Contents
Eurasian Soil Science

Vol. 31, No. 12, 1998

Simultaneous English language translation of the journal is available from / Interperiodica Publishing (Russia).
Eurasian Soil Science ISSN 1064-2293.

Dear Authors and Readers of the Journal! p. 1283

Genesis and Geography of Soils

Radiocarbon Age of Holocene Paleosols in the Forest-Steppe of Eastern Europe

A. L. Aleksandrovskii and O. A. Chichagova p. 1284  abstract

Genesis and Properties of Mocharic Soils of the Ciscaucasus

O. S. Bezuglova and O. G. Nazarenko p. 1293  abstract

Soil Chemistry

Fractional and Group Composition of Organic Matter in Virgin and Reclaimed Peat Soils

N. N. Bambalov and T. Ya. Belen’kaya p. 1301  abstract

Soil Physics

The Evaluation of Spatial Variation in the Soil Water Content with Time Domain Reflectometry

O. A. Salimgareeva, A. A. Ponizovskii, S. M. Chudinova, E. B. Mironenko, and A. M. Ermolaev p. 1308  abstract

Soil Biology

Carbohydrase Activity in Oil-Contaminated Soils

N. A. Kireeva, E. I. Novoselova, and F. Kh. Khaziev p. 1314  abstract

Algological Soil Monitoring

E. A. Shtina, G. M. Zenova, and N. A. Manucharova p. 1319  abstract

Microbiological Characterization of Cryogenic Soils in the Kolymskaya Lowland

E. V. Spirina and D. G. Fedorov-Davydov p. 1331  abstract

Soil Fertility

The Effect of Regular Fertilization on Water Supply of Crops

I. F. Kargin, A. A. Moiseev, T. V. Zhabaeva, and V. I. Kargin p. 1345  abstract

Forest Soil Science

Decomposition of Organic Matter in Organic Horizons of Forest Soils in Laboratory Conditions

S. Ya. Trofimov, P. Bottner, and M. M. Coateaux p. 1349  abstract

Total Content of Heavy Metals in Forest Soils of Lithuania

M. Vaichis, A. Raguotis, K. Armolaitis, and L. Kubertavichene p. 1358  abstract

The Contribution of Earthworms Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae,
and Eisenia nordenskioldi (Eisen) to the Decomposition of Forest Litter
and Leaf Fall-off in Oak Groves of Wooded Steppe

I. V. Kudryasheva p. 1364  abstract

Soil Conservation

Lead in Soils of the Southwestern Transbaikal Region

V. K. Kashin and G. M. Ivanov p. 1370  abstract

Book Reviews

Gley Formation: Theoretical Analysis and Pedogenetic Concept

A. N. Gennadiev p. 1377  abstract

History Of Science

On the 220th Anniversary of the Birth of Iakinf Bichurin,
Author of the First Study on Chinese Soils and Agriculture

I. A. Krupenikov p. 1380  abstract

Achievements and Prospects of Research Studies and Student Training
at the Faculty of Soil Science, Moscow State University

G. V. Dobrovol’skii p. 1388  abstract

Chronicle

The Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Faculty of Soil Science, Moscow State University

A. S. Vladychenskii p. 1392  abstract

Jubilee

Professor Lyudmila Andreevna Vorob’eva (On Her 70th Birthday
and the 35th Anniversary of Her Research and Academic Activities) p. 1393

In Memoriam

Aleksandr Vissarionovich Motsereliya p. 1395

Author Index p. 1396