Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1845	According to a Wikipedia article entitled Русское географическое общество, this society was founded 1845, and had the following name changes over the years: 1845-1850 - Русское географическое общество (РГО) [Russian Geographical Society (RGS)] 1850-1917 - Императорское Русское географическое общество (ИРГО) [Imperial Russian Geographical Society (IRGO)] 1917-1925 - Русское географическое общество (РГО) [Russian Geographical Society (RGS)] 1925-1939 - Государственное географическое общество (ГГО) [State Geographical Society (GGO)] 1940-1992 - Географическое общество СССР OR Всесоюзное географическое общество (ВГО) [Geographical Society of the USSR or All-Union Geographical Society (VGO)] 1992-1995 - Русское географическое общество (РГО) [Russian Geographical Society (RGS)] 1995 - the present - Всероссийская общественная организация «Русское географическое общество» (ВОО «РГО») [Russian Geographical Society (RGS) ]
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Saint Petersburg Russia	This location is supported by a Wikipedia article entitled Русское географическое общество.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1845-1850	Русское географическое общество (РГО) [Russian Geographical Society (RGS)]	Wikipedia article entitled Русское географическое общество
1850-1917	Императорское Русское географическое общество (ИРГО) [Imperial Russian Geographical Society (IRGO)]	Wikipedia article entitled Русское географическое общество
1917-1925	Русское географическое общество (РГО) [Russian Geographical Society (RGS)]	Wikipedia article entitled Русское географическое общество
1925-1939	Государственное географическое общество (ГГО) [State Geographical Society (GGO)]	Wikipedia article entitled Русское географическое общество
1940-1992	Географическое общество СССР OR Всесоюзное географическое общество (ВГО) [Geographical Society of the USSR or All-Union Geographical Society (VGO)]	Wikipedia article entitled Русское географическое общество
1992-1995	Русское географическое общество (РГО) [Russian Geographical Society (RGS)]	Wikipedia article entitled Русское географическое общество
1995 - the present	Всероссийская общественная организация «Русское географическое общество» (ВОО «РГО») [Russian Geographical Society (RGS) ]	Wikipedia article entitled Русское географическое общество
Русское географическое общество (РГО) = Russian Geographical Society

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1.1846 - 34.1909[?]   1846-A	Zapiski Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva German translation of some of the contents of the journal is found in Denkschriften der Russischen Geographischen Gesellschaft zu St. Petersburg 1.1849 [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Denkschr. d. russ. geogr. Ges. zu St. Petersburg (deutsche Bearbeitung) [Z. Deutsch. Morgenl. Ges., Vol. 4, No. 4 (1850), p.459 cites 1849.] Denkschriften d. russ. geogr. Gesellsch. zu Petersburg (deutsche Bearbeitung) [Z. Deutsch. Morgenl. Ges., Vol. 4, No. 4 (1850), p.434 cites 1849.] „Sapiski“ (Berichte) der Kais. russ. geogr. Ges. [Geographische Zeitschrift, 8. Jahrg., 4. H. (1902), p.227 cites 1901.] Zapiski Imper. geograf. obshch. [Anthropos, Bd. 53, H. 3./4. (1958), p.429 cites 31, 1906.]
1846/75(1886) - 1896/1905(1910)   1846-B	Ukazatel' k izdanijam Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva i ego otdělov [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
1848 - 1850 1851 - 1860 1861 - 1864   1848-A	Geografičeskija izvěstija / vydavaemyja ot Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva The above title was for the period 1848 - 1850. Continued by Věstnik Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva for 1851 - 1860. The latter title was continued by Zapiski Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva for 1861 - 1864. The latter title was continued by Izvestija Russkogo Geografičeskogo Obščestva / Rossijskaja Akademija Nauk for 1.1865 - 56.1924; 124.1992 - NOTE: From 1.1865 - 52.1916, the title was Izvestija Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva. In additon, part of the time it had parallel titles like Bulletin de la Société Russe de Géographie and Izvestia de la Société Russe de Géographie. Finally for the period between 1925 and 1991, it had these two titles: (A) For 57.1925 - 71.1939, it was called Gosudarstvennoe Geografičeskoe Obščestvo: Izvestija Gosudarstvennogo Geografičeskogo Obščestva and (B) for 72.1940 - 123.1991, it was called Vsesojuznoe Geografičeskoe Obščestvo: Izvestija Vsesojuznogo Geografičeskogo Obščestva. [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Iswestija d. k. russ. geogr. Ges. [Z. Ethnol., 5. Bd. (1873), p.226 cites VIII.] Iswestija d. kais. russ. geogr. Ges. [Z. Ethnol., 5. Bd. (1873), p.226 cites VII.] Iswestija d. Kaiserl. russ. geogr. Ges. [Z. Ethnol., 4. Bd. (1872), p.118 cites VI, 1871.] Iswestija der kais. russ. geogr. Ges. [Z. Ethnol., 7. Bd. (1875), p.189 cites Bd. IX (c.1874).] Iswestija Kss. Geogr. Ges. [Geographische Zeitschrift, 1919, 25. Jahrg., 11./12. H. (1919), p.386 cites Bd. 42.] Iswestija, kais. russ. geogr. Ges. St. Petersburg [Anthropos, Bd. 2, H. 1. (1907), p.148 cites VIII, 1873.] „Iswestija“ (Nachrichten) der Kais. russ. geogr. Ges. zu St, Petersburg [Z. Ethnol., 16. Bd. (1884), p.69 cites Bd, XIX, 1883.] Iswj. K. russ. geogr. Ges. [Geographische Zeitschrift, 20. Jahrg., 7. H. (1914), p.373 cites 1894.] Izv. Geogr. Ob. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 4 (1947), p.87 cites 1943.] Izv. geogr. obšč. [Jahrb. Ges. Osteuropas, Neue Folge, Bd. 10, H. 3 (OKTOBER 1962), p.415 cites 91 (1959).] Izv. Geogr. Obshch. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 12 (1955), p.192 cites 85, 1953.] Izv. Gos. Geogr. Obshch. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 4 (1947), p.87 cites 71, 1939.] Izv. Imp. Russ. Geogr. Obshch. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 12 (1955), p.158 cites XLVII, 1911.] Izv. Russk. Geogr. Obšč. [Annales Botanici Fennici, Vol. 20, No. 3 (1983), p.195 cites 13, 1877.] Izv. Russk. Geogr. Obshch. [Anthropol. Anzeiger, Jahrg. 59, H. 1 (März 2001), p.17 cites 40 (1904).] Izv. Vses. geogr. obšč. [Erdkunde, Bd. 23, H. 4 (Dec., 1969), p.325 cites t. 86, 1954.] Izv. Vses. Geogr. Obshch. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 4 (1947), p.98 cites 71, 1943.] Izv. Vses. Geograf. Obshch. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 12 (1955), p.191 cites 85, 1953.] Izv. Vsesoiuz. Geograf. Obshch. [Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., Vol. 41, No. 11 (November, 1960), p.617 cites 84, 1952.] Izv. vsesojuzn. geogr. Obšč. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 19 (1965), p.126 cites 96, 1964.] Izv. Vsesoyuz. Geogr. Obshch. [FoliaGeobotPhytotax, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Dec., 2002), p.467 cites 91 (1959).] Izv. vsesoyuz. geograf. obshch. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 12 (1955), p.189 cites 86, 1954.] Izv. Vsesoyuzn. Geogr. Obshch. [Bull. School Orient. Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3, (1952), p.678 cites 75/6, 1943.] Izves. Russk. Geogr. Obshch. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 8 (1951), p.103 cites 57, 1925.] Ivzest. Gos. Geogr. Obshch. [Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 575 (July 20 2017), p.224 cites 66 (1934).] Ivzest. Imp. Russk. Geogr. Obshch. [GeoJournal, Vol. 33, No. 2/3, (June/July 1994), p.310 cites 13, Odt. 2 (1877).] Izvest. vsesoj. geogr. Obshch., U. S. S. R. [Bull. Soc. Prehist. Fr., T. 54, Fasc. 9 (SEPTEMBRE 1957), p.477 cites t. 86, 19.] Izvest. vsesojuzn. geogr. Obšč. [Isis, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Dec., 1963), p.627 cites 1960, 62.] Izvest. Vsesoyuz. Geogr. Obshch, [Imago Mundi, Vol. 9 (1952), p.122 cites 83, 1951.] Izvestiia Gos. Russ. Geogr. Obshch. [American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 3, Part 1 (Jul. - Sep., 1937), p.488 cites Vol. 12, 1930.] Izvestija d. Kaiserl. Russ. Geogr. Ges. zu St. Petersburg [Geographische Zeitschrift, 60. Jahrg., H. 3 (3. QUARTAL 1972), p.306 refers to the first ten years of this journal.] „Izvěstija“ der Kaiserl. Russ. Geogr. Gesellschaft [Geographische Zeitschrift, 13. Jahrg., 10. H. (1907), p.568 cites Band XLI, 1905.] „Izvěstija“ der russ. Geogr. Ges. [Geographische Zeitschrift, 13. Jahrg., 10. H. (1907), p.574 cites XXXVI, 1900.] „Izvěstija“ der russ. Geogr. Gesellsch. [Geographische Zeitschrift, 13. Jahrg., 10. H. (1907), p.577 cites XL, 1904.] Izvestiya Gos. geogr. obsh. [Geografiska Annaler, Vol. 27 (1945), p.337 cites vol. 69, 1937.] Izvestiya Gosud. Geogr. Obšc. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 2 (1937), p.109 cites 66, 1934.] Izvestiya Gosudarstvennogo Geogr. Obshch. [Arctic Alpine Res., Vol. 28, No. 3, (Aug., 1996), p.265 cites 71, 1939.] Izvestiya Vsesoyuz. Geogr. Obshch. [GeoJournal, Vol. 33, No. 2/3, (June/July 1994), p.310 cites 115 (1983).] Izwestija d. K. Russ. Geogr. Ges. [Z. Deutsch. Morgenl. Ges., Vol. 33 (1879), p.77 cites XII, 1876.] Jswj. d. Kais. Russ. Geogr. Ges. [Geographische Zeitschrift, 9. Jahrg., 8. H. (1903), p.483 cites 1895.] Jswjesstija der Kais. Russ. Geogr. Ges. [Geographische Zeitschrift, 5. Jahrg., 5. H. (1899), p.284 cites 1898.] Nachr. d. russ. geogr. Ges. [Erdkunde, Bd. 9, H. 1 (Feb., 1955), p.53 cites 54, 1918.] Vestn. Russk. Geogr. Ocshch. [Kew Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1949), p.213 cites 28, 1860.] Vestnik Geogr. Ocshch. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 11 (1954), p.120 cites 1908.] Vsesoiuz. Geogr. Obshch. Izv. [Ecology, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr., 1958), p.362 cites 78, 1946.] Zapiski geogr. obšč. [Jahrb. Ges. Osteuropas, Neue Folge, Bd. 10, H. 3 (OKTOBER 1962), p.416 cites Nov. serija 5, 1948.]
1850(1851) - 1864(1865)   1850-A	Compte rendu de la Société Impériale Géographique de Russie : pour l'année .. This can probably be considered a predecessor to 1865-A, since Otčet is probably best rendered into French as Compte rendu, [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
1.1860 - 3.1864[?]   1860-A	Repertorium für Meteorologie / Kaiserliche Geographische Gesellschaft zu St. Petersburg Corporate author is given as: Russkoe Geografičeskoe Obščestvo [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
1860 [?]   1860-B	Otčet' o dejstvijach Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
4. oct. 1861 [?]-13. jan. 1865 [?]   1861-A	Procès-verbal de l'Assemblée Générale / Société géographique Impériale de Russie Variant title: Annuelle. [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
1.1863/67 - 51.1915[?]   1863-A	Zapiski Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva po obščej geografii = Memoires de la Société Impériale Russe de Géographie The relationship between this title and 1846-A is not clear from the cataloguing data. Related title: Meteorologičeskija selskochozjaistvennyija nabljudenija b Rossii : v ... g. 1886/86(1888) - 1892/93(1895) [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Denk-Schriften der Kaiserl. russ. geogr. Ges. [Z. Ethnol., 35. Jahrg., H. 6 (1903), p.1040 cites XXVIII, c1903.] Denkschriften der K. Russ. Geogr. Ges. [Z. Ethnol., 46. Jahrg., H. 1 (1914), p.34 cites XXXVI and XL.] Mém. de la Soc. Imp. de Géogr. de Russie [Annales Geog., 3e Année, No. 11 (15 Avril 1894), p.351 cites T. V, 1869.] Sapiski Kais. Russ. Geogr. Ges., Abt. Allg. Geogr. [Geographische Zeitschrift, 47. Jahrg., 10. H. (1941), p.428 cites Bd. 35, 1904.] Zap. Imp. Geogr. Obshbh. po Obshbh. Geogr. [Imago Mundi, Vol. 12 (1955), p.157 cites XI, 1888.] Zapisk. Russk. Geogr. Obshch. Geogr. [J. Arnold Arboretum, Vol. 24, No. 1 (JANUARY, 1943), p.114 cites 19, 1883.]
1865(1866) - 1911(1912); 1915 - 1916 1927(1928) - 1929(1930)   1865-A	Otčet Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva The above title was for the period 1865 - 1916. This title was continued by Otčet o dejatel'nosti Gosudarstvennogo Russkogo Geografičeskogo Obščestva 1927(1928) - 1929(1930) [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
1866(1867) - 1869(1870)   1866-A	Otčet' o dejstvijach Sibirskago Otděla Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
1.1867 - 43.1916,1   1867-A	Zapiski Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva po Otdeleniju Ėtnografii Continued by Zapiski Gosudarstvennogo Russkogo Geografičeskogo Obščestva po Otdeleniju Ėtnografii 43.1916/25,2 - 44.1917[?] Title for 44.1917 was Zapiski Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva po Otdeleniju Ėtnografii [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Denkschr. d K. russ. geogr. Ges. Ethnogr. Sect. [Z. Ethnol., 3. Bd. (1871), p. 122 cites II, 1869.] Mém. de la Soc. Imp. de Géogr. de Russie, Sect. d'ethnographie . [Annales Geog., 3e Année, No. 11 (15 Avril 1894), p.352 cites t. VI, 1880.] Sapiski d. kais. russ. geogr. Ges. Sect. f. Ethnographie [Z. Ethnol., 5. Bd. (1873), p.224 cites IV, 1871.] Zap. geogr. obšč. po otd. etn. [Z. Deutsch. Morgenl. Ges., Vol. 91 (n.F. 16), No. 2/3 (1937), p.293 cites VI (1880).] Zapiski I. R. Geogr. Obšč.-Étnog [Z. Deutsch. Morgenl. Ges., Vol. 105 (n.F. 30), No. 1 (1955), p.187 cites Bd. 31, 1906.] Zapiski Imp. Geog. Obshch. po Otdel. Etno. [American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 51, No. 4, Part 1 (Oct. - Dec., 1949), p.621 cites Vol. 8, 1878; Vol. 18, 1900.] Zapiski Imp. Russk. Geogr. Obšč. po Otdjel. Etnografi [Riv. Stud. Orient., Vol. 3, Fasc. 4 (1910), p.935 cites 1909, LXIII.] Zapiski Imp. Russk. Geogr. Obšč. po otděleniju etnografi [Osteuropa, Vol. 3, No. 9 (Juni 1928), p.661 cites XXV.]
1.1871 - 2.1871[?]   1871-A	Travaux météorologiques : tirés des publications de la Société Impériale Géographique de Russie [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
1.1890 - 8.1899[?]   1890-A	Ežegodnik Imperatorskago Russkago Geografičeskago Obščestva [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
2012 -   2012-A	Arktičeskie vedomosti : informacionno-analitičeskij žurnal = The arctic herald / Russkoe Geografičeskoe Obščestvo [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]