Antonio Llombart-Bosch: memories of trips to Russia

Professor Antonio L lombart-Bosch was born on August 20, 1935, in San Sebastián (Spain); Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Valencia (Spain); member of the editorial board of the journal *Archives of Pathology* and numerous international medical journals; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Valencia Institute of Oncology Foundation; President of the European Society of Pathologists (1988–1990); President of the International Academy of Pathology (1990–1992), member of the Executive Committee of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), and visiting professor at the University of the North in Barranquilla (Colombia) and the University of Medical Sciences in Havana (Cuba).He is also widely recognized internationally as an expert in the fields of oncopathology, cytogenetics, and molecular pathology, and is the author of more than 620 scientific papers, 27 textbooks, and monographs. His main areas of scientific research include the biopathology of bone and soft tissue sarcomas, solid tumors, liver, kidney, and breast cancer, and experimental carcinogenesis.We present excerpts from Professor Antonio L lombart-Bosch’s memoirs about his meetings and interactions with colleagues in various cities across Russia.