The V Congress of the Russian Psychological Society

This paper summarizes the organizational and scientific outcomes of the 5th Congressof the Russian Psychological Society. It shows the RPS’s dynamics of developmentsince its establishment to the present day, and presents a report on theCongress’s major events, and the statistics in comparison with the other eventsof international scientific life. Scientific sections of the Congress are grouped thatallowed to showing the main trends in modern psychology. The new directionsof psychological research debuted on the Congress are shown, the most importantdomains of the psychological science are highlighted, and possible reasonsfor some of them not having succeeded are given. The new subjects and objectsof psychological studies new to psychologists are identified. Based on the historicalview of the contemporary psychology, were analyzed the future directions ofits development.