An extraordinary congress was held at the headquarters of the Russian Military Historical Society on October 15, 2026. The delegates were representatives of 89 regions of Russia: chairmen of regional branches of the RVIO, representatives of government authorities, heads of large public organizations.
During the congress, Vladimir Medinsky was re-elected chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society for a six-year term of office.
Viktor Goremykin, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation and Head of the Main Military—Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea, Gleb Nikitin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, and Konstantin Major, CEO of the MAEP media holding, were elected to the Central Council of the RVIO.
Opening the congress, Nikolai Ovsienko, Deputy Chairman of the RVIO, read out Vladimir Medinsky's greeting. In particular, it highlights the role of the Society in perpetuating the memory of the heroes of the special military operation and in preparing a unified line of history textbooks.
The main report was delivered by Vitaly Martynyuk, Executive Director of RVIO. He spoke about the results of the work over the past three years and the key tasks for 2027.
Metropolitan Tikhon's work was highlighted separately at the congress: in 2025, His Eminence became one of the first laureates of the Historian Evgeny Tarle Award, established by the Russian Military Historical Society for the best popularizers of history.