Addition and ring-opening metathesis polymerizations of new monomers (Me 3 Si-and Me 3 Ge-substituted tricyclononene and tricyclononadienes) were studied. Addition polymerization was carried out on Pd-and Ni-catalyst systems activated by B(C 6 F 5) 3 and/or methylalumoxane. New addition polymers were obtained with good yields up to 70% and with molecular weights (M w) up to 5.6 Â 10 5. Metathesis polymerization was performed using the first-generation Grubbs catalyst. The yields of the first obtained metathesis polymers were higher than 80%, and the M w values were up to 8.8 Â 10 5. It was revealed that the cyclobutene double bond in the studied tricyclononadienes is inactive in both metathesis and addition polymerizations. The relative activities of the substituted tricyclononene-7 and the corresponding tricyclononadiene-3,7 in the metathesis copolymerization were defined using 1 H NMR spectroscopy. It was found that the novel addition polymer poly[(3trimethylgermyl)tricyclononene-7] possesses high gas-transport parameters (for example, P(O 2) ¼ 660 Barrers, P(CO 2) ¼ 3850 Barrers) and solubility-controlled permeation of gaseous hydrocarbons (a (n-C 4 H 10 /CH 4) ¼ 17.3).