1. Principles of selecting reference soils for the Red Data Book of Russian Soils

   • G. V. Dobrovol’skii
   • O. V. Chernova
   • L. G. Bogatyrev

   Genesis and Geography of Soils Pages: 347 - 353

2. Specific features of iron behavior in soddy-podzolic and alluvial gleyed soils of the Middle Cis-Urals region

   • Yu. N. Vodyanitskii
   • A. A. Vasil’ev
   • E. F. Sataev

   Genesis and Geography of Soils Pages: 354 - 366

3. Eolian factor in the process of modern salt accumulation in western Dzungaria, China

   • Jilili Abuduwaili
   • Mu Guijin

   Genesis and Geography of Soils Pages: 367 - 376

4. Potential soil acidity: Notions and parameters

   • L. A. Vorob’eva
   • A. A. Avdon’kin

   Soil Chemistry Pages: 377 - 386

5. Fractionation of soil arsenic compounds

   • G. V. Motuzova
   • R. S. Aptikaev
   • E. A. Karpova

   Soil Chemistry Pages: 387 - 396

6. Studying the dynamics of the net N mineralization rate in a catena on loess deposits using time series analysis

   • I. F. Kuzyakova
   • K. Stahr

   Soil Chemistry Pages: 397 - 402

7. Nonhydrolyzable residue in humus of chernozems

   • N. I. Pridvorev
   • A. V. Dedov
   • N. N. Korolev

   Soil Chemistry Pages: 403 - 409

8. The effect of soil hydrological conditions on the growth of natural and artificially planted Oak (Quercus robur L.) stands on the floodplain of the Ural River in its middle reaches

   • V. P. Bespalov
   • N. V. Os’kina

   Soil Physics Pages: 410 - 422

9. The compensation principle of the analysis of the humus-texture relationships in a polydisperse soil system

   • V. S. Kryshchenko
   • T. V. Rybyanets
   • N. E. Kravtsova

   Soil Physics Pages: 423 - 432

10. Population and biomass of microorganisms in soils of pyrogenic succession in the northern taiga pine forests

    • V. V. Nikonov
    • N. V. Lukina
    • D. G. Zvyagintsev

    Soil Biology Pages: 433 - 442

11. Microbiological processes in gray forest soil treated with sewage sludge compost

    • S. Yu. Selivanovskaya
    • V. Z. Latypova
    • L. A. Gubaeva

    Soil Biology Pages: 443 - 449

12. Biological activity of chernozems in the center of the Russian Plain

    • T. A. Devyatova
    • A. P. Shcherbakov

    Soil Biology Pages: 450 - 456

13. Geography for soil scientists or soil science for geographers

    • I. I. Sudnitsyn

    Book Reviews Pages: 457 - 458

14. Igor Nikolaevich Stepanov is 70

    • Institute of Biological Instrument Making, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino
    • Ordnance-Survey Department of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces, Moscow
    • Soil Science Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

    Jubilees Pages: 459 - 460