1. Some problems arising in the study of value distribution of functions of two complex variables. One of the objectives of modern analysis consists in the generalization of methods of the theory of functions of one complex variable in such a way that the procedures in the revised form can be applied in other fields, in particular, in the theory of functions of several complex variables, in the theory of partial differential equations, in differential geometry, etc. In this way one can hope to obtain in time a unified theory of various chapters of analysis. The method of the kernel function is one of the tools of this kind. In particular, this method permits us to develop some chapters of the theory of analytic and meromorphic functions f(z1, * * *, zn) of the class j2(I2n), various chapters in the theory of pseudo-conformal transformations (i.e., of transformations of the domains V2n by n analytic functions of n complex variables) etc. On the other hand, it is of considerable interest to generalize other chapters of the theory of functions of one variable, at first to the case of several complex variables. In particular, the study of value distribution of entire and meromorphic functions represents a topic of great interest. Generalizing the classical results about the zeros of a polynomial, Hadamard and Borel established a connection between the value distribution of a function and its growth. A further step of basic importance has been made by Nevanlinna and Ahlfors, who showed not only that the results of Hadamard and Borel in a sharper form can be obtained by using potential-theoretical and topological methods, but found in this way important new relations, and opened a new field in the modern theory of functions. As one passes from the theory of functions of one variable to the case of two and more variables(2), the question of the value distribution becomes more complex and many directions arise which can be considered as a generalization of the above mentioned chapter of the theory of functions of one variable. However, the formulation of the problems which can be answered, and generalization of methods used in one variable, is not immediate. A function of two complex variables may vanish in a domain on a segment