SERGEI SEMENOVICH NEUSTRUEV - THEORIST OF SOIL SCIENCE: THE LICH-NESS AND SCIENTIFIC IDEAS (to the 140th anniversary of Sergei Semenovich Neustruev)
It is given major stages of S.S. Neustruev's work - the theorist of soil science from the Dokuchaev school, famous geologist and one of the most talented physical geographer. It is shown his unique capacity for synthesis, a special ceaseless role of soil-geographical, cadastral and geological researches realized by him. Scientific views of S.S. Neustruev about a joint development of geomorphology and soil, their interconnection have identified approaches to develop regional Russian and global soil classifications and to study ecological and biosphere soil functions.