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Historical progress of development and improvement of soil research in West Siberia is considered. The contribution made by the first Siberian researchers in soil science, followers of V. V. Dokuchaev's ideas, is considered. A large amount of work made by expeditions of the Migration Administration and the Commission on Exploration of Natural Productive Forces at the Academy of Sciences is stressed. Special attention is paid to the modern status of the investigations of Siberian soil and the position of the Institute of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry SB RAS in these investigations.