苏联地质博物馆事业是很发达的,在苏联科学院,各地质科学研究所,苏联地质部各机构,以及最大的高等学校(莫斯科罗蒙诺索夫大学、列宁格勒矿业学院,斯维尔德洛夫矿业学院、哈萨克大学等)都成立了地质博物馆,在馆内保存有相当丰富的大量地质、矿物和岩石的标本,还有各种动植物化石。这些标本反映着苏联国土上 The Soviet Geological Museum is well-developed in the Soviet Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Geological Sciences, the institutions of the Soviet Department of Geology and the largest institutions of higher learning (Lomonosov Moscow University, Leningrad Mining Institute, Sverdlov Mining Institute, University of Kazakhstan, etc.) have set up a geological museum, the museum kept a considerable abundance of geological, mineral and rock specimens, as well as a variety of animal and plant fossils. These specimens reflect the territory of the Soviet Union