DISASTER MEDICINE No. 2•2020
Chief Surgeons of Fronts and Fleets during Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
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Goncharov S.F.1,2, Knopov M.M.1,2
1 All-Russian Centre for Disaster Medicine “Zashchita” of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russian Federation
2 Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
UDK 616-089: ”1941/1945”
Pp. 17-23
Abstract. The multi-faceted activity of a number of leading military field surgeons of the country during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 is presented.
It is noted that the main direction in the system of medical and evacuation support of troops both in the previous wars and during the Great Patriotic War was military field surgery. The characteristic is given of providing qualified and specialized surgical care in the army – the Central link – the Chief Surgeon of the Red Army and his deputies; front-line level – the main surgeons of the fronts; the army link – army urgeons and next – leading experts of the field offices and front-line evacuation centres, leading surgeons of the army and military hospitals and medical battalions.
Keywords: chief surgeons of fronts and fleets, Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, military field surgery
For citation: Goncharov S.F., Knopov M.M. Chief Surgeons of Fronts and Fleets during Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Meditsina katastrof = Disaster Medicine. 2020; 2: 17-23 (In Russ.).
https://doi.org/10.33266/2070-1004-2020-2-17-23
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The material was received 19.02.20; no review procedure; the Editorial Board accepted the article for publication 27.05.20