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The President will look over the underwater research programme the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) will be carrying out over recent years and meet with participants in the RGS expedition to study the Baltic Fleet frigate Oleg, a sailing ship which sank between the islands of Gogland and Sommers in 1869.
The expedition, carried out using grant funding, is part of the RGS project Russia’s Marine Glory, the main goal of which is to study and preserve Russia’s marine cultural and historic heritage and spread knowledge about Russian naval history.
The President will also visit the RGS student archaeological field camp and meet with participants in the Gogland 2013 expedition, a joint project between the RGS and the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for the History of Material Culture. The young researchers taking part in the expedition are conducting archaeological, geographical and geological studies and making maps of already known and newly discovered landmarks and monuments on the island.
July 14, 2013