ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: E-55

Russkoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo (RGO)

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Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 531-35; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 406-409; GAF Spravochnik (1991), pp. 416-18; Spravochnik AN (1979), pp. 13-27; G&K Spravochnik (1983), pp. 57-59; PKG M&L (1972), pp. 235-36; Sup. 1 (1976), p. 77; Peterburg 1992, pp. 147-48; Begunov, Sprav.-ukaz. (1963), p. 89.

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• Scientific Archive
• RGO History
• Museum of the History of RGO
• RGO Library
• Series

e-570. [Geograficheskoe obshchestvo SSSR]. Spravochnik. Compiled by I.B. Kostrits. Edited by L.E. Rodin. 2d ed. Leningrad, 1965. 156 p. [GO SSSR] (Lib: DLC; IU; MH) [IDC-R-11,096].
        1st ed.: 1962. 146 p. [GO SSSR] (Lib: DLC).

A general guide to the Geographic Society (as of 1965) with a short general descripiton of the archive (pp. 101–104), along with historical data and bibliography of RGO publication.

e-573. Matveeva, Tamara Petrovna. “Arkhiv Russkogo Geograficheskogo obshchestva.” Izvestiia Vsesoiuznogo geograficheskogo obshchestva 127 (1995), no. 3, pp. 16–21. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

An up-dated survey of the RGO archive with bibliography of earlier published descriptions.

e-574. Matveeva, Tamara Petrovna. “Arkhiv Geograficheskogo obshchestva za 50 let i perspektivy ego dal'neishei raboty.” In Akademicheskie arkhivy SSSR za 50 let sovetskoi vlasti: (Trudy 1-go soveshchaniia arkhivistov Akademii nauk SSSR i akademii nauk soiuznykh respublik, 17–23 maia 1967 g., edited by B.V. Levshin, pp. 265–73. Moscow: “Nauka”, 1968. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH) [IDC-in R-10,948].

A short history and survey of holdings in the RGO archive as it was at that time.

e-575. Opisanie kollektsii rukopisei Nauchnogo arkhiva Geograficheskogo obshchestva SSSR. Compiled by L.I. Iarukova and T.P. Matveeva. Edited by A.M. Chernikov. Leningrad: GO SSSR, 1973. 89 p. [AN SSSR; GO SSSR] (Lib: DLC; MH[mf]).

Describes the original manusucript collections (razriady), containing data on geography, geology, economy, ethnography, and biology of 11 guberniias and oblasts of prerevolutionary Russia in alphabetical order—from Akmolinsk to Voronezh.

e-576. Zelenin, Dmitrii Konstantinovich. Opisanie rukopisei Uchenogo arkhiva Imperatorskogo Russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva. 3 vols. Petrograd: Tip. A.V. Orlova, 1914–1916. 1279 p. (Lib: DLC; IU[vol. 1]; MH) [IDC-R-7046].

This comprehensive catalogue of the holdings in the archive before World War I covers the original collections (razriady) of manuscripts gathered throughout the Russian Empire, organized under guberniias in alphabetic order, with detailed descriptions of each manuscript.

e-577. Chernikov, A.M.; and Matveeva, Tamara Petrovna. “Uchenyi arkhiv Geograficheskogo obshchestva SSSR.” Izvestiia Vsesoiuznogo geograficheskogo obshchestva 102 (1970), pp. 398–401. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

e-578. Russkie geografy i puteshestvenniki: Fondy arkhiva Geograficheskogo obshchestva. Compiled by T.S. Filonovich, L.I. Iarukova and T.P. Matveeva. Leningrad: “Nauka”, 1971. 175 p. [AN SSSR; GO SSSR] (Lib: DLC; IU; MH) [IDC-R-10,990].

Describes the history of the RGO archive, surveys 64 personal fonds, and gives a bibliography of related publications. There are appended lists of unannotated personal fonds, along with personal, subject, and geographic indexes.

e-579. Droblenkova, Nadezhda Feoktistovna; and Shepeleva, L.S. “Opisanie rukopisnogo sobraniia arkhiva Geograficheskogo obshchestva SSSR.” In [Trudy Otdela drevnerusskoi literatury]. Vol. 13, pp. 561–68. Moscow/Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1957. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
Electronic edition: http://lib.pushkinskijdom.ru/Default....

Surveys the over 150 medieval manuscripts in the archive (16th–18th cc.).

e-582. Geograficheskoe obshchestvo za 125 let. Edited by S.V. Kolesnik. Leningrad: “Nauka”, 1970. 396 p. [AN SSSR; GO SSSR] (Lib: IU; MH).

A collection on the history and activities of the RGO during the last 125 years.

e-583. Geograficheskoe obshchestvo Soiuza SSR, 1917–1967. Compiled by I.B. Kostrits and D.M. Pinkhenson. Edited by S.V. Kolesnik. Moscow: “Mysl'”, 1968. 272 p. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

A history of the organization, aims, and work of the RGO during the past fifty years with appended bibliography about its activities (pp. 255–62).

e-584. Berg, Lev Semenovich. Vsesoiuznoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo za sto let. Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1946. 263 p. [AN SSSR] (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

Surveys the history and activities of the RGO during its first hundred years (1845–1945) with biographical data on society members and a bibliography of major publications.

e-585. Semenov-Tian-Shanskii, Petr Petrovich. Istoriia poluvekovoi deiatel'nosti Imperatorskogo Russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva, 1845–1895. 3 vols. St. Petersburg: Tip. V. Bezobrazova, 1896. (Lib: IU; MH).

A detailed history of the RGO during its first half-century with reports on major expeditions, scholars involved, and other RGO members.

e-586. Staniukovich, Tat'iana Vladimirovna. “Etnograficheskii muzei Russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva.” In Ocherki istorii russkoi etnografii, fol'kloristiki i antropologii 7, pp. 22–28. 1977. (Lib: DLC; MH).

Describes the Central Ethnographic Museum founded before the revolution which continued until 1930.

e-588. Iarukova, Lidiia Ivanovna. “Muzei Russkogo Geograficheskogo obshchestva.” Izvestiia Russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva 127 (1995), pp. 21–27. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

A history of the founding of the RGO museum, sources for its fonds, a survey of exhibitions with history of RGO activities.

e-589. Iarukova, Lidiia Ivanovna; and Korotkovich, E.S. “Muzei istorii Geograficheskogo obshchestva SSSR.” Izvestiia Vsesoiuznogo geograficheskogo obshchestva 120 (1988), no. 1, pp. 104–105. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

Describes the development and holdings of the museum, which opened in 1986.

e-592. Loshkom'eva, N.M. “Biblioteki Geograficheskogo obshchestva.” Izvestiia Russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva 127 (1995), no. 4, pp. 43–50. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

A history of the RGO library with an up-to-date survey of its holdings.

e-593. Loshkom'eva, N.M. “Iz istorii biblioteki Geograficheskogo obshchestva.” In Tsentralizovannaia set' Peterburgskikh akademicheskikh bibliotek: Stanovlenie i razvitie: Sbornik statei, edited by E.P. Efimov, L.M. Karamysheva, V.P. Leonov, et al, pp. 103–09. St. Petersburg: BAN, 1992. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

A short history of the RGO library to 1979. See also the account of A.G. Grum-Grzhimailo, “Stranitsy istorii biblioteki Vsesoiuznogo Geograficheskogo obshchestva,” Vestnik AN SSSR, 1947, no. 2, pp. 41–46.

e-595. Izvestiia Russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva. St. Petersburg: “Nauka”, 1992–. Bimonthly. [RAN; RGO] (Lib: DLC; MH).
        Continues Izvestiia Vsesoiuznogo geograficheskogo obshchestva. Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1940–1991.
        Continues Izvestiia Gosudarstvennogo geograficheskogo obshchestva. Leningrad: Gos. nauchno-tekhnicheskoe izd-vo, 1925–1939.
        Continues Izvestiia Russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva. Petrograd/Leningrad, 1917–1925.
        Continues Izvestiia Imperatorskogo Russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva. St. Petersburg/Petrograd, 1865–1917. 52 vols.

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