The heroism of Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute staff in the Great Patriotic War

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Year 2025 has been declared in Russia as the Year of the 80th Victory anniversary in the Great Patriotic War. Numerous documentary and literary works have been dedicated to the heroic efforts of medical personnel during the war and the Siege of Leningrad. However, the true complexity of their work is best understood through the study of archival records. This article examines unique historical documents preserved in the archives of the Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (formerly the Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute), specifically surgical records and hospital admission logs from 1939 to 1946. These records serve as a chronicle of courage, where each entry stands as evidence of the selfless professionalism of medical workers in extreme wartime conditions. Despite constant enemy shelling and bombings, surgeons, nurses, and hospital attendants at the Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute continued their urgent medical work, providing care to both children and adults in hospital units established within the institute. Unfortunately, the number of surviving witnesses of these historical events dwindles with each year. This makes the preservation and study of archival documents an essential task in safeguarding the memory of the heroic contributions made by medical professionals during the Great Patriotic War.

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Dmitry O. Ivanov

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: doivanov@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0060-4168
SPIN-code: 4437-9626

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Alexey V. Podkamenev

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: podkamenev@hotmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6006-9112
SPIN-code: 7052-0205

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Elena V. Terekhina

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: doctor_elena@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1769-7284
SPIN-code: 9184-3562
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Vladislav V. Avramenko

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: avramenko.spb@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0339-6066
SPIN-code: 4632-9953
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Victor V. Nabokov

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: vn59@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0003-7241-5782
SPIN-code: 1378-9980

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Evgeniy V. Sosnin

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: e_sosnin@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0000-9592-9856
SPIN-code: 1148-7607
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Olga N. Vasilieva

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: hodicheva@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7188-7185
SPIN-code: 7618-4097
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

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  1. Ivanov DO, Mikirtichan GL, Savina IA, et al. Object 708: The feat of Leningrad pediatricians. Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; 2021. 176 p. (In Russ.) EDN: XIYNVF
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2. Fig. 1. Logs of receipts and transactions: a, 1940–1941; b, 1943–1944.

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3. Fig. 2. Staff of the surgical Clinic of the Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute, 1 row, from left to right: V.S. Panyushkin, V.A. Shaak, N.E. Berg., 2 row students (the 30s of the last century).

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4. Fig. 3. Staff of the surgical Clinic of the Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute, 1 row, from left to right: V.S. Panyushkin, M.A. Toporkova, N.E. Surin, A.A. Kozlovsky, N.E Berg (30-40s of the last century).

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5. Fig. 4. The first row from left to right: G.V. Chistovich, N.E. Berg, N.E. Surin; 2nd row from left to right: the main nurse P.E. Kotova and the main operating nurse S.M. Sosnova.

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6. Fig. 5. N.E. Berg, 1943.

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7. Fig. 6. Yu.N. Berg.

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8. Fig. 7. M.N. Goncharova and V.A. Sturm.

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9. Fig. 8. N.E. Berg, N.E. Surin, M.N. Goncharova, V.S. Panyushkin (2 row, from left to right).

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10. Fig. 9. Wounded children in the ward of the Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute Tamara Medvedeva, Andrey Petrov, T.N. Kuzina, Galya Purman. Photo by Boris Kudoyarov, 1943 (edited by the authors).

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11. Fig. 10. K.L. Dreyer, G.V. Chistovich-Tsymbalina.

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12. Fig. 11. G.A. Bairov with his wife and fellow soldiers.

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13. Fig. 12. N.E Berg with nurses.

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14. Fig. 13. D.B. Avidon.

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15. Fig. 14. G.A. Bairov.

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16. Fig. 15. A.V. Shatskii.

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17. Fig. 16. M.N. Goncharova.

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18. Fig. 17. M.I. Nevolin-Lopatin.

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19. Fig. 18. V.S. Panushkin.

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20. Fig. 19. S.N. Trukhmanov.

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21. Fig. 20. T.S. Yakovleva.

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