The 10th International Conference on ferroelectricty was held on 3-7 September, 2001 in Madrid, Spain. At a plenary session of the conference, a talk was delivered, whose content is presented in the present paper. The paper is primarily concerned with the work of V L Ginzburg and other Russian physicists on the theory of ferroelectric phenomena.

PACS: 01.10.Fv, 01.65.+g, 77.80.Bh (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU2001v044n10ABEH001021 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2001/10/j/ 000173788400010 Citation: Ginzburg V L "Phase transitions in ferroelectrics: some historical remarks" Phys. Usp. 44 1037–1043 (2001) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Гинзбург В Л «Фазовые переходы в сегнетоэлектриках (несколько исторических замечаний)» УФН 171 1091–1097 (2001); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0171.200110j.1091