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This paper presents the new data of the study of subrecent pollen assemblages of bottom sediments on the south of the European part of Russia. Pollen analysis of the forest-steppe and the north steppe zones assemblages have shown that trees pollen reached about 50% of the pollen spectra. Arboreal pollen was represented by Pinus, Betula, Alnus and Salix and broad-leaved trees such as Quercus, Ulmus, Tilia. Pollen analysis of southern steppe zone – seabed deposits of the Sea of Azov and the Tsimlyansk reservoir have shown that herbaceous pollen (up to 80-90% in some sites) was dominated mainly by Chenopodiaceae in pollen assemblages. According to the results obtained from forest-steppe and steppe zones, compositions of pollen assemblages of seabed the Sea of Azov and the Don River deposits represents the modern steppe vegetation.