Аннотация:The tectonic history of the Scythian Platform, overlying the pre-Mesozoic folded basement, is presented on the basis of chronostratigraphie and subsidence history data. The following stages can be recognized: Early Triassic-Carnian - origin of continental rift system; pre-Norian-Hettangian - syncollisional orogeny; Sinemurian-early Aalenian - synrift uplift; late Aalenian-pre-Callovian - syncompressional regional subsidence with pre-Callovian uplift; Callovian-Tithonian - synrift subsidence and uplift; early Berriasian - compressional deformations; late Berriasian-Barremian - regional subsidence; Aptian-Albian - continental rift system origination; Late Cretaceous-Eocene - thermal regional subsidence complicated by stress events; Oligocene-early Miocene - syncompressional regional subsidence; middle Miocene-Quaternary - syncollisional molasse basin formation with five main compressional phases.