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Changing Concepts of Soil and Soil
Classification in Russia
S.V. Goryachkin, V.D. Tonkonogov, M.I. Gerasimova, I.I. Lebedeva, L.L. Shishov, and
V.O. Targulian
CONTENTS
Abstract ..........................................................................................................................................187
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................187
Changing Concepts ........................................................................................................................188
Early Soil ClassiÝcation Systems in Russia..................................................................................190
Factor-genetic ClassiÝcation Systems ...........................................................................................191
Evolutionary Approach to Soil ClassiÝcation ...............................................................................193
ProÝle-genetic Approaches to Soil ClassiÝcation and Relevant Systems ....................................194
The OfÝcial ClassiÝcation System and Diagnostics of Soils of the Soviet Union ......................195
The Modern Soil ClassiÝcation System of Russia........................................................................195
Goals and Challenges Facing the Development of Soil ClassiÝcation in Russia ........................197
Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................198
References ......................................................................................................................................198
ABSTRACT
The main concepts of soil classiÝcation in Russia advanced during the last centuries are
analyzed. The early classiÝcation systems, the different approaches to soil classiÝcation, the ofÝcial
classiÝcation of soils of the Soviet Union, and the new classiÝcation of Russian soils that is based
on the proÝle-genetic concept are elucidated. The prospects of the Russian soil classiÝcation
development are discussed.
INTRODUCTION
During the life of Dokuchaev, the founding father of modern Pedology in Russia, the problem
of soil classiÝcation has received considerable attention and become an important component of
scientiÝc research. Soil classiÝcation presents a state-of-the-art of soil science, with results from
