Dokuchaev’s Soil Map of European Russia of 1900 as a source of information for agroecological evaluation of the lands in the central gubernias (Historical aspect)

Information about significant soil agroecological parameters is extracted from the Soil Map of European Russia of 1900. Quantitative cartographic evaluations of natural soil fertility, fixing nutrients, and ease of soil cultivation are obtained using GIS. These data are used in interdisciplinary studies (history and soil science) to identify the role of the soil cover in the economic development of the central gubernias of European Russia in the 18th century by carrying out a comparison with socioeconomic parameters from a set of General Land Survey materials.