MOIP (Moscow Society of Naturalists) is a unique social phenomenon in Russia’s life. The Society was founded under the auspice of the Moscow University in 1805, and throughout its history neither abandoned its activity nor cut off its connection with the University. And all this was despite the wars and revolutions, country’s economy slowing and recovery.

Throughout its existence, the Society has survived three social and economic periods changing in the country’s life (czarist regime, Soviet government and modern era). The Society has celebrated two-hundredth anniversary, so it is quite natural it had a lot of members from different generations.