«Proceedings of the Russian Geographical Society»  is the oldest Russian scientific geographical journal and one of the oldest in the world. It has been published since 1865, the issue of the magazine has never been interrupted or stopped.

The predecessor of the journal was founded in 1848 under the name "Geographical News" as an appendix to the "Notes" published by the Russian Geographical Society since 1846.

In 1851, "Geographical News" was renamed "Bulletin of the Geographical Society", which was published until 1860.

In 1861, The Bulletin has merged with the Notes into one publication, The Notes of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society.

During its history, the magazine was published under different names:

• 1865-1917 - "Izvestiya of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society";
• Russian Russian Geographical Society 1918-1925-Izvestiya Russkogo gograficheskogo obshchestva;
• 1926-1929-Izvestiya Gosudarstvennogo Russkogo Gograficheskogo Obshchestva;
• 1930-1939 – "News of the State Geographical Society";
• 1940-1991 – "Izvestiya Vsesoyuznogo gograficheskogo obshchestva" ;
• since 1992 – «Proceedings of the Russian Geographical Society» .

Currently, the journal publishes scientific articles in all areas of geographical research.