{"id":12939,"date":"1926-05-20T08:04:15","date_gmt":"1926-05-20T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/?p=12939"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:07:32","slug":"russia-1926","status":"publish","type":"map","link":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia (1926)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-31d465b ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-31d465b-wrapper > .ugb-container__side{align-items:center !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-31d465b-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:75% !important}.ugb-31d465b.ugb-container{padding-left:60px !important}}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-31d465b > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-top:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-31d465b-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-31d465b-content-wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-9406a1f ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-9406a1f > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-bottom:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-9406a1f-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-9406a1f-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h4>This soil map of the Asiatic portion of the former USSR, produced by the Dokuchaev Institute of Soils, presents a detailed classification of soil zones across Siberia and Central Asia. The map features a rich legend categorizing over 50 soil types by texture, origin, and composition, including podzols, chestnut soils, alluvial soils, and desert soils. It also overlays topographic and hydrographic features to contextualize soil distribution across vast geographic and climatic regions.<\/h4>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12826\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-1536x1078.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-2048x1437.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Right-click image file to save.<\/p>\n<h4>Source:<\/h4>\n<p>Dokuchaev Institute of Soils. <em data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"688\">Soil Map of the Asiatic Part of USSR<\/em>, Moscow, 1950s. Prepared by V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Institute under the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.<\/p>\n<h4>Resolution:<\/h4>\n<p>Large-format printed map with high visual detail; vector-style with topographic underlay. Scale not rasterized.<\/p>\n<h4>Suggested Use:<\/h4>\n<p>Best used for historical soil research, Eurasian land use studies, and comparative pedology. Useful in evaluating pre-Soviet and early Soviet soil classifications and their influence on regional planning and agricultural policy.<\/p>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<p>Dokuchaev Institute of Soils. <em data-start=\"1221\" data-end=\"1259\">Soil Map of the Asiatic Part of USSR<\/em>. Academy of Sciences of the USSR.<br data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1296\">Soil Survey Staff. 2014. Gridded Soil Survey Geographic (gSSURGO). USDA-NRCS. <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1406\">http:\/\/datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov<\/a><br data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1409\">Soil Survey Staff. 2014. Official Soil Series Descriptions (OSD). USDA-NRCS. <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov\/osdname.asp\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1486\" data-end=\"1533\">https:\/\/soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov\/osdname.asp<\/a><br data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1536\">Targulian, V.O., and Sokolov, D.A. 1997. <em data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1625\">Soil memory: Soil as a memory of the biosphere<\/em>. Eurasian Soil Science.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":12826,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[404,1],"tags":[],"location":[],"surface-characteristic":[],"class_list":["post-12939","map","type-map","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-asia","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg",2560,1796,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-300x211.jpg",300,211,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-768x539.jpg",768,539,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-1024x719.jpg",1024,719,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-1536x1078.jpg",1536,1078,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-2048x1437.jpg",2048,1437,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>This soil map of the Asiatic portion of the former USSR, produced by the Dokuchaev Institute of Soils, presents a detailed classification of soil zones across Siberia and Central Asia. The map features a rich legend categorizing over 50 soil types by texture, origin, and composition, including podzols, chestnut soils, alluvial soils, and desert soils. It also overlays topographic and hydrographic features to contextualize soil distribution across vast geographic and climatic regions. Right-click image file to save. Source: Dokuchaev Institute of Soils. Soil Map of the Asiatic Part of USSR, Moscow, 1950s. Prepared by V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Institute under the&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/category\/historical-asia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Historical Asia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"","url":""},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia (1926) - Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia (1926) - Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-02T14:07:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1796\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/map\\\/russia-1926\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/map\\\/russia-1926\\\/\",\"name\":\"Russia (1926) - Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/map\\\/russia-1926\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/map\\\/russia-1926\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/files\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"1926-05-20T13:04:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-02T14:07:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/map\\\/russia-1926\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/map\\\/russia-1926\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/map\\\/russia-1926\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/files\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/files\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1796},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/map\\\/russia-1926\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Russia (1926)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/\",\"name\":\"Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics\",\"description\":\"Soil Mapping Research at Iowa State University\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Geospatial Laboratory of Soil Informatics\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/files\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/favicon.ico\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/files\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/favicon.ico\",\"width\":16,\"height\":16,\"caption\":\"Geospatial Laboratory of Soil Informatics\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agron.iastate.edu\\\/glsi\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Russia (1926) - Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Russia (1926) - Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics","og_url":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/","og_site_name":"Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics","article_modified_time":"2026-04-02T14:07:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1796,"url":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/","url":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/","name":"Russia (1926) - Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"1926-05-20T13:04:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-02T14:07:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Russia-1926-Soil-Map-Glinka-Prasolov-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1796},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/russia-1926\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Russia (1926)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/","name":"Geospatial Laboratory for Soil Informatics","description":"Soil Mapping Research at Iowa State University","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/#organization","name":"Geospatial Laboratory of Soil Informatics","url":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2019\/06\/favicon.ico","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2019\/06\/favicon.ico","width":16,"height":16,"caption":"Geospatial Laboratory of Soil Informatics"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/map\/12939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/map"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/map"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12939"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=12939"},{"taxonomy":"surface-characteristic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/surface-characteristic?post=12939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}