The Russian Coloproctological Forum, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Association of Coloproctologists of Russia was held from 7 to 9 October in Moscow. The conference was attended by the Chief Visiting Coloproctologist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, Professor Oleg Yuryevich Karpukhin and the Head of the Department of Coloproctology of the RCH of Tatarstan, Marat Ismagilovich Ziganshin.