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The Condition of Soil Survey Work in Russia Toward the Beginning of the Year of 1923
Author(s) -
Tulaikov N. M.
Publication year - 1923
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1923.0361599500b400020014x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , work (physics) , political science , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering
The question of necessity of studying the soil layer of Russia was first raised in the middle of the 19th century, and a certain portion of the work in this direction was made, basing on the data of various kinds of statistical and economic investigations that were available at the time. The question of soil survey in Russia attracted the foremost interest, so fas as scientific soil investigations are concerned, after the study of Russian chernozem by Prof. V. V. Dokuchaeff, who was the first one to make an exceptionally thorough study of this most important soil type. In the eighties of the last century, Prof. Dokuchaeff was invited by Nijnegorodsky Zemstvo to make a soil survey of Nijnegorodsky .province. This work, classical in its value from all points of view, made it possible to prepare a group of the most noted soil men in Russia (Professors Sibertseff, Ototsky, Zemiatchensky, etc.) who later founded the so-called "Dokuchaeff school of soil investigations".