On the occasion of the 70th birthday of Academician Yury Alexandrovich Zolotov, which was on 4th October, 2002, the Editorial Staff of Nauchnoe Priborostroenie places in this issue quotations from numerous publications devoted to Yu. A. Zolotov — an outstanding scientist, leader of Russian analytical science, Editor-in-Chief of the  authoritative Journal of Analytical Chemistry (Zhurnal Analiticheskoi Khimii). We express our sincere congratulations to Yu. A. Zolotov on his jubilee and best wishes of health, happiness and further success in his work.