Galina Sergeyevna Shatalova (born October 13, 1916,

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

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, died on December 14, 2011,

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

) was a Russian

neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

, a military surgeon, the head of the

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selection and training department, and the laureate of the Burdenko Prize (1951).

Biography

Shatalova was born on October 13, 1916. At the age of 15, she started her career. She entered the Rostov Medical Institute, graduated from it, and was left in the

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of the surgical clinic of the same institute. In 1939, with the outbreak of hostilities on the

Karelian Isthmus The Karelian Isthmus (russian: Карельский перешеек, Karelsky peresheyek; fi, Karjalankannas; sv, Karelska näset) is the approximately stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern ...

, she was drafted into the Army, where she became a

military surgeon ''Military Medicine'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of medicine in military settings. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. It was est ...

. She participated in the

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from the first to the last day, as a military surgeon, and head of the hospital department. After the war, she worked as a neurosurgeon at the Central Institute of Neurosurgery of the

USSR Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...

. "She directly met the needs of the post-war period: there were many such unfortunates (with) severe head wounds. Plasty of

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defects has prolonged the lives of thousands of veterans." In the 60s, she worked at the

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of the USSR Academy of Sciences as the head of the cosmonaut selection and training sector. She was the organizer and participant of successful extreme multi-day hiking trips in

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, Altai,

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, and

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. She was also a teacher of a healthy lifestyle,Calorie Theories, Longevity, and Natural Health: The System of Dr. Shatalova and Current Discoveries
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, PhD. CreateSpace, 2010. — 92 p. ISBN 1451560680; ISBN 978-1451560688 and author of the System of Natural Health.

Works

She was the author of many books and a large number of publications including: * "A System for all Systems."

Soviet Life ''Russian Life'', previously known as ''The USSR'' and ''Soviet Life'', is a 64-page color bimonthly magazine of Russian culture. It celebrated its 60th birthday in October 2016. The magazine is written and edited by American and Russian staffers ...

, Issues 1–6, pg.30-33, 1989. * We eat ourselves to death: The revolutionary concept of a Russian Doctor for a long life with optimum health.

Goldmann Goldmann is the surname of several people: * Erich Goldmann, German ice hockey player * Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009), German composer and conductor * Hans Goldmann (1899–1991), Swiss ophthalmologist * Lucien Goldmann, French philosopher and so ...

, 2002, ISBN 3-442-14222-9. * Healing nutrition: An energetic food and herbology for true health.

, 2006, ISBN 3-442-21745-8. * Philosophy of health.

, 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-21860-8. * "Наука и Жизнь," Issue 12, 1979.

Awards

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (russian: медаль «За доблестный труд в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг.») was a World War II civilian labour awar ...

Family life

Galina Shatalova was married to

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and

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Alexander Shatalov. She had three children.

References

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