The journal of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Includes materials from the following areas: geology, mineralogy, petrology, oceanology, geography, soil science, paleontology, geochemistry, and geophysics....

The journal publishes original papers on global and regional theoretical and experimental studies on the problems of genesis, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, fertility, management, conservation, and remediation of soils....

The Soil Science Faculty of Moscow State University is the largest and most multi-faceted educational and research institution in the field of soil science not only in Russia but perhaps in the world, and this journal is its official publication. Articles emanate from the Facultys seven Departments...