The instructions to the Government of the Russian Federation pertain to the establishment of the Artur Chilingarov Polar Research Ice Base, the declaration of 2027 the Year of Geography, and the creation of a unified state series of school geography textbooks for the implementation of educational programmes (with the involvement of the Russian Geographical Society, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and respective educational and scientific organisations).
The instruction to the Government of the Russian Federation, together with the Talent and Success Foundation and the Russian Geographical Society, addresses the organisation of a geography Olympiad in 2026 for school students from BRICS member states and other friendly foreign nations.
The Government of the Russian Federation, together with the Russian Geographical Society, is instructed to take measures enabling the conversion of operational and decommissioned lighthouses, which lack strategic significance, into tourist attractions.
The Government of the Russian Federation, together with the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation whose territories form part of the Arctic Zone, and the Russian Geographical Society, is instructed to submit proposals on the creation of an Arctic exploration park and museum on Molokov Island in the city of Krasnoyarsk, as well as on the involvement of the Russian Geographical Society in the implementation of comprehensive development programmes for the territories of the Russian Arctic Zone.
The Government of the Russian Federation, in collaboration with the Russian Academy of Sciences and the executive authorities of respective constituent entities of the Russian Federation, is tasked with assisting the Russian Geographical Society in the search, collection, and processing of materials for the creation of the electronic Great Siberian Library.
Furthermore, the Government of the Russian Federation, in conjunction with the Russian Geographical Society, the executive authorities of interested regions, and the Russian Academy of Sciences, is instructed to submit proposals on the organisation of expeditions and educational events by the Russian Geographical Society in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
The instructions to the Ministry of Education, in collaboration with regional executive authorities, concern, in particular, the creation of the Russian Geographical Society’s Geography Cubed scientific and educational modules, with a pilot project to be implemented at the Artek International Children’s Centre.
The Moscow City Government is recommended to consider providing the Russian Geographical Society with a building to house a geography museum.