In this study,the lactic acid bacteria of two fermented vegetable samples collected from the Russian Republic of Kalmykia Elista were isolated and identified by a combinatory approach of laboratory cultivation and 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Besides,phylogenetic dendrograms were constructed based on these isolates. A total of 19strains of lactic acid bacteria were identified from these two samples. These bacteria belonged to the genera Lactobacillus( 14 strains),Pediococcus( 3 strains) and Leuconostoc( 2 strains),including Lactobacillus plantarum( 7strains),Lactobacillus brevis( 1 strain),Lactobacillus delbrueckii( 2 strains),Lactobacillus helveticus( 1 strain),Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens( 1 strain),Lactobacillus kefiri( 2 strains),Leuconostoc lactis( 1 strain),Leuconostoc mesenteroides( 1 strain),Pediococcus ethanolidurans( 2 strains),and Pediococcus pentosaceus( 1 strain). In addition,the bacterial abundance and diversity at the metagenomics level were analyzed using barcoded pyrosequencing targeting at the V1-V3 variable regions of 16S rRNA. A total of 10869 and 12204 unique sequences were analyzed from these two samples. After comparing with the Ribosomal Database,Lactobacillus and Lactococcus,which belonged to the phylum Firmicutes,were the dominant genera in the samples and accounted for 91. 66% and 3. 81% of the total number of bacteria,respectively. In addition,other genera such as Vibrio,Pediococcus,Enterococcus and Kluyveromyces in the samples were also identified herein.