Аннотация:The accumulation and redistribution of 137Cs in natural ecosystems within the 30-km impact zone of the Smolensk nuclear power plant (SNPP) are analyzed. It is shown that the radioactive pollution of this territory is mainly due to the Chernobyl-derived radioactive fallout. However, the radioactive decay of 137Cs from the Chernobyl disaster is partly compensated for by the 137Cs technologic emission from the SNPP. The highest rate of the vertical migration of 137Cs is typical of the bog phytocenoses and deciduous forests. The components of biota may be ranked by their capacity for 137Cs accumulation as follows: higher fungi > mosses > herbs and shrubs > trees. The organisms and their parts that may serve as bioindicators of the modern radioactive contamination of the territory have been identified. These are the assimilative organs and bark of the trees, various fern species among herbs, sphagnum mosses and Pleurozium schreberi (among mosses), and Typolius felleus among higher fungi.