The Russian Geographical Society will begin the Crimean expedition, - Shoigu
Simferopol, November 07 (PolitNavigator, Evgeny Andreev) – In the first half of 2015, the Russian Geographical Society will begin the Crimean expedition.
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The President of the Russian Geographical Society, Sergei Shoigu, announced this on Friday at the fifteenth congress of the society, held in Moscow.
“In the first half of 2015, the Crimean expedition will already start; based on the results of three field seasons, Crimea will receive its own Atlas of the territory in Russian, which has not existed since the mid-twentieth century, as well as scientifically based proposals on such an acute problem as the flooding of the peninsula,” noted Sergei Shoigu.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who heads the board of trustees of the society, took part in the work of the RGS congress.
The headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society is located in St. Petersburg. The society has 85 regional branches throughout the Russian Federation.
Russian Geographical Society to Launch Crimean Expedition, Shoigu Says