The drought in 2010 had a negative impact on the state of the main forest-forming species in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan. The carried out researches in 2011-18. the scale of desiccation is determined, regularities of drying in plantations, different in age, composition, types of forest conditions, completeness are revealed. It is established that birch and spruce were most affected. In birch forests, more than 90% of the area of desiccation occurs in mature and overmature plantations, whose share in the total forest area reaches 50%. Dependence of desiccation on the participation of birch in the composition, completeness and diameter is not revealed. In spruce forests, desiccation occurred in all age categories, mostly in monocultures created outside the natural range. The conducted studies revealed the dynamics of birch changing after drying and sanitary cutting: in Kama - on spruce and linden, in the Transcaucasus - on aspen and linden, in the Upper Kama region - on maple, linden and oak. Birch in the conditions of the forest-steppe by the age of 40 almost completely loses its ability to grow and after felling does not participate in the formation of a new stand. In addition to birch and spruce, the aspen shrunk on significant areas, as a result of the drought in 2010, the area of fir was reduced and the border of its growth beyond the Kama river was reduced. There was a weakening of the pine, after 2010 the areas and volumes of drying increased due to infection with the root sponge. In total, the area affected by the 2010 drought in plantations in the Republic of Tatarstan according to preliminary estimates is more than 200 thousand hectares, incl. more than 30 thousand hectares of forest cultures have died or are in unsatisfactory condition. There was a decrease in the stock of forest-covered areas, especially ripe and overmature. It is necessary to develop measures to restore these areas.