Review of the collective monograph «Forensic medical expert service of the Moscow region: history and modernity» edited by V.A. Klevno, V.Yu. Nazarov

The article analyzes the book “Forensic Medical Expert Service of the Moscow region: history and modernity” edited by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Vladimir Alexandrovich Klevno and Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Viktor Yurievich Nazarov, presents an objective assessment of the published data on the history and current state of the forensic medical expert service of the Moscow region and the development of Russia’s largest state forensic institution State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Moscow region “Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination”. The purpose of the review is to give an objective assessment of the information contained in the scientific publication and to determine their value for science and practice.

First of all, the author notes the uniqueness of the publication, in which for the first time the history of forensic medicine of the Moscow region is covered in detail and reliably, the main milestones of the history of the Bureau’s development are scrupulously and carefully outlined, an unprecedented number of little-known facts and reliably generalized information are included (archival data, accurate statistical reports, detailed biographies). The conclusion is substantiated that by its 100th anniversary, the state budgetary healthcare institution of the Moscow region “Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination”, under the leadership of Professor V.A. Klevno, has achieved leading positions in all indicators of forensic expert activity and has become the leading among state forensic expert institutions in the healthcare system of the Russian Federation. It is noted that the book “Forensic Medical Expert Service of the Moscow region: history and modernity”, written at the highest scientific level, includes an unprecedented amount of little-known and reliably generalized information.

The author noted that the book was written at the highest scientific level and, undoubtedly, is a significant contribution to the history of the national forensic medical service.

It can be argued that with the publication of the book “Forensic Medical Expert Service of the Moscow Region: History and Modernity”, a whole and reliable picture of the true history of the Moscow Regional forensic medicine is being created, covering the main significant time intervals.

Without a doubt, this work will serve for many years as a source of reliable information for forensic experts, historians and a wide range of people interested in the past, present and future of forensic medicine in Russia.