Аннотация:In this review, we have focused on the following key points: (1) living trees in EuropeanRussia and their climatic sensitivity. Species suitable for tree-ring analyses, their agelimits, spatial distribution of temperature- and drought-sensitive trees, and the availabletree-ring chronologies. (2) Extension of the living-tree chronologies using archeologicaland architectural samples. Dendrochronological dating of archeological and culturalmonuments. (3) Tree-ring-based climatic reconstructions in European Russia. EuropeanRussia drought atlas. (4) Climatic and environmental reconstructions in the NorthernCaucasus. (5) Dendroecology. We also briefly summarized the problems and prospectsof tree-ring research in European Russia.