followed in the mid-20th century by E.M. Bonstedt-Kupletskaya, E.S. Il'menev, I.G. Isakov, A.G. Zhabin, E.M. Es'kova, N.V. Svyazhin, B.M. Ronenson, V.Ya. Levin, A.G. Bazhenov, V.O. Polyakov, V.A. Popov, V.A. Popova, V.A. Kononova, I.V. Chernyshev, V.S. Samoilov, A.S. Talantsev, and others.In the 1940s, a geological exploration expedition headed by Isakov discovered endogenetic carbonate veins with pyrochlore mineralization and Zone 140 of the Vishnevogorsky niobium deposit, related to pyrochlore-bearing carbonatite. The mining operations at Abstract -The origin and sources of the Il'mensky-Vishnevogorsky miaskite-carbonatite complex, one of the world's largest alkaline complexes, with unique rare-metal and colored-stone mineralization and Nb, Zr, and REE deposits, are discussed in this paper. Geochemical and isotopic studies, including of Nd, Sr, C, and O isotopes, as well as estimation of PT formation conditions, of miaskites and carbonatites from various deposits of the Il'mensky-Vishnevogorsky Complex have been carried out. The Vishnevogorsky, Potaninsky, and Buldym Nb-REE deposits and the Il'mensky, Baidashevo, and Uvil'dy occurrences related to carbonatites were investigated. Their geological setting, composition, and ore resource potential are characterized. The genetic models and typical features of the Il'mensky-Vishnevogorsky Complex are considered. The rocks of the Il'menskyVishnevogorsky Complex were formed at T = 1000-230 ° C and P = 2-5 kbar. Carbonated miaskite melt was divided into immiscible silicate and carbonate liquids at T = 1000 ° C and P = 5 kbar. Miaskite crystallized at T = 850-700 ° C and P = 3.5-2.5 kbar. The formation temperature of carbonatite I of the Vishnevogorsky pluton was close to the temperature of miaskite crystallization (700-900 ° C). The crystallization temperature of carbonate-silicate rock and carbonatite I in the Central alkaline tract was 650-600 ° C. The formation temperature of carbonatite II varied from 590 to 490 ° C. Dolomite-calcite carbonatite III and dolomite carbonatite IV of the Buldym massif were formed at T = 575-410 ° C and T = 315-230 ° C, respectively. The geochemical features of carbonatites belonging to the Il'mensky-Vishnevogorsky Complex differ from those of carbonatites related to alkaline ultramafic rocks and are close to those of carbonatites related to nepheline syenite or carbonatites localized in linear fracture zones. A high Sr content in early carbonatites along with relatively low Ba, Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, and Hf contents and a certain enrichment in HREE (a low La/Yb ratio) in comparison with carbonatites of the alkaline ultramafic association are typical. The geochemistry of carbonatites of the Il'mensky-Vishnevogorsky Complex corresponds to the trend of geochemical evolution of carbonatitic melts and their fluid derivatives. The Sr, Nd, C, and O isotopic compositions indicate a mantle magmatic source of the Il'mensky-Vishnevogorsky Complex and participation of moderately depleted mantle (DM) and enriched mantle EM1 in magma generation. Carbonatite...