Published data on methods for the synthesis of mono-, di-, tri-, and tetraazapyrenes are reviewed.It is theoretically possible to envisage about 300 isomeric aza-and polyazapyrenes with the nitrogen atoms at various positions around the periphery of the pyrene ring and also many mono-and dications with a bridging positively charged nitrogen atom. At present, according to our data, only a small number of these aromatic nitrogen heterocycles have been synthesized.The attention paid to azapyrenes is due both to theoretical aspects (aromaticity, thermodynamic stability, the mechanism of electrophilic and nucleophilic substitution, the stability of the radical-ions, etc.) and to the results of applied studies. In particular, the change of the biological activity with the inclusion of nitrogen atoms in the pyrene ring, i.e., the transition from pyrene to its aza and polyaza analogs, is of undoubted interest. Thus, whereas the monoazapyrenes found in natural subjects [1-4] exhibit mutagenic and carcinogenic activity [5] the derivatives of the most investigated 4(9)-and 2,7-diazapyrenes exhibit analgesic [6] and antiviral and antibacterial [4] activity, and also anticancer activity [8][9][10]. The mechanism of such activity is usually attributed to their known ability to act as intercalators [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Polyazapyrenes are actively used in supramolecular chemistry for the construction of molecular devices [21], compounds with topological bonding [22], molecules of the "host-guest" type [23], and macrocomplexes with the cations of transitional metals [24,25].In this review the generally accepted substitutive aza nomenclature [26] is used for these compounds, although other names were used in the earlier papers.