Geography and the Russian geographical society

Five theses on the given theme represent the response of the author to the current situation with decrease of the role of geography as science in organizational activity of administrative structures of the Russian Geographical Society which began to function mainly as a public organization on distribution of data about nature, about living conditions in various places of Russia, on development of tourism and patriotic education. Recognizing great importance of the above directions, nevertheless it is necessary to say that in the organization of the very geographical science there are many problems which should be considered within the limits of the Russian Geographical Society, uniting various experts, but solving one general problem of optimization of interrelations between nature and the society and formation of the geosystems convenient for human life.