Recent investigations of dynamic problems for bodies with initial stresses are reviewed. These are investigations carried out over the last six years using the piecewise-homogeneous body model and the three-dimensional linearized theory of elastic waves in initially stressed bodies. Emphasis is on the investigations performed by the author and his students. The research studies on the wave propagation and dynamic time-harmonic stress-state problems are reviewed separately. The areas for further investigations are pointed out Keywords: composite, initial stress, residual stress, wave dispersion, layered material, fibrous material, time-harmonic stress field, Lamb's problem 1. Introduction. Elastodynamic problems arise in almost all areas of natural sciences and engineering. As time elapses, these problems increasingly attract the attention from various fundamental and applied areas of science. The intensive development of some fields of the dynamics of deformable bodies was stimulated by the engineering requirements of the key industries. The study of nonlinear elastodynamic problems became urgent in the second half of the 20th century. In this connection, the general nonlinear theory of elastic waves and its various simplified modifications oriented toward problems of natural science and engineering were intensively developed during this time. Many investigations were conducted in this field and the generalized monographs [22,23,42] were published.An interesting and urgent issue, which also applies to the nonlinear dynamic effects in an elastic medium, is elastodynamic problems for initially stressed bodies. It should be noted that initial stresses occur in structural elements during their manufacture and assembly, in the Earth's crust under the action of geostatic and geodynamic forces, in composite materials, etc. Therefore, results of investigations of elastodynamic problems for initially stressed bodies have a wide range of applications.By the theory of elastodynamics for initially stressed bodies is currently meant the linearized theory of elastodynamics for initially stressed bodies constructed using the linearization principle from the general nonlinear theory of elasticity or its simplified modifications.With certain limitations, the linearized equations make it possible to investigate all kinds of dynamic problems for initially stressed bodies. Here it is necessary to distinguish the so-called approximate and exact approaches. The approximate approaches are based on the Bernoulli, Kirchhoff-Love, and Timoshenko hypotheses and other methods of reducing three-dimensional (two-dimensional) problems to two-dimensional (one-dimensional) ones. It is evident that the approximate approaches simplify the mathematical solution procedure. In many cases, however, the results obtained by employing these approaches may be unacceptable in the qualitative and quantitative sense. For example, the applied theories of rods, plates, and shells describe only few propagating waves (modes). Moreover, these approaches fail to d...