Russian Geographical Society

Russian Geographical Society

Founded	18 September 1845 (1845-09-18)
Type	NGO
Focus	Collect and disseminate reliable geographical information
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Area served	Russian Federation
Key people	President Sergey Shoygu Vice President Artur Chilingarov Head of Trustees Vladimir Putin
Website	www.rgo.ru

The Russian Geographical Society (Russian: Ру́сское географи́ческое о́бщество (РГО)), or RGO, is a learned society based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It promotes geography, exploration and nature protection with research programs in fields including oceanography,^{[citation needed]} ethnography, ecology and statistics.^[1]