Abstract: The invention relates to the field of electromechanics and can be used in asynchronous electric machines to improve their characteristics. The technical problem of the invention is the need to improve the traction and overload capacity and increase the starting torque of asynchronous electric machines. The rotor of an asynchronous electric machine contains a package of magnetic circuit plates with a straight, bevel-free, short-circuited rotor winding of the “squirrel cage” type, which contains short-circuited washers permanently mounted on both ends of it; in this case, the short-circuited winding of the rotor is made in two rows, in the form of internal and external rows, between which the magnetic core of the rotor is placed. The inner row of the short-circuited rotor winding is made in the form of a row of rods, or from a single solid sleeve of conductive non-magnetic material.