A survey of available literature shows the result of a tremendous Soviet effort in the field of palynology. Russian work in this field was initiated in the early 1930s and began to be summarized in publications at about the time of the 1937 International Geological Congress in Moscow. The work has been extended and expanded many times since then. During the last ten years, palynological publications in Russian have appeared en masse. An analysis of available practices in palynology and policies regarding nomenclature and taxonomy in the literature are presented, even though conclusions must be regarded as tentative and personal. Any American viewpoint about the present development of palynology in the U.S.S.R. must be both incomplete and inadequate. However, the literatur reflects tremendous effort and a large source of information applicable to general paleontologic, paleogeographic, and paleoecologic problems.

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