complex of the Russian Geographical Society "Konstantinovskaya Battery" Chairman of the Sevastopol Branch of the RGS

Sevastopol

Ivan Gennadievich Chaika

Member of the Civic Chamber of the Krasnodar Region, Candidate of Political Sciences. Chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society

Krasnodar Territory

Northwestern Federal District

Natalya Anatolyevna Ilyina

Rector of Pskov State University, Doctor of Biological Sciences Chairman of the Pskov Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society

Pskov Region

Nadezhda Kamelevna Maksutova

Professor at the Department of Geography of the Institute of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Computer Sciences of Vologda State University, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, professor. Chairman of the Vologda Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society

Vologda Region

Denis Vitalievich Moiseev

Deputy Director for Science at the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Chairman of the Murmansk Regional Branch of the RGS

Murmansk Region

Svetlana Gennadievna Sivkova

General Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Museum-Reserve ‘Museum of the World Ocean’". Chairman of the Kaliningrad Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society

Kaliningrad Region

Far Eastern Federal District

Aleksey Mikhailovich Buyakov

Advisor to the CEO of the Russian Fishery Company LLC. Chairman of the Primorye Regional Branch of the RGS for the Study of the Amur Region

Primorye Territory

Aleksandr Vasilyevich Gorokhov

Director of the Territorial Compulsory Health Insurance Foundation of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Candidate of Medical Sciences, Honored Doctor of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Chairman of the Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Nesterovich

CEO of OOO CENTER KA, Deputy of the Magadan Regional Duma Chairman of the Magadan Regional Branch of the RGS

Magadan Region

North Caucasus Federal District

Alan Uruzmagovich Ogoev

Rector of K.L.Khetagurov North Ossetian State University, Doctor of Economics, professor. Honored Scientist of the Republic of South Ossetia. Chairman of the RGS Branch in the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania

Republic of North Ossetia – Alania

Eldar Magomedovich Eldarov

Professor at the Faculty of Management of Dagestan State University, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Dagestan Chairman of the Dagestan Republic Branch of the RGS

Republic of Dagestan

Central Federal District

Vladimir Vladimirovich Matveev

Rector of the Oryol State Institute of Culture, Doctor of Economics, professor. Honorary Worker of Science and Higher Education of the Oryol Region. Chairman of the Oryol Regional Branch of the RGS

Oryol Region

Oleg Aleksandrovich Zolotarev

Youth work specialist at the Municipal Budgetary Institution Youth Center Spektr. Chairman of the Tula Regional Branch of the RGS

Tula Region

Mikhail Vitalievich Ilyin

Dean of the Faculty of Postgraduate Professional Education at Yaroslavsk State Medical University, Executive Director of the Association of Universities of the Yaroslavsk Region, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor. Chairman of the Yaroslavsk Regional Branch of the RGS

Yaroslavsk Region

Mikhail Georgievich Malakhov

Professional traveler, public figure, Candidate of Medical Sciences. Chairman of the Ryazan Regional Branch of the RGS

Ryazan Region

Roman Vladimirovich Ryabintsev

Director of the Department of the Executive Directorate (Headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg), Candidate of Historical Sciences. Chairman of the Kostroma Regional Branch of the RGS

Kostroma Region

Aleksandr Alekseevich Fedulin

Rector of the Russian State University of Tourism and Service, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor. Chairman of the Moscow Regional Branch of the RGS

Moscow Region

Siberian Federal District

Eduard Vladimirovich Galazhinsky

Rector of National Research Tomsk State University, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, professor. Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation. Chairman of the Tomsk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society

Tomsk Region

Vladimir Valeryevich Poddubikov

Head of the Laboratory of Ethnosocial and Ethnoecological Geoinformatics of Kemerovo State University, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. Chairman of the Kemerovo Regional Branch of the RGS

Kemerovo Region

Irina Valeryevna Sannikova

Khakassky State Nature Reserve Federal State Budgetary Institution. Chairman of the Republic of Khakassia Branch of the RGS

Republic of Khakassia

Igor Anatolyevich Spiridenko

CEO of the Expedition Organization Foundation Siberian Expedition Center. Chairman of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Branch of the RGS

Krasnoyarsk Territory

Ural federal district

Svetlana Aligarievna Minyurova

Rector of Ural State Pedagogical University, Doctor of Psychological Sciences Chairman of the Sverdlovsk Regional Branch of the RGS

Sverdlovsk Region

Mikhail Vladimirovich Savchenko

Member of the Public Chamber of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area – Yugra, the Audit Commission and the Charter Committee of the RGS Chairman of the Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area – Yugra

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area

Volga Federal District

Evgeny Alekseevich Goncharov

Head of the Department of Ecology, Soil Science, and Environmental Management of the Volga State University of Technology, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor. Chairman of the RGS Branch in the Republic of Mari El

Republic of Mari El

Inna Vitalievna Nikonorova

Head of the Department of Physical Geography and Geomorphology of I.N.Ulyanov Chuvash State University, Candidate of Geographical Sciences Chairman of the Chuvash Republic Branch of the RGS

Chuvash Republic

Igor Vladislavovich Pantyushov

Chairman of the Board of the Penza Regional Foundation for Scientific and Technical Development, Chairman of the Council of the ecological movement “Zelenaya Volna” (eng. "Green Wave".) Chairman of the Penza Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society

Penza Region

Salavat Talgatovich Sagitov

Rector of M.Akmulla Bashkir State University, Candidate of Sociological Sciences Chairman of the Regional Branch of the RGS in the Republic of Bashkortostan

Republic of Bashkortostan

Dmitry Viktorovich Travkin

Head of the Department for the Development of Educational Activities in the Volga Federal District of the Russian Society "Znaniye" (eng. “Knowledge”). Chairman of the Ulyanovsk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society

Ulyanovsk Region