The Annual Kargin's Readings were held in the Department of Chemistry of Moscow State University on January 23, 1992. They were organized by the Scientific Council on Macromolecules of the Division of General and Technical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Department of Chemistry of Moscow State University (MSU), Karpov Research Institute of Physical Chemistry (RIPF), Institute of Petroleum Chemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Kargin Research Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers. Scientists of institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences as well as experts in polymer chemistry from research institutes and universities in Moscow and other scientific centers of the Commonwealth of Independent States participated in these readings. The readings were opened by Professor V. Kabanov, who emphasized that the period of 22 years since the death of Professor Kargin is long enough to allow evaluation of contributions of his pupils in areas of polymer chemistry of which Professor V. Kargin was founder. Professor Kabanov mentioned three of these areas where achievements are the best. They are: