Traditional Korshak's Readings were as always held January 11–12, 1994, around the birth date of Professor Vasilii V. Korshak, who was a founder of the synthetic polymer school in former Soviet Union and was at the head of polymer science in the USSR for a long time. Among his disciples there are 200 philosophy doctors and 40 doctors of science. This year the Readings were dedicated to the 85th Anniversary of Professor Korshak's birthday (January 9, 1909). They were organized by the Scientific Council on Macromolecules of the Division of Pure and Applied Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nesmeyanov Institute of Elementoorganic Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEOC), and Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology. The Organizing Committee involved well-known colleagues and disciples of Professor V. V. Korshak. They were Professors A. L. Rusanov (the chairman), A. A. Askadsky, P. M. Valetsky, V. A. Vasnev, S. V. Vinogradova, Ya. S. Vygodsky, V. A. Davankov, V. V. Kireev, and A. R. Khokhlov. About 100 scientists from 15 research centers contributed in the conferences.