The Geological Committee (Geolkom) was the main state geological institution in Russia (the geological survey) from 1882 to 1929.
Geolkom was established in Saint Petersburg for the systematic and comprehensive study of the subsurface of the Russian Empire and the compilation of geological maps. The Committee was reorganized immediately after the 1917 Revolution and abolished in January 1930.
The Geological Committee was founded on 19 January 1882 by decree of Emperor Alexander III as part of the Mining Department of the Ministry of State Domains.
Geolkom’s tasks included the systematic study of the country’s geological structure and the mineral wealth of its subsurface, the conduct of regional geological mapping, and later the systematic description of the geological structure of the territory of the Russian Empire.