Russian Mineralogical Society

January 7 ( 19 ), 1817 in the Mikhailovsky Castle in the apartment of L. I. Pansner , the constituent assembly of the Company was held. It was attended by 33 founders of the company ^[1] .

Officially, the formation of the company and its charter were approved by decree of Alexander I No. 26.920 of June 12 ( 24 ), 1817 ^[2] . The decree contained the following provision.

“The subject that this Society intends to do is Mineralogy in the whole space of this word. Our Earth, its atmosphere, all inorganic (non-ore) works of nature in the earth and on its surface are located, bringing these bodies into a systematic order, and therefore an accurate test of their properties, various relationships and actions of one on the other and mutual compounds, is real and even the possible use and testing of means to achieve this last goal, the collection and communication of new discoveries of foreign lands and notes on Mineralogical works, are essential objects of contemplation and processing of the Society as well. "

The company is the oldest mineralogical society in Russia ^[3] . From 1991 to 2004, the RMO was under the jurisdiction of the Russian Academy of Sciences . Since 2004, the Society is an all-Russian public organization.

During the formation of the Mineralogical Society, the “Mineral Cabinet” was created, which later turned into a museum of minerals , rocks and minerals, the collections of which were later transferred to the St. Petersburg Mining Institute , which since 1869 has been the seat of the presidium and the library of the society.

Historical Names of the Company

• since 1817 - St. Petersburg Mineralogical Society (St. Petersburg Min. about)
• since 1864 - Imperial St. Petersburg Mineralogical Society (Imp. St. Petersburg Min. about)
• since 1919 - Russian Mineralogical Society (RMO)
• since 1933 - All-Union Mineralogical Society (WMO)
• since 1993 - Mineralogical Society at the Russian Academy of Sciences (MO RAS)
• since 2004 - Russian Mineralogical Society (RMO) ^[4]

The Mineralogical Society was headed by famous scientists (by year of election):

Honorary presidents were members of the royal family.

The society organizes scientific conferences and competitions. He takes part in research expeditions, carries out international scientific relations. When RMO there are 25 branches operating in all major cities and scientific centers of Russia.

The Russian Mineralogical Society is a member and one of the founders ( Madrid , April 8, 1958) of the International Mineralogical Association, uniting scientific societies and associations of geological and mineralogical profile from 37 countries of the world. In April 1993, RMO was admitted to the European Mineralogical Union at the Council of E. M. S. in Strasbourg .

The company publishes the journal "Notes of the Russian Mineralogical Society" ^[5] :

The official name of the magazine:

• 1830-1842 - Schriften der in St. Petersburg gestifteten Russisch-kaiserlichen Gesellschaft für die gesamte Mineralogie
• 1842-1858 - Verhandlungen der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft zu St.-Petersburg
• 1858-1863 - Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Gesellschaft für die gesammte Mineralogie zu St.-Petersburg
• 1866-1915 - Notes of the Imperial St. Petersburg Mineralogical Society (second series)
• 1915-1922 - Notes of the Mineralogical Society (the only issue of 1918)
• 1923-1932 - Notes of the Russian Mineralogical Society
• 1933-1947 - Notes of the All-Russian Mineralogical Society
• 1948-1991 - Notes of the All-Union Mineralogical Society
• Since 1991 - Notes of the Russian Mineralogical Society

The society also publishes collections of scientific articles and monographs.

Vasily Mikhailovich Severgin

• Official site of RMO
• History of RMO
• Notes of the Russian Mineralogical Society - Journal
• European Mineralogical Union. (eng.)
• International Mineralogical Association. (eng.)
• ACTIVITIES OF THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW CHARTER