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Vasily V. Dokuchaev

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Vasily Vasilievich Dokuchaev (Василий Васильевич Докучаев) (18401903) was a Russian geologist.

He worked on soil science, and developed a classification scheme describing five factors for soil formation. He arrived at his theory after extensive field studies on Russian soils in 1883.

A crater on Mars is named in his honor.



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