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Literature data dealing with the major areas of application for polymers, copolymers and composite materials based on ion liquid monomers are considered and generalized. Polymers and copolymers based on ion liquid monomers combine the properties inherent to ion liquid monomers, in particular high ionic conductance, electrochemical stability, low inflammability and toxicity, as well as high thermal stability, with such features of high molecular mass compounds as the ability to form gel and films. Due to this fact, they are used as solid electroconductive matrices of various forms (films, fibres, coatings etc .) for batteries and fuel elements, membranes, sorbents for СО₂ capture, dispersing agents for stabilization of nanomaterials in various solutions (aqueous, organic). Non-volatility of ion liquids and polymer products based on them defines the promising outlooks for their use in making membranes to separate various gas mixtures. The dependence of ion conductance and sorption properties of polymers and copolymers based on ion liquid monomers on the nature of their cation and anion parts, as well as on the length of the fragments between the group participating in polymerization and the cation or anion part of the monomer was established. It was shown that the change of the structure of ion liquid monomer promotes broadening of the area of application of the polymers and co-polymers on their basis. In particular, polymers based on ion liquid monomers found application as a filling for the catalytic systems, coatings for semiconductors, for obtaining optical and plasma materials in the processes of solid-phase extraction and chromatography. So, the observed unique properties of polymers and copolymers based on ion liquid monomers promote expansion of investigations in the area of synthesis and polymerization of ion liquid monomers of various compositions and ensure the promising character of their application in many branches of industry.