Board of Trustees Meeting - 2017
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society was held at the Headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg on April 24, 2017.
It was attended by Chairman of the Board of Trustees Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergey Shoigu, members of the Board of Trustees of the Society and guests of honor.
The Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society was established in 2010. It revived the long-standing traditions of patronage of arts and established grants of the Society, within the framework of which many significant research, environmental and expeditionary projects are carried out. The Council consists of well-known public figures and business representatives. At the meeting of the Board of Trustees, the results of the work done by the Russian Geographical Society over the past year were summarized, plans for the future were discussed, awards and grants were presented.
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According to Vladimir Putin, in recent years, the Russian Geographical Society has not only expanded the boundaries of its activities, but has also become a prominent participant in the country's public life, the author of important initiatives, including in the field of education.
“Geography, along with the Fatherland history, the Russian language, literature, is the basis for the formation of patriotic values, cultural, national identity and self-awareness”, said Vladimir Putin.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society also drew the attention of the participants to the fact that Russian geographers still do not have their professional holiday:
- Geographical scientists, researchers, travelers at all times made a huge contribution to strengthening humanitarian ties, and, of course, their services to their native country are invaluable. Moreover, it has occurred that they still do not have their professional holiday. I think you will agree with me, it would be possible to fix this - to include the day of the geographer in the Russian calendar of significant dates”, suggested Vladimir Putin. “And also to supplement the list of honorary titles of the country with the title “Honored Geographer of the Russian Federation”. This will emphasize the importance of the profession, will increase the status of representatives of geographical science”, - the chairman noted.
Speech by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society
Awards of the Russian Geographical Society were presented at a meeting of the Board.
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- This year we draw attention to trustees with special merits to the Russian Geographical Society. Thanks to their help, we managed to implement hundreds of educational, enlightening and media projects”, said Sergey Shoigu.
The highest award of the Russian Geographical Society - the Konstantinovskaya Medal - was awarded to Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov. He could not attend the event for serious cause, so the medal was awarded to him later.
Alexander Grigorievich Abramov, Andrey Removich Bokarev, Alexander Valeryevich Dyukov became the owners of the Big Silver Medal.
Yuri Leonidovich Vorobyov was awarded the Small Silver Medal of the Russian Geographical Society.
Sergey Kuzhugetovich also spoke about the changes in the composition of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society:
- I greet Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov, German Oskarovich Gref, Andrey Leonidovich Kostin, Vladimir Stefanovich Litvinenko and Nikolai Petrovich Tokarev who joined our ranks. The Board of Trustees also included Anton Eduardovich Vaino and Igor Ivanovich Sechin.
Then the President of the Russian Geographical Society summed up the results of the past year, talked about current activities and plans for 2017, involving scientists, who are RGS project managers, in his speech.
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Speech of the President of the Russian Geographical Society
This year the event was held in the format of a round table: trustees discussed the information heard from the speakers, and also came up with new initiatives.
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So, Frederick Paulsen shared the details of the Antarctic expedition around the world, in the framework of which the “floating university of the Russian Geographical Society” was organized, and suggested to organize several more such projects.
Viktor Vekselberg spoke about the new expedition of Fyodor Konyukhov, during which it is planned to make a non-stop flight around the globe in 120 hours, using new Russian technologies.
Pyotr Aven presented the project for the restoration of the family estate of the Russian explorer Yuri Lisyansky, an associate of Ivan Kruzenshtern, who made the first Russian round-the-world expedition on the sloops “Neva” and “Nadezhda”. Pyotr Aven also donated to the Russian Geographical Society “Map of the Globe,” published at the beginning of the 19th century, and the books of Yu.F. Lisyansky in Russian and English.
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Concluding the meeting, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society Vladimir Putin emphasized:
- Dear members of the Board of Trustees and the Media Council, I would like to thank you once again for the great support you give to the programs, expeditions, research of the Russian Geographical Society, and to all who participate in its useful and constructive work.