The twenty-ninth conference "Rachmanov readings" organized by dermatology department of First Moscow State Medical University was held in Moscow, Russia, on January 26-27, 2012. The conference included 9 plenary and breakout sessions and a dermatoscopy workshop. The leading topic this year was "The bullous dermatoses", with invited speakers from leading research centers of Russia. Prof. Miklós Sárdy from München, Germany, delivered a review lecture, praising the contribution of Russian dermatologists and Pyotr Nikolsky to the field of bullous dermatoses. About 500 participants from Russia and CIS attended the sessions.