September 21, 2026. On September 9, 2026, Junior Research Scientist of the Geophysical Center RAS Vladimir Sergeev participated in a ceremonial event dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the beginning of continuous geomagnetic observations in the Urals. The event was organized at the Arti Laboratory-Observatory of the Yu. P. Bulashevich Institute of Geophysics of the Ural Branch of RAS, located in the Arti settlement in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

During the visit, employees of the GC RAS, the Arti Observatory, and the Institute of Geophysics conducted a joint unscheduled verification of the measuring instruments used for regular absolute observations.

Today, the Arti Observatory makes a significant contribution to Russian and international studies of the Earth's magnetic field and provides data for the study of near-Earth space, the Earth's internal structure, and physical processes in its interior. The Arti Observatory continues the traditions of geomagnetic observations laid down by the founders of geomagnetic observations – Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Friedrich Gauss, and Adolph Yakovlevich Kupfer – as early as the first half of the 19th century. Over the years of its operation, the observatory has twice changed its location. Due to the development of industrial and energy infrastructure, the observatory, founded in 1836 in Yekaterinburg, was relocated in the 1930s to the settlement of Vysokaya Dubrava, and in the 1970s to the Arti settlement. The data that the observatory provides to the international community meets the highest standards of quality and stability adopted in the international magnetic observation network INTERMAGNET.

Scientists of the GC RAS sincerely thanks all colleagues from the Arti Observatory for the invitation and the opportunity to participate in the ceremonial event. We congratulate you on this significant date and wish you success in the study of our planet.

Photo credit by: Dmitry Demezhko.