title: THE PROBLEMS OF USING RUSSIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATIONS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF SOILS IN CRIMEA
abstract: In this paper, we review the sources related to the 1977 USSR soil classification, as amended in 1997, and the new 2004 Russian soil classification, as amended in 2008. The new and old classifications are compared with each other, the advantages and disadvantages of each of them are determined. The classification of soils of the USSR is ecological and genetic, its important feature is its special attention to the influence of the water regime in the processes of soil formation and functioning of
journal: Scientific Notes of V I Vernadsky Crimean Federal University Biology Chemistry