Vologda Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The delegation of the VolSC RAS consisted of Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Ph.D. O.N. Kalachikova, Head of the Center for Socio-Cultural and Political Studies, Ph.D. K.E. Kosygina, Ph.D. G.V. Belekhova and Y.E. Shmatova, Ph.D. I.N. Razvarina, MS S. A.E. Zhdanova took part in the XVII Ural Demographic Forum "Main Trends in Demographic Events: Problems and Solutions", which was held on June 3-5, 2026 in Yekaterinburg at the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The large-scale three-day event gathered a record number of participants: 380 scientists and practitioners from 71 cities of Russia, as well as guests from Belarus, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Transnistria and Abkhazia.
On June 5-10, 2026, the X Yemelyanov Readings, dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the Northwest Scientific Research Institute of Dairy and Grassland Management named after A.S. Yemelyanov, were held at the VolSC RAS on the basis of a separate division of NWNIIMLPH. Within the framework of the event, the youth section "Young researchers – a breakthrough in agricultural science", scientific and educational lectures, a plenary session and a conference with international participation "Agricultural science at the present stage: state, problems, prospects" were organized. More than 150 participants from 14 regions of the country and the Republic of Belarus presented the results of their research on the breeding and breeding of farm animals, feeding of farm animals, development of biotechnologies, environmental problems, efficient feed production, scientific support for the development of animal husbandry in Russia.
On June 9, 2026, scientific and educational lectures organized as part of the X Yemelyanov Readings were held at the NWNIIMLPH, a separate division of the VolSC RAS. The event was attended by more than 50 people: students, young researchers and researchers. The lecturers were Ph.D. N.S. Dyakova, Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences A.M. Artemyeva and Ph.D. in Biology I.V. Gusarov.
On June 5, 2026, the Vologda Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted the youth section "Young Researchers – a breakthrough in agricultural Science", organized as part of the X Yemelyanov Readings. The event brought together more than 20 participants from 6 scientific institutions and educational organizations in 4 regions of Russia. The reports of the young researchers were devoted to the issues of breeding and genetics of farm animals, feeding technologies, biotechnology, mechanization, automation, ecology and digitalization of the agro-industrial complex.
The staff of the Vologda Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences mourns the irreparable loss of an outstanding scientist, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics Georgy Borisovich Kleiner
On May 28, 2026, Senior Researcher at the Center for Socio-Demographic Research of the VolSC RAS, A.V. Korolenko, presented a report on the prospects for age-related changes at a meeting of the permanent scientific seminar "Social Economics" within the framework of the scientific school "Problems of Socio–demographic Development of Territories" (head - Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor A.A. Shabunova).-the gender structure of the population of the regions of the North-Western Federal District, taking into account the achievement of targets of socio-demographic policy and raising the retirement age.
The journal was founded in 1997, and its founder is the Vologda Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The publication has been assigned category K1 in the List of the Higher Attestation Commission, it is included in the second level of the Unified State List of Scientific Publications. A full-text English-language version of the magazine has been published since October 2025.
Argumenty I Fakty (No. 19, 2026) published an interview with a researcher at the VolSC RAS, "Age is not a hindrance. Scientists have found out why elderly Vologda residents need the Internet." M.A. Gruzdeva, Head of the Center for Socio-Demographic Research at the VolSC RAS, PhD in Economics, spoke about the online behavior and digital consumption of older people in the Vologda Oblast.
On May 18-21, 2026, the XI International scientific and practical Internet conference "Problems of economic Growth and Sustainable development of Territories" was held on the basis of the VolSC RAS. The event became one of the regional venues of the VIII International Moscow Academic Economic Forum "Priorities of Economic Development and Technological Sovereignty of Russia". Scientists and novice researchers, students and postgraduates from Russia, Belarus, and Armenia, including 10 doctors of sciences and 44 candidates of sciences, discussed current trends in the development of the national and regional economy, problems and ways to solve them.
The chairman of the Primary Trade Union Organization of the VolSC RAS, L.V. Dubinicheva, took part in the X Congress of the All-Russian Trade Union of Workers of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which was held from May 19 to 21, 2026 in Moscow. The event brought together 140 delegates from 43 regions of Russia, representing 41.5 thousand trade union members – employees of scientific organizations of the country.
In the period from June 4 to June 11, the X Yemelyanov Readings will be held, dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the Northwest Scientific Research Institute of Dairy and Grassland Management named after A.S. Yemelyanov, a separate unit of the VolSC RAS. More than 100 researchers from scientific institutions, universities and enterprises of the Russian Federation (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vologda, Arkhangelsk, Samara, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Kemerovo) annually take part in the event.
We invite our colleagues to take part in the event, which will become a discussion platform for discussing scientific issues in the fields of agriculture, biology, genetics and biotechnology.
On May 19, 2026, Ya.S. Poromonov, a research engineer at the Center for the Study of Spatial Development of Socio-Economic Systems, presented a report on the topic "Analysis of industrial production" at a meeting of the permanent seminar-discussion "Theory and methodology of management of sustainable socio-economic development of regional systems" (head - Doctor of Economics, Professor T.V. Uskova). the potential of the dairy farming industry in the aspect of food security in the Northwestern Federal District". It was noted that at the present stage in the Russian Federation, an integrated, combined approach to the development of dairy farming is required, which will simultaneously take into account both social and financial instruments for strengthening food security.
On May 15, 2026, the Scientific and Educational Center of the VolSC RAS summed up the results of the annual research competition among students in grades 8-11 and students of secondary vocational educational institutions. The event included two stages: the correspondence stage (research competition) and the face-to-face (research defense at the conference "The economy of the region through the eyes of high school students"). In total, the competition received 19 works from Vologda, Cherepovets and the village. Fedotovo (Vologda region). All works were admitted to the defense based on the results of the correspondence tour. Within the framework of the conference "The Economy of the region through the eyes of high school students", the participants immersed themselves in the discussion of socio-economic, ecological and biological aspects of the development of the region's economy.
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A team of employees of the VolSC RAS consisting of V.A. Rigin, L.V. Ratnikova and O.Ya. Bayramov won the Vologda City Table Tennis Championship, which was held as part of the Spartakiad of Labor Collectives on May 17, 2026. The event was organized by the Committee on Physical Culture and Mass Sports of the city of Vologda. 13 teams from leading organizations, enterprises and institutions of the city took part in the competition.