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<jats:p>Relevance. June 11, 2020 marked the 90th anniversary of Evgeny Klimov (11.06.1930–31.05.2014) birth, Doctor of Psychology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, President of the Russian Academy of Education (1994– 2003), Dean of the Faculty of Psychology Lomonosov Moscow State University. Goal. The introductory note is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of E.A. Klimov (1930–2014). Fragments of memoirs about the personality of the scientist by his students and colleagues are presented. The contours of his scientific contribution to the development of Russian psychology, his activities as a science organizer and teacher are outlined. Results. The authors prepared for publication the scientist’s manuscript, his speech to the participants of the student conference at Moscow University in 2002. In the text of E.A. Klimov presented the main ideas for the successful professional development of young psychologists, among them: the idea of the social significance of the profession; focus on business, and not on your career; assistance in improving the psychological culture of the people; the desire to separate new scientific knowledge from the redesignation of traditional knowledge with new words; development of methods of empirical research, including methods of analysis of unique cases; the conditions for the progressive development of psychology are indicated;</jats:p>