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Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the most widely recognized Russian physicians. Considered to be the founder of field surgery, he was the first surgeon to use anaesthesia in a field operation (1847) and one of the first surgeons in Europe to use ether as an anaesth…
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science · Russian medical scientist (1810–1881) · physician · scientist · surgeon · anatomist · also Nikolai Pirogov, Nikolay Pirogov, Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov, Pirogov
Born 13 November 1810 · Died 23 November 1881 · Q315266
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Pirogov was included in "Russia team on medicine"
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Died 1881-11-23.
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Published The Old Physician's Diary and "Questions of Life"
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Awarded Order of the White Eagle (1877).
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Awarded Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (1873).
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Visited the battlefields and field hospitals of the Franco-Prussian War as a representative of the Russian Red Cross, and in 1877–1878 spent several months working as a field surgeon during the Russo-Turkish War, trea
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Upon return to Russia he settled down at his estate, treating local peasants and establishing a free clinic
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Took charge of a delegation of Russian students sent overseas to prepare for professorship
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Became a member of the Main Directorate of Schools, serving at the Ministry of National Education up until his death
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Awarded Order of Saint Anna, 1st class (1860).
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Received the rank of Privy Councillor and was transferred to Kiev as a superintendent of schools of the Kiev Educational District after disagreements with the Odessa governor general
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After the end of war, he returned to Saint Petersburg and withdrew from the academy following the suggestion to work as a superintendent of schools of the Odessa Educational District which united several governorates
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Left for the Caucasus, where the Russian army waged a war against the local mountain peoples
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Awarded Demidov Prize (1844).
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1851 and 1860 the Demidov Prize by the academy
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Studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1833).
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Studied at Medical faculty of Moscow University (1823–1828).
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Finished the Faculty of Medicine and entered the Imperial University of Dorpat where he studied under Professor Moyer (who had himself studied under Antonio Scarpa) and received a doctorate on ligation of the ventral
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Born 1810-11-13.
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