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Scientific creativity of the USSR academician N.F. Gamaley

https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2026-104-3-244-250

Abstract

The life and work of the academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences N.F. Gamaleya is analyzed. Little-known facts from the scientist’s life are noted. It is shown that with his scientific works and organizational activities he enriched many chapters of microbiology and epidemiology, successfully studied the biology of pathogens, pathogenesis, substantiated the prevention of such most dangerous infectious diseases as rabies, plague, cholera, smallpox, anthrax and typhus. The scientific creative activity of N.F. Gamaleya lasted almost 65 years: he published his first work at the age of 26 (1885), and his last at the age of 90 (1949). The scientific, pedagogical and practical work of N.F. Gamaleya fully developed only under Soviet power. It is noted that during the civil war N.F. Gamaleya worked on the anti-epidemic front in difficult conditions, providing the population and the Red Army with vaccination material, and persistently carried out work to eliminate smallpox. It is no exaggeration to say that N.F. Gamaleya’s research determined the directions in which various sections of applied microbiology developed in our country.

About the Authors

T. Sh. Morgoshiia
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Temuri Sh. Morgoshiia — Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



A. V. Kim
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Alina V. Kim — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



I. V. Morozova
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Inna V. Morozova — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



S. A. Prokhorova
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Sofya A. Prokhorova — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



D. V. Manakhova
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Daria V. Manakhova — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



E. A. Bezuglaya
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Ekaterina A. Bezuglaya — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



A. A. Kovaleva
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Angelina A. Kovaleva — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



A. A. Yahya
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Alexander A. Yahya — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



S. Mutallibov
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Saidullo Mutallibov — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A. A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



M. I. Zhikhareva
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Maria I. Zhikhareva — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



D. V. Smolyaninov
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation

Dmitry V. Smolyaninov — student, Student Scientific Society, Department of Faculty Surgery named after prof. A.A. Rusanov

St. Petersburg



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Morgoshiia T.Sh., Kim A.V., Morozova I.V., Prokhorova S.A., Manakhova D.V., Bezuglaya E.A., Kovaleva A.A., Yahya A.A., Mutallibov S., Zhikhareva M.I., Smolyaninov D.V. Scientific creativity of the USSR academician N.F. Gamaley. Clinical Medicine (Russian Journal). 2026;104(3):244-250. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2026-104-3-244-250

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