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http://www.uke.sav.sk/ Practical recommendations on the use and improvement of landscapes at different scale levels differ in content, degree of detail and the application objects. Therefore, the management and planning of landscapes is a hierarchical system of solutions, which should have a uniform and systematic cartographic basis. As such a basis, it is proposed to use a system of multi-scale soil-landscape maps, the thematic content of which is harmonized, since legends of all maps are based on a single hierarchical natural soil-landscape classification system. The latter is being developed using the General Systems Theory (open system) approach and the General Theory of Classification and is considered as the basis of the classification system of anthropogenic landscapes. Currently, the proposed classification system is not dynamic and does not reflect changes in landscapes and soils over time. To do the classification system dynamic, it is necessary to add a time coordinate to it. In addition, in order to facilitate its use and significantly increase its functionality, the classification system should be developed as an online version. The creation of soil-landscape maps was tested on the example of the plains of the European part of Russia for four scale ranges: (1) 1: 60 000 000 – 1: 80 000 000, (2) 1: 15 000 000 – 1: 25 000 000, (3) 1: 4 000 000 – 1 10 000 000, and (4) 1: 500 000 - 1: 1 500 000. The maps are generated from integral polygon layers containing all necessary information. The layers are created manually based on the analysis of mainly thematic, geographical, and topographic maps. For practical purposes, it is possible to insert into integral polygon layers information about the possible use and improvement of soils and landscapes, and then generate appropriate thematic maps. The multi-scale soil-landscape maps are very informative and could be indispensable for proper and sustainable landscape management and planning at all scale levels.