The Sixth Russian Congress of Medical Mycology took place in Moscow, on April 8-10, 2014. The Congresses, conducted by All-Russian National Academy of Mycology, serve as the only significant meetings in Russian-speaking community of medical mycologists in all republics of former USSR since 2003. The Congress of 2014 received support from major international organizations in medical mycology: ISHAM, ECMM and ESCMID. Total number of delegates this year exceeded 1100, with over 200 participants offered free webcasting in real-time.

Traditionally, the dermatological part of the Congress agenda was rich, owing to the late Soviet and Russian school of medical mycologists founded by Abram Arievich and Zinaida Stepanisheva. The memorial medal 'Ob merita in mycologiam medicam' created to homor their names in 2013, this year was bestowed upon 5 clinicians, 2 of them being dermatologists: G.I. Sukolin (Moscow) and A.D. Yutskovsky (Vladivostok). Non-established researchers participating in Young Mycologists Forum were awarded with travel grants to attend major metings and courses abroad Russia in 2014-2015, and also with free subscriptions to key mycological editions. The Congress proceedings were published in XII and XIII volumes of 'Advances in Medical Mycology'.