1956年8月9—18日在巴西的里约热内庐举行了国际地理学会第18届会议,出席这次会议的共有50个国家的800多位代表。会议分13个小组和11个委员会进行科学活动,共听取了350多个学术报告,其中以地形学、人文地理、经济地理方面的论文为最多。苏联派遣了以И.П.格拉西莫夫院士为首的11名地理学家组成的代表团出席了这次会议。 The 18th session of the International Geographical Society was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 9-18, 1956, at a meeting of more than 800 delegates from 50 countries. The conference divided 13 groups and 11 committees into scientific activities and listened to more than 350 academic reports, of which topical papers were topographic, human geography and economic geography. The Soviet delegation sent a delegation of 11 geographers headed by academician И.П. Gracimov attended the meeting.