The first association of designers in former Soviet history was founded in 1987. It consisted of brunches in Soviet republics and several local organisations in political&industrial centres like Moscow. Leningrad and some others. At that time Russian Federation did not have it’s own designer’s association. After disappearance of USSR and it’s Designer’s Association on initative of local design organisations, VNIITE and some big industrial design bureaus the Association of Designers of Russia was founded in 1991. After several years of uniting efforts more than 60 regional organisation of ADR were organised. The ADRUS assumed a status of all-Russian public, creative organisation. Now it units more than 3000 professional designers of different fields of design