Russian Public Opinion Research Center

Russian Public Opinion Research Center

Abbreviation	VCIOM
Formation	1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Type	State-owned organization
Website	wciom.com

Russian Public Opinion Research Center (RPORC) (Russian: Всероссийский центр изучения общественного мнения – ВЦИОМ, romanized: Vserossiyský centr izucheniya obshchestvennogo mneniya - VCIOM) is a state-owned^[1] polling institution established in 1987, known as the All-Union Center for the Study of Public Opinion until 1992.^[2]

VCIOM is the oldest polling institution in post-Soviet Russia and one of Russia's leading sociological and market research companies. It was established in 1987 under the decree issued by VCSPS (All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions) and USSR State Committee of Labor as the All-Union Public Opinion Research Center (and in 1992 renamed the Russian Public Opinion Research Center). In 2003 VCIOM became an 'open joint-stock company with full state ownership'.^[2] VCIOM conducts "full cycle" marketing, social and political research, from instrument design and data collection to analysis and presentation of findings to its clients.^[3]

VCIOM branch offices operate in all seven of Russia's federal districts. Besides its own branches, Center has partnership agreements with a significant number of local regional research firms. VTsIOM has its own interviewers’ network, which consists of about 5,000 people.