Yadrenko, M. I. Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko as the founder of the chair of Probability Theory at Kiev University. (English. Russian original) Zbl 0926.60008 Theory Probab. Math. Stat. 56, 31-38 (1998); translation from Teor. Jmovirn. Mat. Stat. 56, 32-39 (1997). The article is devoted to the work of B. V. Gnedenko in Kiev. He was the leader of Kiev probabilists. Many interesting notes are proposed about the students of B. V. Gnedenko and his collaborators such as Y. I. Gikhman, A. V. Skorokhod, V. S. Mikhalevich, G. Sakovich and the author. Reviewer: R.E.Maiboroda (Kyïv) MSC: 60-03 History of probability theory 01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies 01A73 History of mathematics at specific universities 01A72 Schools of mathematics Keywords:probability; statistics; school of mathematics PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{M. I. Yadrenko}, Teor. Ĭmovirn. Mat. Stat. 56, 32--39 (1997; Zbl 0926.60008); translation from Teor. Jmovirn. Mat. Stat. 56, 32--39 (1997)