Studies of the Komi Republican Branch of the Russian Geographical Society

The paper is devoted to the Komi Republican Branch of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS), which in 2018 celebrated 70 years since its formation. The periodization of the activities of the Komi Republican Branch of the RGS was carried out taking into account the stages of economic construction, as well as the thematic focus of research of separate teams of the geographical community of the Republic. Komi geographers took an active part in solving national economic problems, the most important of which were the development of the Pechora coal basin, the formation of the Timan-Pechora oil and gas complex, the development of forestry and agriculture in the taiga zone, the preservation and modernization of reindeer husbandry and traditional fisheries in subarctic conditions. The importance of a number of organizational activities aimed at the activization of the work of the Komi Republican Branch of the RGS in close coordination with the activities of the Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS, universities and institutes of the Republic is reflected.