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Girey Bairov
Girey Alievich Bairov (russian: Гирей Алиевич Баиров; 2 May 1922 6 July 1999) was a Crimean Tatar pediatric surgeon in the Soviet Union; he was one of the founders of pediatric surgery in Leningrad and later became head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Leningrad/Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. In 1963 he became a corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences. Early life Bairov was born on 2 May 1922 in Alushta to a family of academics. His father, Ali Memetovich Beirov, was a schoolteacher, while both his maternal and paternal grandfathers were doctors. As a child he dreamed of becoming a pilot, and after graduating school in 1938 he passed the entrance exams to be accepted into the Moscow Aviation Institute, but changed his plans and chose to attend the First Moscow State Medical University instead. In autumn 1941 after the German invasion of the Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alushta
Alushta ( uk, Алушта; crh, Aluşta; ) is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Republic of Crimea, an internationally recognized ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, but since 2014 a ''de facto'' federal subject of the Russian Federation. It is situated at the Black Sea beach line on the road from Hurzuf to Sudak, as well as on the Crimean Trolleybus line. Population: The area is notable for its arid, rocky terrain due to its proximity to Crimean mountains. During Byzantine times the town was called ''Alouston'' (Ἄλουστον) meaning "Unwashed". Vestiges survive of a Byzantine defensive tower from a fortress of which the city name has derived, as well as a 15th-century Republic of Genoa, Genoese fortress. During the Genoese rule the name modified to ''Lusta''. Adam Mickiewicz dedicated two of his ''Crimean Sonnets'' to Alushta. It is also the home of Seyit the Wolf in the Turkish drama Kurt Seyit ve Sura. In 1910, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |