Nikolay Sclifosovsky
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky (; — ) was a Russian surgeon and physiologist of Moldavian origin. He was born near the town of Dubasari, which is now in Transnistria. Sklifosovsky was a professor of medicine in Saint Petersburg,
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, and Moscow. He was a founder of the «Clinical Town» at Devichye Pole.


Legacy

The Moscow Institute of Emergency First Aid, often abbreviated as ''Sklif'', has borne his name since 1923. In 1870, on the recommendation of Pirogov, another prominent Russian surgeon, Sklifosovsky was invited to head the department of surgery at Kyiv University. However, he did not stay in Kyiv for long: soon he went to war again, this time to the theater of the Franco-Prussian war. About 10,000 wounded passed through Sklifosovskyi. The doctors and nurses, among whom was the surgeon's wife Sofya Oleksandrivna, supported Mykola Vasyliovych's strength by occasionally pouring a few sips of wine into his mouth between separate operations.https://ipoltavets.com/uk/eternal-zamovlennya-na-vbyvstvo-gubernatora-ta-smert-ditej-poltavske-zhyttya-talanovytogo-hirurga-sklifosovskogo In 2001 the Central Bank of Transnistria arranged for the minting of a silver coin featuring this native of today's Transnistria, as part of a series of commemorative coins honoring ''
The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie The rubla ( ro, рублэ, rublă, , plural ruble; russian: wikt:рубль, рубль) is the currency of Transnistria and is divided into 100 ''kopecks''. It is also known as the rouble in Commonwealth English or ruble in American English. Si ...
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1836 births 1904 deaths People from Dubăsari People from Kherson Governorate Surgeons from the Russian Empire Russian physiologists Russian inventors 20th-century Russian scientists 19th-century scientists from the Russian Empire Professorships at the Imperial Moscow University Imperial Moscow University alumni {{Russia-med-bio-stub