Аннотация:Abstract—A detailed review of the existing methods for the economic evaluation of soils in Russia has beencarried out. It is shown that the foundations of such an assessment were laid and voiced by V.V. Dokuchaevin public lectures at meetings of the Imperial Free Economic Society. One of the most perfect and holisticsystems for assessing soils was created by a group of employees of the Soil Institute under the direction ofI.I. Karmanov. The main elements of this system include the soil-ecological index (a bonitet score thatreflects the level of soil fertility, taking into account specific climatic conditions and relief) and the tariff categoryof the soil type of the assessed site. Modern assessment methods are analyzed, including the monetizationof soil ecosystem services in determining the amount of damage from land degradation and assessing thevalue of soils based on the concept of “zero soil.” It is shown that the most promising approaches to the economicevaluation of soils include the evaluation of the cost of individual soil properties; the cost of soil modifiersused to improve the quality of soils; the cost of soils and soil mixtures used for the purposes of reclamation,improvement, and landscaping of territories; and the cost of ecosystem services of soils for land for variouseconomic uses. Examples of approbation of some methods of economic evaluation of soils for theterritory of the Educational and Experimental Soil Ecological Center of Moscow State University “Chashnikovo”are given.Keywords: ecosystem services of soils, damage/harm from land degradation, price/cost of soils