Gnedenko, B. V. On the past and the future. (English. Russian original) Zbl 0863.60002 Theory Probab. Math. Stat. 49, 1-15 (1994); translation from Teor. Jmovirn. Mat. Stat. 49, 3-26 (1993). Summary: Reminiscences of the prominent mathematician B. V. Gnedenko about the time spent in Ukraine, and his reflections on probability theory and mathematical statistics. His views on the present situation and on pending problems of science. MSC: 60-03 History of probability theory 62-03 History of statistics 01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies 01A72 Schools of mathematics PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{B. V. Gnedenko}, Theory Probab. Math. Stat. 49, 1 (1993; Zbl 0863.60002); translation from Teor. Jmovirn. Mat. Stat. 49, 3--26 (1993)