Russian Psychological Society

The Russian Psychological Society (RPS; Russian: Российское Психологическое Общество) is the official professional association of Russian psychologists. RPS is a member of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA) and the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS).

Work, aims and scopes[]

The Society was established to support career development of Russian psychologists and to promote psychological science in Russian Federation. Among its key aims are promoting psychology for the public good, making it accessible to all, providing support to its members, and hosting conferences and events.

In reaching its aims the Society is actively engaged in publishing, supports research in the field of psychology and works to ensure high standards of psychological education, training and practice in Russian Federation.

History^[1][]

Founded on 24 January 1885 at Moscow Imperial University (now Lomonosov Moscow State University) as the Moscow Physics-Medical Society ((Russian: Московское физико-медицинское общество and later as Moscow Psychological Society, the organization pursued the goals of promoting psychological research and disseminating the psychological knowledge in Russian Empire. Its first honorable members were Wilhelm Wundt, Theodule Ribot, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, William James, Edward Bradford Titchener.

The Russian Revolution of 1917, two World Wars and political reforms of the newly established Soviet State brought the official activity of the Russian Psychological Society to a hold. It was fully resumed in 1957 under the name of The Union of Psychologists of USSR.

Its current name of the Russian Psychological Society was taken in 1994 following the independence of Russian Federation.

Presidents[]

• 1885–1887 Troitskiy, Matvey Mikhailovich^[2]
• 1888–1899 Grot, Nikolay Yakovlevich^[3]
• 1899–1920 Lopatin, Lev Mikhailovich^[4]
• 1957–1963 Smirnov, Anatoliy Aleksandrovich^[5]
• 1963–1968 Leontiev, Aleksey Nikolaevich^[6]
• 1968–1983 Lomov, Boris Fiodorovich^[7]
• 1994–2001 Klimov, Eugeniy Aleksandrovich^[8]
• 2001–2007 Dontsov, Aleksander Ivanovich^[9]

Since 2007 and to the present time the President of the Russian Psychological Society is a professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology, Yury P. Zinchenko^[10]

Organisational structure[]

Presidium^[11][]

• Yury P. Zinchenko professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Larisa A. Tsvetkova assistant professor, doctor in Psychology

• Garnik V. Akopov professor, doctor in Psychology

• Aleksandr G. Asmolov member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Tahir Y. Bazarov professor, doctor in Psychology

• Sergey A. Manichev

• Eduard V. Galazhinsky professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Magomed M. Dalgatov professor, doctor in Psychology

• Pavel N. Ermakov professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Biology

• Anatoly L. Zhuravlyov professor, corresponding member of the Russian academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Alexander G. Karayani professor, doctor in Psychology

• Anatoly V. Karpov professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Nikolay A. Baturin professor, doctor in Psychology

• Nikolay I. Leonov professor, doctor in Psychology

• Sergey B. Malyh professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Mikhail I. Maryin professor, doctor in Psychology

• Nikolay N. Nechaev professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Mikhail M. Reshetnikov professor, doctor in Psychology, Ph.D in Medicine

• Vitaly V. Rubtsov professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Elena A. Sergienko professor, doctor in Psychology

• Alexander Sh. Tkhostov professor, doctor in Psychology

• Alla V. Shaboltas assistant professor, Ph.D in Psychology

• Vladimir D. Shadrikov professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Yulia S. Shoigu Ph.D in Psychology

• Andrey V. Yurevich professor, corresponding member of the Russian academy of Sciences, doctor in Psychology

Expert Council^[12][]

• Tahir Y. Bazarov professor, doctor in Psychology, chairman of the Expert Council

• Sergey A. Manichev Member of the Presidium, Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council

• Irina V. Abakumova professor, doctor in Psychology, member of the Expert Council

• Lyudmila N. Aksenovskaya professor, doctor in Psychology, member of the Expert Council, member of the Expert Council, chairman of the Saratov Regional Department of RPS, member of the Coordinating Council

• Viktor M. Allakhverdovprofessor, doctor in Psychology, member of the President's Council, chairman of the St. Petersburg Regional Department of RPS, member of the Expert Council, member of the Coordinating Council

• Nikolay A. Baturin professor, doctor in Psychology, member of the Presidium, member of the Expert Council

• Ludmila I. Dementiyprofessor, doctor in Psychology, member of the Expert Council

• Alexander G. Karayaniprofessor, doctor in Psychology, member of the Presidium, member of the Expert Council

• Konstantin S. Lisetskiyprofessor, doctor in Psychology, member of the Expert Council

• Alexander O. Prokhorovprofessor, doctor in Psychology, member of the Expert Council

• Larisa Y. Subbotinaprofessor, doctor in Psychology, member of the Expert Council

• Aleksandr G. Shmelevprofessor, doctor in Psychology, member of the Expert Council

Coordinating Council^[13][]

• Yury P. Zinchenko professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology
• Larisa A. Tsvetkova assistant professor, doctor in Psychology
• Garnik V. Akopov professor, doctor in Psychology
• Viktor M. Allakhverdov professor, doctor in Psychology
• Diana B. Bogoyavlenskaya professor, doctor in Psychology
• Pavel N. Ermakov professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Biology
• Nikolay I. Leonov professor, doctor in Psychology
• Magomed M. Dalgatov professor, doctor in Psychology

Among the members of the Coordinating Council are also heads of Regional Departments of RPS.

President's Council^[14][]

• Viktor M. Allakhverdov professor, doctor in Psychology

• Vladimir A. Barabanshikov professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Diana B. Bogoyavlenskaya professor, doctor in Psychology

• Alexey A. Bodalev professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Alexander I. Dontsov professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Yury M. Zabrodin professor, doctor in Psychology

• Evgeny A. Klimov professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

Board of Trustees^[15][]

• Sergey L. Kandybovich professor, doctor in Psychology

Ethics Committee^[16][]

• Alla V. Shaboltas assistant professor, Ph.D in Psychology

• Yulia S. Shoigu Ph.D in Psychology

• Pavel N. Balikov

• Mikhail A. Berebin assistant professor, Ph.D in Medicine

• Boris S. Bratus professor, correspondent member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Aleksander I. Vatulin assistant professor, Ph.D. in Pedagogy

• Vladimir A. Mazilov professor, doctor in Psychology

• Sergey V. Leonov Ph.D in Psychology

Directorate^[17][]

• Nikolay N. Nechaev professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor in Psychology

• Aleksander N. Veraksa Ph.D in Psychology

• Sergey V. Leonov Ph.D in Psychology

Journals[]

Psychology in Russia: State of the Art[]

Psychology in Russia: State of the Art is an annual academic journal covering all areas of psychology. Established in 2008, Russian Psychological Society's annual series Psychology in Russia: State of the Art presents a collection of original articles on Russian theoretical and empirical research to date. It traditionally covers various domains of psychological science, like cognitive, clinical, developmental, social psychology, neuropsychology, psychophysiology, psychology of labor and ergonomics, and methodology of psychological science.
It is indexed in:^[18]

• Russian Index of Scientific Citing
• Directory of Open Access Journals
• Academic Search Premier EBSCOPublishing
• PsycINFO
• Scopus.

National Psychological Journal[]

The National Psychological Journal covers current issues from the perspective of the psychological science, publishes original scientific and journalistic work in the field of psychology, reviews of scientific articles and books on psychology, the materials on international scientific conferences, congresses, classical domestic and foreign psychology.
The authors are prominent scientists, teachers of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, University of St. Petersburg and other universities in Russia and abroad, leading experts from various ministries, departments, research laboratories and psychological services.

Thematic focus of the journal:^[19]

• Socio-psychological aspects of social life and economic priorities of Russia;
• Professional standards of training of professional psychologists;
• Psychological aspects of national security;
• Psychological issues of the priority national projects (health of the nation, the family and the school, the prevention of child abandonment and neglect, education, innovation and innovation in science, culture, etc.);
• Monitoring of Psychological Science in Russia and abroad;
• Basic and Applied Psychology, scientific instruments.

Honorary Members^[20][]

Lunt Ingrid Cecilia Great Britain. Psychologist

Stanislav Grof Czech Republic, United States. Psychologist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst

Juri L. Hanin Russia, Finland. Psychologist

Viktor A. Sadovnichiy Russia. Mathematician

Sergey K. Shoigu Russia. Minister of Defence

Alexander Bain Scotland. Philosopher, mathematician, psychologist, teacher

Wilhelm Windelband Germany. Philosopher, teacher

Wilhelm Wundt Germany. Physician, physiologist, psychologist, teacher

Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann Germany. Philosopher, psychologist

Hermann von Helmholtz Germany. Physicist, physician, physiologist, psychologist, teacher

Harald Høffding Denmark, philosopher, historian, psychologist, teacher

William James USA. Doctor, psychologist, philosopher, psychologist

Emil du Bois-Reymond Germany. Psychologist, philosopher

Théodule Ribot France. Philosopher, psychologist, teacher

Charles Richet France. Physiologist, psychologist, teacher

Herbert Spencer Great Britain. Philosopher, sociologist, psychologist

Edward B. Titchener United Kingdom, United States of America (USA). Psychologist, teacher

Eduard Zeller Germany. Philosopher, theologian, historian

Links[]

Official website of The Russian Psychological Society

References[]