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[[File:Fivesoilfactors dokuchaev.jpeg|thumb|right|5 Natural soil-forming factors featured by [[Vasilli Vasil evich Dokuchaev]] ]] |
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'''V.V. Dokuchev Central Museum of Soil''' was founded in 1902 at [[Saint Petersburg]] by [[Vasily Dokuchaev|Vasilli Vasil evich Dokuchaev]] (1846 - 1903). commonly regarded as the father of [[Soil science]], Dokuchev started extensive collection of soil samples in 1880. The first museum of soil sciences in the world, V.V. Dokuchev Central Pedological Museum, opened in 1904, a year later his death. <ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=p8veCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1134&lpg=PA1134&dq=The+Dokuchaev+central+soil+Museum&source=bl&ots=23g6XT3z2N&sig=32dxyUEDDUo3g2fjp_ovcalIq6o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnyoD2hczTAhVMrY8KHU9oAgc4ChDoAQghMAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Dokuchaev%20central%20soil%20Museum&f=false Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil]</ref> |
'''V.V. Dokuchev Central Museum of Soil''' was founded in 1902 at [[Saint Petersburg]] by [[Vasily Dokuchaev|Vasilli Vasil evich Dokuchaev]] (1846 - 1903). commonly regarded as the father of [[Soil science]], Dokuchev started extensive collection of soil samples in 1880. The first museum of soil sciences in the world, V.V. Dokuchev Central Pedological Museum, opened in 1904, a year later his death. <ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=p8veCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1134&lpg=PA1134&dq=The+Dokuchaev+central+soil+Museum&source=bl&ots=23g6XT3z2N&sig=32dxyUEDDUo3g2fjp_ovcalIq6o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnyoD2hczTAhVMrY8KHU9oAgc4ChDoAQghMAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Dokuchaev%20central%20soil%20Museum&f=false Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil]</ref> |
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Vasilli Vasil evich Dokuchaev
V.V. Dokuchev Central Museum of Soil was founded in 1902 at Saint Petersburg by Vasilli Vasil evich Dokuchaev (1846 - 1903). commonly regarded as the father of Soil science, Dokuchev started extensive collection of soil samples in 1880. The first museum of soil sciences in the world, V.V. Dokuchev Central Pedological Museum, opened in 1904, a year later his death. [1]
Some of these samples were made in 1902. Also the soil monolyths for this collection were brought from different points of the world from the Arctic to New Zealand. The scientists embark on different expeditions and bring new monolyths every year.