The annual anniversary conference in memoriam of Ekaterina Alekseevna Galkina - the “XI Galkina's Readings” (Proceedings…, 2021) was organized by the Mire section of the Russian Botanical Society on April 21, 2021. It was dedicated to the 50-years since publishing of monography by N. Ya. Kats “Mires of the Globe” (1971). In 2021 it was one-day online conference. It was attended by 65 participants. The main topic to discuss was “Geographic diversity of mires”. Much attention was focused on problems of mire regionality, typology of mires and mire distribution. Great interest among the participants was caused by report on montane mires. The final discussion was focused on mire terminology, interrelations between forest and mire and research perspectives.