His most famous work is "Russian Chernozem" (1883). Ukraine is famous as a country of best chernozem. Saprophytic growth occurs in acidified soils and soils with high water content (i.e. chernozem, podzol). Steppe soils are typically of the chernozem type. In addition, it is well suited to agriculture thanks to its fertile chernozem soil. The Black Earth Region is famous for its high quality soil, called Chernozem (Black Earth). Soils are categorized as chernozem of poor or medium humus. Then they briefly lived in Zelenchuk and Batalpashinsk, before moving to the Central Chernozem Reserve. Different types of chernozem dominate in the area of the municipality. In other areas, the soils are humic-calcareous, chernozem, alluvial soils or swampy. The soil is mainly black chernozem with some chesnut-colored soil accompanying it. The soils are chernozem (black), and the forests mostly conifer and mixed forest. The southern part of the city predominately features chernozem and gray forest soils. By mid-August, the Soviet troops in the central Chernozem Region launched a counter offensive. There are two "chernozem belts" in the world.