Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Yadov (1929 – 2015) was an outstanding scientist, one of the founders of Soviet sociology, a person who felt compassion for Ukraine and made a great contribution to the formation and development of Ukrainian sociology. Volodymyr Yadov was awarded the medal of Kistyakivskyi Sociological association of Ukraine.

The book about his life and work written by American sociologist B. Doctorov  has been published.
The cover photo of the book was taken during the visit of V.Yadov to Kyiv (by V.Paniotto).