The decay f1(1285) --> rho0(770)gamma was studied at VES spectrometer
of IHEP. Clear signal of f1(1285) is seen in the effective mass spectr
um of the pi+pi- gamma system in the reaction pi-N --> pi+pi-pi-gammaN
at the momentum P(pi-) = 37 GeV/c. The branching fraction of decay f1
(1285) --> rho(o)(770)gamma has been found to be BR(f1(1285) --> rho(o
)(770)gamma) = (2.8 +/- 0.7(stat) +/- 0.6(syst)).10(-2). The ratio of
the helicity amplitudes for rho(o) meson in its rest frame was determi
ned by the analysis of angular distributions: rho00/rho11 = 3.9 +/- 0.
9(stat) +/- 1.0(syst).