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For roove beetles in the Shelekhovo district of the Irkutsk Region as an example, the effect of industrial pollution on the forest communities is demonstrated. The taxonomic composition, relic categories, life forms, ecological and size groups, biotope membership are revealed, the degree of generality of roove beetle complexes at the investigated grounds are analyzed. It is stated that the number of ubiquists and saprophages decreases with an increase in the distance from the source of pollution; the index of species sensitivity to the anthropogenic stress is close to the critical one at the ground laid in Shelekhovo.