... Vladimir Sergeevich Bagotsky (22.01.1920, Bern, Switzerland - 12.11.2012, Colorado, USA) was one of the pioneers of modern electrochemistry, and was justly famous for his penetrating analyses of electrochemical problems. ... Kobozev was a prominent physical chemist and founder of the Laboratory of Catalysis and Gas Electrochemistry at MSU, and it took considerable effort on Bagotsky's part [ 1, 3 ] to resolve the issue in frames of Frumkin's slow discharge theory. ...