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The Ukrainian Association of Osteoporosis, its members and international colleagues are mourning the sudden death of Professor Vladyslav Povoroznyuk, who passed away on June 12, 2021, at the age of 66 years. He has served as the President of the Ukrainian Association of Osteoporosis; President of the Ukrainian Association of Andropause, Menopause, Bone and Joint Disease; Head of the Ukrainian Division of the European Vitamin D Association (EVIDAS); Head of the Department of Clinical Physiology and Pathology of the Locomotor Apparatus of the Dmitry F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine; Director of the Ukrainian Scientific Medical Centre of Osteoporosis; the Honoured Scientist and Technology Expert of Ukraine; and as the Editor-in-Chief of the “Pain. Joints. Spine” and “Problems of Osteology” journals. Professor V.V. Povoroznyuk started his scientific career at the Institute of Gerontology (Kyiv, Ukraine). In 1988, he defended his PhD thesis, and in 1999 went on to defend his doctoral thesis “Osteoporosis in the Ukrainian population: risk factors, clinic, diagnostics, and treatment”. From 1992 until the last days of his life, he headed the Department of Clinical Physiology and Pathology of the Locomotor Apparatus. In 1996, Professor V.V. Povoroznyuk led the creation of the Ukrainian Association of Osteoporosis and was elected its founding president. In 1998, under the aegis of the Association, he founded the Ukrainian Scientific-Medical Centre of Osteoporosis providing medical consultations and treatment to people all over the country. Furthermore,