AbstractSamples from subhorizons Ol, Of, and Oh of forest soils were separated be screening them into five disintegration fractions. Metal contents have been determined in individual fraction.With increasing transformation of the organic material in the most samples there proceeds a concentration of heavy metals in the order: Fe>Cu>Ni>Zn>Pb; in the same time, content of Mn decreases. Among alkali and alkaline earth metals content of Mg increases and content of Ca decreases. Na and K contents do not show definite relationships with disintegration degree of the organic material.The present results illustrate the trends in the changes in concentrations of various metals due to processes of mineralization and humification of the organic material under definite biocenotic and habitat conditions.