Expedition, festival and exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society: where do they go, how to get and whether to participate?

The RGO is one of the oldest societies in Russia. Today, its activities are gaining momentum, and the society itself is very popular. Merits RGO and its participants in front of the country are great. If you hear that there is a competition, a festival or an exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society, take time and touch the centuries-old traditions and diversity of your native country.

RGO

All-Russian public organization "Russian Geographical Society", known as the NGO "RGO" is rooted in the imperial era. In 1845, Emperor Nicholas 1 ordered the creation of the Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg.

Continuing centuries-old traditions, the geographical society of Russia today unites professional geographers, ethnographers, scientists of other areas, as well as enthusiasts that are not indifferent to their country.

Today, RGO has representative offices in every subject of the Russian Federation.

Among the concerns of society are: expeditions, research, educational and educational activities, work with young people. What is being done for this? In each region an exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society is organized, books, magazines are published, festivals, competitions are held.

There, where the foot of man has not treaded

One of the most striking, meaningful and informative actions of the RGO is expeditions.

The first expedition of the RGO was organized in 1946 in the Northern Urals. Since then there have been an absolutely endless variety of different in scope and timing of travel. Their studies and the results of expeditions in the development of the territories of Russia were of the utmost importance.

Expedition is not only discovery, new impression and fulfillment of scientific tasks. This is also a household inconvenience, leaving home and song by the fire.

RGO in the expedition often takes not professionals, but travelers-enthusiasts. Participants get to the place of destination by all means of transport and go many kilometers on foot to get to the most intimate parts of the Motherland. Today, on the official website of the RGO, you can see reports on the past and plans for future expeditions. Photos and feedback from participants can not be charged with enthusiasm and a desire to get to know Russia better.

Exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society: where passes, how much is the entrance

Exhibitions are very important and large-scale events held by a geographic society.

In Moscow are held regularly, information about them can be learned from printed publications or the official website. In addition, in each region of the country there are exhibitions with an enviable regularity:

• In Barnaul in May this year, an exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society, entitled "Altai known and unknown. Researchers of Altai ".

• In Krasnodar, the exhibition was called "Union of Enthusiasts". On it were photographs, maps, equipment, tools for research and personal belongings of travelers.

• The Geographical Society in Moscow presents the exhibition "Geographical Society during the Great Patriotic War", dates from June 23, 2015 to June 30, 2015. A lot of interesting exhibits of this subject are represented at the exhibition, the main of which is the diary of V.I. Romishovsky. The records were kept for five years and describe in detail the war and life of ordinary people in the building of the RGO.

It is important to note that exhibitions and festivals usually take several days and the entrance to these events is free.

Festivals

One of the tasks of the RGO is educational and educational activities. The realization of this task lies partly with the festivals held by the geographic society.

The festival differs from the exhibition with its creativity, energy and involvement of visitors.

A visit to the festival is very useful, as it is possible to learn a lot of new and interesting things, a charge of positive emotions and pride for Russia are guaranteed.

The RGO has already held several large-scale and bright festivals, where visitors could:

• See rare, wonderful pictures. Photos of nature, wildlife and representatives of different peoples of Russia are collected and presented in good quality in a huge format.

• To get on thematic film screenings, rare documentaries. This movie is almost not shown on television, but it is truly the most interesting.

• To get to meet with scientists, travelers, astronauts and many other interesting, enthusiastic people. Live dialogue not only revealed many unknown facts, but also gave a lot of positive emotions.

• Visit the master class. Photographers, artists, TV hosts, cooks of different peoples of Russia and many other specialists were ready to share the secrets of mastery. Many were able to carry away a piece of the festival, made by themselves.

• Visit the exhibition. In each thematic zone there was something to show: achievements, awards, tools and much more.

• Visit mini-concerts, where representatives of different peoples of Russia demonstrated their traditions and talents in music and dances.

• To participate in games, contests or quizzes.

• See various interactive exhibits. Organizers at full power used modern gadgets, which made the festival more vivid and impressive. You could virtually pat any beast, sink to the bottom of the ocean or fly over the cities.

It is difficult to list all and convey the impressions of the festival. This event is useful and interesting for both adults and children, this is an excellent occasion to spend the day with the whole family.

What else is interesting for the geographical society of Russia

Expeditions, exhibitions, festivals, own publishing house - this is not all that the RGO offers. Very often it is the organizer of various competitions, where the participants can show their talent, get to know the Motherland better and get to it with love, get valuable prizes.

RGO conducts journalistic, research, photo contests for which they receive grants, awards, awards and the opportunity to participate in large-scale expeditions of the RGO.