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1. Introduction. In this survey we consider operational calculus as a branch of linear functional analysis. The purpose of this survey is to give some ideas what the modern theory of operational calculus is about. We shall concentrate mainly on the basic problems of the theory, occasionally touching upon analytic and algebraic aspects. In several cases they lead to work of Heaviside and Mikusiński.