The extraordinary congress of The Russian Geographical Society was held in The Russian Academy of Sciences on November, 18, 2009. The Prime-minister of The Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, minister of emergency situations of The Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu, director of Institute of Geography of The Russian Academy of Sciences, academician of RAN Vladimir Kotlyakov, Dean of Geographical Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, academician Nikolay Kasimov gave the speeches to the delegates.

The new management of The Russian Geographical Society was elected on the results of the congress. Sergey Shoigu became the President of The Russian Geographical Society, and Vladimir Putin took the position of the Chairman of Board of Trustees of The Russian Geographical Society.