Аннотация:It is shown that the history of sedimentation and development of soil-forming materials exerts a great effect on the modern pedogenic processes. Paleocryogenic microtopography inherited from the Late Valdai stage predetermines many morphological features of modern chernozems. Morphological differences between the soils on microelevations and in microdepressions are described. Nine main morphological distinctions in the morphology of soils developed on different elements of the microtopography are are specified.