Development of hygienic properties doctrine for clothing and shoes citing previous Academicians of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Medical Sciences, Fedor Grigorievich Krotkov

The data on the initial testing stage of clothing, shoes, and combat equipment in the Research Testing Center of Military Medicine and Military Medical Equipment–the replacement of the Research Sanitary Institute of the Red Army. A brief historical information about the hygienic research of materials for clothing and clothing itself in Russia was provided. The fundamental study basis of clothing and footwear conducted by F.G. Krotkov were the works of many of his predecessors — scientists of the Military Medical Academy and heads of the oldest hygiene department in Russia (Professors A.P. Dobroslavin, V.A. Levashev, P.E. Kalmykov, N.F. Galanin et al.). Additionally, three research directions were formed as the clothing doctrine gradually developed. The first was concerned about the materials research for clothing creation, second was the study of the created clothing with the help of devices in the laboratory, and the third was the study of the functional state of the human body in the evaluated clothes. The role of F.G. Krotko–the first head of the hygienic department of the said institute in the formation of requirements for clothing and footwear of military personnel. F.G. Krotkov conducted a hygienic assessment of hats adopted in the Red Army in 1931; in 1932, he examined the fabrics of military uniforms; in 1935, hygienic requirements for the mountain troops’ uniforms were developed with his direct participation; and in 1936 — ski units. A hygienic assessment of the uniform of military personnel was carried out in the shortest possible time in 1941 under his leadership. The hygienic requirements for clothing and footwear were formulated by F.G. Krotkov based on the results of these experimental studies. The relevance of the developed requirements for clothing and footwear in the present time is noted.