In Western Europe, as in USA, the psychological heritage of L. S. Vygotsky is getting more and more recognition as of greatest importance for the development of modern psychology in its most fundamental theoretical and practical issues. Western European psychologists despite their different theoretical and methodological views and despite their sometimes critical remarks on Vygotsky speak of him as of a reformer in our science, even of a rare genius equal to Piaget. Wide spreading of his views, growth of the number of translations of his works are evidence not only of his present influence on psychological thought but also of the prospects of ever growing influence of Vygotsky in the future.