The RuSSIR school series started in 2007 and has developed into a renowned academic event with solid international participation. The previous RuSSIRs took place in:
- Yekaterinburg (2007)
- Taganrog (2008)
- Petrozavodsk (2009)
- Voronezh (2010)
- Saint Petersburg (2011 and 2015)
- Yaroslavl (2012)
- Kazan (2013)
- Nizhny Novgorod (2014)
- Saratov (2016)
Each year RuSSIR welcomes about 130 participants. Many prominent researchers taught at RuSSIRs. The school became a platform for informal contacts between Russian and international scientists, students, and industry professionals in the field of information retrieval and related disciplines.