Аннотация:Yu.N.Rabotnov has formulated the theory of metals creep in his monograph [1]. This theory is founded on state equation with structure parameters, which are determinated by systems of kinetic equations. Below some problems are considered, which are connected with new special kinds of kinetic equations for circumscription of experimental data. The method is suggested of measuring of structural damage, which is accumulated in metals during a high-temperature creep process in uniaxial extension. A new approach is suggested for the modeling of creep and creep rupture of metals under the simultaneous influence of mechanical loads at a complex stress state and an environment. The possibilities of vectorial interpretation of damage parameters are considered for modeling of creep rupture at stationary and unstationary complex stress states.