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Russian emigration of the “First wave”: military doctors and nurses in Constantinople, Gallipoli and Lemnos Island
https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2025-103-3-233-238
Abstract
This article presents data on the stages and episodes of the fi rst (White) wave of emigration. The main focus is on the most signifi cant episode—the Crimean evacuation (“Russian Exodus”) of 1920—and the subsequent placement of refugees in temporary camps in Constantinople, Gallipoli, and on Lemnos Island. Information is provided about the work of medical institutions of the evacuated units and the Russian Red Cross Society in the temporary settlement areas, including the names and some biographical details of military doctors and nurses
About the Authors
V. G. Abashin
Central military clinical hospital named P. V. Mandryk of the Ministry of Defense of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Viktor G. Abashin — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, physician of the consultative department
Moscow
P. E. Kraynyukov
Central military clinical hospital named P. V. Mandryk of the Ministry of Defense of Russia; Peoples Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pavel E. Kraynyukov — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Doctor of Military Sciences, Associate Professor; Professor of the Department of Hospital Surgery with a Course in Pediatric Surgery
Moscow
V. B. Simonenko
Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov (Moscow branch) of the Ministry of Defense of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir B. Simonenko — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Department of Therapy of Emergency Conditions
Moscow
P. A. Dulin
Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov (Moscow branch) of the Ministry of Defense of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petr A. Dulin — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Therapy of Emergency Conditions
Moscow
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Abashin V.G., Kraynyukov P.E., Simonenko V.B., Dulin P.A. Russian emigration of the “First wave”: military doctors and nurses in Constantinople, Gallipoli and Lemnos Island. Clinical Medicine (Russian Journal). 2025;103(3):233-238. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2025-103-3-233-238
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