Аннотация:The article presents a brief overview of expeditionary surveys of the territory of Russia by VIR scientists in 2020 within the framework of the State Assignment for the research project No. 0481-2020-0001 “Ensuring the preservation and replenishment of the collection of plant genetic resources”. In 2020, with the support from budgetary and non-budgetary sources, VIR scientists participated in 8 collecting missions to various regions of Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Adygea, Karelia, including Valaam Island, Murmansk and Arkhangelsk provinces, the Solovetsky Islands, Yakutia, and Khabarovsk Territory). The seeds, cuttings, live plants, and herbarium specimens collected in 2020 for replenishing the VIR collection totaled 580 samples.