Anatolii Volodymyrovych Skorokhod was a brilliant scientist, an excellent teacher, a marvelous person. He was a creator of new methods and theories in the field of probability theory, in particular, the theory of stochastic differential equations and the theory of limit theorems for random processes. Skorokhod was (jointly with I.I. Gikhman) a founder of the capital monographs, providing a high level of training to young specialists in probability theory. Being a profoundly decent person, he understood the social problems objectively, through an independent mind. He treated to his friends, colleagues and students gently, with humor but exactingness. I'm thankful to fortune that I was deigned to live, to work and to be friends with Anatolii in the period of his outstanding creative work.

V.S. Koroliuk