Dagestan Department of Dokuchaev Soil-Science Society and Its Role in Development of Soil Science

摘要

The paper sums up the scientific organizational activity carried out by the Dagestan Department of the Dokuchaev Soil-Science Society for 50 years of the research on soils of Dagestan and other regions. The coordinating role of the department is shownby implementing the priority measures, including organizing the Department of Biology and transforming it into the Caspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the creation of a basic Soil-Science Department at Dagestan State University, and the International Academic Journal Arid Ecosystems. The paper shows the quantitative growth and popularization of knowledge of soils, and the expansion of the sphere of influence in state, public, and private enterprises.