In memory of Ihor Yukhnovskii, the founder and editor-in-chief of the journal ''Condensed Matter Physics'' (1925-2024)

Abstract

On March 26, 2024, the prominent Ukrainian scholar, theoretical physicist, and founder of the Lviv school of statistical physics, professor, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ihor Yukhnovskii, passed away. He lived almost 99 years and his life was filled with many events. He was a soldier during World War II, a scientist and educator, and a public and state figure of the highest level. But above all, he was a scientist. He approached any task as a researcher, from formulating the problem to finding its optimal solution. Analytical thinking and mathematical logic dominated all his activities. At the same time, he remarkably combined scientific pragmatism with unexpected imaginative ideas, which ensured his outstanding achievements both in science and in politics.