Marked dignity of work The advantage of the final qualifying work Livinsky Vladimir Sergeyevich is, the first, the relevance of the research aimed at studying the properties and morphology and classification of full-profile urban soils of St. Petersburg's historical center, which have great ecological importance. Secondly, a detailed study of the source of buried soils, allowed objectively evaluate the conditions of the original landscape of the past that existed before the founding of St. Petersburg. An important aspect of the work was to create a database for buried soils data tied to a specific point, which is the basis for further monitoring studies in the historical center of St. Petersburg. While working on the final qualifying work of V.S. Livinsky showed himself a thoughtful and disciplined student, able to solve tasks. Taking into account the results of the work, the student must pass an exam in the magistracy on profile "Soil Science" and continue the started study. Marked works shortcomings Note the spelling mistakes, occasionally appear in the text, it is advisable to read the scientific literature on the topic of research. Unfortunately, too "concise" written by some sections of the work. Conclusion head I believe that V.S. Livinsky opened the topic of research, meet the challenge and deserves the award of her bachelor's degree in soil science. I evaluate the results of the work on the thesis at the "Good" or "Excellent". Head Rusakov A.V. "18" May 2016