D.G. Vilenskyi — a famous Ukrainian soil scientist and geobotanist, organizer of the industrial scientific and educational process

Goal. To reveal the main milestones of life and creative path, to summarize most important scientific achievements talented agricultural scientist, one organizers higher branch education research in Ukrainian SSR D.G. Vilenskyi. Methods. General — analysis, synthesis, classification; historical problem-chronological, comparative-historical, retrospective, biographical. Results. It is proved that Vilenskyi contributed establishment leading institutions Kharkiv Agricultural Institute named after H.G. Rakovsky Kyiv Engineering Reclamation Institute. He published first textbook «Botany» (1928) state language for secondary educational «History soil science Russia» (1958). On initiative a large-scale interuniversity work was started natural zoning territory USSR agriculture. established made efforts organize All-Ukrainian Research Agro-Soil Science Chemical Agriculture, as well Applied Botany. For his great field science, he elected president International Commission Classification Geography Soil Mapping. Conclusions. The significant assets phenomenon clogging, development new indices genetic horizons soils H, E, I, R, etc., preparation maps Ukraine, pioneering geobotanical studies reclaimed drained soils, authorship USA, Canada, individual regions districts USSR, methods mapping. popularization domestic member editorial board (1930–1949), editor (1934–1939) journal «Soil Science».