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Features of the spatial distribution of the total content and the forms of zinc and cadmium compounds in the industrially polluted soil cover are investigated. It is established that the maximal accumulation of chemical elements in soil is distributed in the northern and north-western directions at a distance of 250 m from the boundaries of the open-pit mine, while the minimal one is in the east at a distance of 5000 m. A close connection between the concentrations of zinc and cadmium in Artemisia marschaliana sp. and the accumulation of these elements in the soil cover at the Karazhyra coal deposit is discovered. According to concentrating in the top part and in the roots of plants, zinc is characterized by the basipetal distribution and cadmium by the acropetal one.