1. From the editorial board

   EditorialNotes Pages: S1 - S1

2. Soil science as an interdisciplinary synthetic science

   • G. V. Dobrovol’skii

   Soil Science and Allied Sciences Pages: S2 - S5

3. Fertilizing effect of the increasing CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere

   • V. N. Kudeyarov
   • K. Biel
   • M. V. Dorodnikov

   Soil Science and Allied Sciences Pages: S6 - S14

4. Cooperation of pedology with other sciences upon studying soil evolution

   • L. A. Gugalinskaya
   • V. M. Alifanov

   Soil Science and Allied Sciences Pages: S15 - S19

5. On the use of the concepts of mathematical physics in modern soil science

   • T. A. Arkhangel’skaya

   Soil Science and Allied Sciences Pages: S20 - S25

6. Application of the methods of allied sciences in soil studies

   • T. A. Zubkova

   Soil Science and Allied Sciences Pages: S26 - S30

7. Soil polygenesis in the northeast part of Vladimir opolie

   • V. M. Alifanov
   • L. A. Gugalinskaya
   • A. Yu. Ovchinnikov

   Genesis and Geography of Soils Pages: S31 - S39

8. The effect of dissolved organic substances on the genesis of gley-podzolic soils in the northern taiga zone, Arkhangelsk oblast

   • I. M. Yashin

   Genesis and Geography of Soils Pages: S40 - S47

9. A mineral support and biotic catalyst are essential in the formation of highly polymeric soil humic substances

   • A. G. Zavarzina

   Soil Chemistry Pages: S48 - S53

10. Formation and transformation of humus substances in terms of coordination chemistry

    • A. Yu. Kudeyarova

    Soil Chemistry Pages: S54 - S62

11. Soil contamination with heavy metals and possibility for its remediation

    • N. I. Melekhova
    • S. V. Semashko
    • A. V. Troshina

    Soil Chemistry Pages: S63 - S68

12. Electron microscopy of clay minerals treated with salt solutions

    • G. V. Kharitonova
    • A. S. Manucharov
    • I. A. Pavlyukov

    Soil Physics Pages: S69 - S77

13. Relationship between water tension and electrical resistivity in soils

    • A. I. Pozdnyakov
    • L. A. Pozdnyakova
    • L. O. Karpachevskii

    Soil Physics Pages: S78 - S83

14. The effect of organic matter on the difference between particle-size distribution data obtained by the sedimentometric and laser diffraction methods

    • E. V. Shein
    • E. Yu. Milanovskii
    • A. Z. Molov

    Soil Physics Pages: S84 - S90

15. Algal-mycological complexes in soils upon their chemical pollution

    • L. I. Domracheva
    • E. V. Dabakh
    • A. I. Varaksina

    Soil Biology Pages: S91 - S97

16. Biological activity in the profiles of chernozems as dependent on the character of their agricultural use and microtopography

    • L. A. Ivannikova

    Soil Biology Pages: S98 - S105

17. The biomass of fungal mycelium in buried paleosols and surface soils of the steppe zone

    • A. V. Borisov
    • T. V. Ganchak
    • V. A. Demkin

    Soil Biology Pages: S106 - S111

18. Microbial biomass in paleosols under burial mounds as related to changes in climatic conditions in the desert-steppe zone

    • T. E. Khomutova
    • N. N. Kashirskaya
    • V. A. Demkin

    Soil Biology Pages: S112 - S117

19. Functioning of cyanobacteria in soil ecosystems

    • E. M. Pankratova

    Soil Biology Pages: S118 - S127

20. The effect of paleocryogenesis on the profiles of chernozems in the Kamennaya Steppe

    • A. Yu. Ovchinnikov

    Paleopedology Pages: S128 - S132

21. Survey of the buried paleosol under the Lyukas mound in Hungary

    • A. Barczi
    • K. Joó
    • T. Bucsi

    Paleopedology Pages: S133 - S140