A marked humanist of our time. For the 50-year literary, scientific and social political activity of academician Todor Pavlov

When we met with Todor Pavlov in his office in the first days after September 9, 1944, among the many conversations I said: "How wonderful it is when justice prevails. ... Indeed, justice was triumphant in those days: the partisan detachments came down from the mountains after a long and hard struggle, adorned with pine branches, ivy, and geraniums, the prison doors were opening to release the fighters for social justice, the victorious Soviet army was marching westward and sweeping away the remnants of the brown plague... It was also just that he, Todor Pavlov, on behalf of the party, was at the helm of the state. He raised his hand with his characteristic gesture and said in a tone that brooked no objection: "Justice - that is our goal."