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Vasily V. Dokuchaev
V. Dokuchaev (Saint Petersburg, 1888)
Born(1846-03-01)1 March 1846
Milyukovo, Sychyovsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died8 November 1903 (aged 57)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
NationalityRussian
Known forModern soil science founder
Scientific career
FieldsGeography, geology, soil science
InstitutionsSaint Petersburg University
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Dokuchaev's soil-formation factors
V. Dokuchaev, 1898
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Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Докуча́ев; 1 March 1846 – 8 November 1903) was a Russian geologist and geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science. The Ukrainian city of Dokuchaievsk is named after him.

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mineral properties. Vasily Dokuchaev is recognized today as more influential than Fallou, however in the years closely following Dokuchaev's death, Fallou was...

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Chernozem

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Soil formation

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formed during previous soil forming conditions. Russian geologist Vasily Dokuchaev, commonly regarded as the father of pedology, determined in 1883 that...

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Soil science

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meaning "under-ashed soil". The term was first given in mid-1875 by Vasily Dokuchaev. It refers to the common experience of Russian peasants of plowing...

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Physical geography

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disciples, and in the nineteenth century we have great geographers such as Vasily Dokuchaev who performed works of great importance as a "principle of comprehensive...

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Soil

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first soil classification systems was developed by Russian scientist Vasily Dokuchaev around 1880. It was modified a number of times by American and European...

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Science and technology in Russia

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often considered as the inventor of the light-emitting diode (LED). Vasily Dokuchaev (1845–1902) is credited with laying the foundations of soil science...

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Geomorphology

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climatic geomorphology was foreshadowed by the work of Wladimir Köppen, Vasily Dokuchaev and Andreas Schimper. William Morris Davis, the leading geomorphologist...

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mineralogist in Saint Petersburg State University was vacant, and Vasily Dokuchaev, a soil scientist, and Alexey Pavlov, a geologist, had been teaching...

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Biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification

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site concept arose from the early works of the Russian soil scientist Vasily Dokuchaev (late 1800’s) and soil scientist/forester Georgy N. Vysotsky. They...

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Georgy Vysotsky

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influence of Vasily Dokuchaev and Georgy Fedorovich Morozov. He worked from 1890 at the Berdyansk Reserve and in 1892 joined Dokuchaev on an expedition...

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Kamennaya Steppe

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Kamennaya Steppe soils began in 1893 by the father of modern soil science Vasily Dokuchaev. Translation. Division of Silvics, U.S. Forest Service. 1934. pp. 1–17...

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Order of Agricultural Merit

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Saint Petersburg State University

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embryologist Alexander Kovalevsky, physiologist Ivan Sechenov and pedologist Vasily Dokuchaev. On 24 March 1896 (O.S.), on the campus of the university, Alexander...

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Outline of geography

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(1823–1913) – founder of modern biogeography and the Wallace line. Vasily Dokuchaev (1846–1903) – patriarch of Russian geography and founder of pedology...

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Earth materials

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B, and C represent the soil profile, a notation firstly coined by Vasily Dokuchaev, the father of pedology; A is the topsoil; B is a regolith; C is a...

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Climatic geomorphology

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climatic geomorphology was foreshadowed by the work of Wladimir Köppen, Vasily Dokuchaev and Andreas Schimper. William Morris Davis, the leading geomorphologist...

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1883 in science

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the island of Krakatoa itself and is heard up to 3000 miles away. Vasily Dokuchaev publishes Russian Chernozem. The concept and term Eugenics are formulated...

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List of Russian scientists

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geographer and geologist of Central Asia, discovered Kuznetsk Coal Basin Vasily Dokuchaev, founder of soil science, created the first soil classification, determined...

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Lake Svetloyar

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explorer of the lake in the late 19th century was a Russian geologist, Vasily Dokuchaev, who suggested it was a meteorite crater. The volcanic origin of the...

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Zapovednik

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the 1890s and early 20th century, principally by the soil biologist Vasily Dokuchaev. The fundamental idea of zapovednost' is the exclusion of people and...

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List of Russian explorers

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"Article on the site geographia.ru" (in Russian). Retrieved 2011-12-23. "Vasily Pronchishev and Semion Chelyuskin" (in Russian). Archived from the original...

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List of places named after people

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Chystiakove – a merchant out of Taganrog Chistiakov Dokuchaievsk – Vasily Dokuchaev Hoholeve – Nikolai Gogol (Mykola Hohol) Horlivka – Pyotr Gorlov Ivano-Frankivsk...

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1879 in science

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glass type that had a Homogeneity allowing spectrometric measurements. Vasily Dokuchaev introduces the concept of pedology, laying the foundations for the...

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List of Russian Earth scientists

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Aleksandr Dokuchayev

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final design was another Farman modification. List of aircraft (C-D) Vasily Dokuchaev Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995...

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Bashiru Ademola Raji

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the formation of soil and first explored by the Russian geologist Vasily Dokuchaev. He is the president of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria. He obtained...

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