On September 17, 2025, an international conference dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the joint Russian-Mongolian Integrated Biological Expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The conference was held in the hall of the National Genghis Khan Museum, which opened in 2022 in Ulaanbaatar.
The conference was opened by Academician Demberel Sodnomsambuu, President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, who noted the significance of this event for the scientific communities of both countries. In fact, this is one of the oldest international expeditions operating continuously. The opening ceremony included welcoming remarks from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economy and Development of Mongolia, and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Mongolia.
Over 100 researchers from both Mongolia and Russia participated in the anniversary events. Conference participants heard three plenary presentations on the main results of the botanical-ecological, zoological, multidisciplinary, and applied research conducted over the past five years by the Russian-Mongolian Biological Expedition. In addition, 23 oral presentations were made, covering all areas of the expedition's work. Plans for potential future research in Mongolia were also discussed.
Following the fruitful work, an awards ceremony was held for the most active expedition participants, and proposals for the conference resolution were submitted. The resolution was finally formulated by September 20, when a personal meeting was held at the Russian-Mongolian Integrated Biological Expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia between Academician D. Sodnomsambuu, President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and the Director of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences S.V. Naidenko and scientific director of the expedition, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.V. Rozhnov.
