1. Grigorii Valentinovich Samsonov

   • I. I. Timofeeva

   Announcement Pages: 1 - 5

2. G. V. Samsonov and modern materials science

   • R. A. Andrievskii

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6 - 10

3. G. V. Samsonov’s search for the essential nature of the sintering process

   • M. M. Ristic

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 14

4. Configuration model of matter and the problem of the valence factor in the theory of the construction of d-, f-electronic systems

   • L. F. Pryadko
   • I. F. Pryadko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 25

5. Structural-chemical aspects of the catalytic synthesis of graphite-like boron nitride

   • T. S. Bartnitskaya
   • A. V. Kurdyumov
   • N. F. Ostrovskaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 32

6. Laser synthesis of ultrafine powders of silicon nitride and silicon carbide

   • V. N. Antsiferov
   • V. G. Khalturin
   • A. F. Ainagos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 36

7. Hot pressing of powders of refractory compounds and materials based on them

   • M. S. Koval’chenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 44

8. Interactions of boron carbide with titanium and zirconium carbides under pressure

   • A. I. Bykov
   • I. V. Gridneva
   • S. I. Chugunova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 47

9. Conditions for preparing large blanks of hexanite-R and their properties

   • A. V. Bochko
   • V. V. Yarosh
   • N. N. Kuzin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 54

10. Primary recrystallization mechanisms in ceramic materials

    • S. G. Oleinik
    • N. V. Danilenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 66

11. Structure and some properties of the previously unknown ytterbium silicate A-Yb₂SiO₅

    • V. A. Izhevskii

    OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 71

12. Mesoscopics of the concept of a hierarchical structure of materials

    • A. N. Nikolenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 72 - 78

13. Laser deposition and treatment of coatings

    • A. V. Paustovskii
    • V. P. Botvinko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 84

14. Technological aspects of the formation of powder metal layers with a given gradient of properties by the electrothermic method

    • M. V. Luchka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 90

15. Preparation and properties of oxide films of the rare earth metals

    • A. F. Andreeva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 93

16. On the energy criterion for the erosion resistance of metals

    • N. E. Ablesimov
    • A. D. Verkhoturov
    • S. A. Pyachin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 94 - 98

17. Reaction of rare earth metals with VI- and VII-group transition metals and boron

    • S. I. Mikhalenko
    • N. F. Chaban
    • Yu. B. Kuz’ma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 106

18. Thermodynamic calculations of the enthalpy of formation and atomization of compounds of rare-earth metals with elements subgroup IVb

    • S. P. Gordienko
    • D. T. Pavlyshin
    • B. V. Fenochka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 112

19. Electron parameters and thermodynamics of phases in the copper-oxygen-phosphorus system

    • Yu. M. Goryachev
    • V. B. Chernogorenko
    • L. I. Fiyalka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 116

20. Configuration model of matter and prediction of the toxicity of metal compounds

    • I. T. Brakhnova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 124

21. Ivan Mikhailovich Fedorchenko

    Obituary Pages: 125 - 125