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Recognition of the species composition, according to the Earth\u2019s remote sensing data, greatly simplifies the work and reduces time and labor costs in comparison with a traditional inventory of the forest, conducted through ground-based observations. This study analyzes the possibilities of tree species discrimination in coniferous\u2013deciduous forests according to Sentinel-2 data using two automated recognition methods: random forest (RF) and generative topographic mapping (GTM). As remote sensing data, Sentinel-2 images of the Raifa section of Volga-Kama State Reserve in the Tatarstan Republic, Russia used: six images for the vegetation period of 2020. The analysis was carried out for the main forest-forming species. The training sample was created based on the cadastral data of the forest fund. The recognition quality was assessed using the F1-score, precision, recall, and accuracy metrics. The RF method showed a higher recognition accuracy. 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