Vasily Dokuchaev

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Vasily V. Dokuchaev
V. Dokuchaev (Saint Petersburg, 1888)
Born	(1846-03-01)1 March 1846 Milyukovo, Sychyovsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	8 November 1903 (aged 57) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Nationality	Russian
Known for	Modern soil science founder
Scientific career
Fields	Geography, geology, soil science
Institutions	Saint Petersburg University
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Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Докуча́ев; 1 March 1846 – 8 November 1903) was a Russian geologist and geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science. The Ukrainian city of Dokuchaievsk is named after him.