Fragments of the development of the Lviv school of mechanics in the early postwar years (1945–1952) and the role of Academician G. N. Savin in its establishment are highlighted. Much attention is given to the scientific achievements of Savin in solid mechanics, including solutions to fundamental and applied problems of stress concentration around holes in plates and shells. Mention is also made of original solutions to some problems in mechanics that stimulated solution of new fundamental and applied problems in solid mechanics and engineering and establishment and development of the Lviv school of mechanics