Аннотация:The global atmospheric cycles of many pollutants, especially sulfur and nitrogen compounds, have been strongly affected by human activity during the last decades. The Soviet industry made a significant contribution to the worldwide pollutant emissions. It is impossible to carry out any global or hemispheric assessment of the atmosphere pollution conditions without considering the situation in the former Soviet Union (FSU). In spite of the current economic crisis, the countries of the FSU are still playing a significant role in atmospheric pollution on a hemispheric scale.