Gabriel Abramovich Ilizarov is a great scientist and a great adventurer. Biography Current state of the Ilizarov Center

Ilizarov Gabriel Abramovich gave birth Xia June 15, 1921 V Belovezh city, Byelorussian SSR in a large family peasant family. He spent his childhood in a mountain village in the Caucasus. In 1938, he graduated from secondary school as an external student. He continued his further studies at the medical school in Dagestan, and then entered the Crimean Medical Institute.

At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Gavriil Ilizarov was evacuated to Kazakhstan along with his students. He graduated from the Crimean Medical Institute in 1944. Then, as a young specialist, he was sent to the hospital in the village of Dolgovki, Kurgan region. He worked as an air ambulance flight surgeon to provide emergency surgical care to the population.

During his years as a rural doctor, Ilizarov became interested in the problem of bone and soft tissue regeneration in the treatment of limb fractures. In 1951year, he proposed his own method of fusing bones in fractures using an original design - a device for transosseous fixation. He made his first report about this at a meeting of the Kurgan Regional Scientific Society of Surgeons in December 1951. The application for the invention was filed on June 9, 1952, and copyright certificate No. 98471 was issued on June 30, 1954.

New effective ways treatment of injuries and diseases developed by G.A. Ilizarov, allowed to reduce the treatment time and in some cases proved an advantage over the traditional methods of treating orthopedic and traumatological patients that existed before in practical and theoretical medicine. To study the rich practical experience accumulated by Kurgan surgeons, and solving complex medical problems using the Ilizarov method inIn 1966, the Sverdlovsky problem laboratory was created in Kurgan on the basis of the 2nd city hospitalScientific research institute for studying the method of transosseous osteosynthesis. G.A. was appointed head of the laboratory. Ilizarov.

The result of painstaking work was a scientific synthesis of clinical experience as a result experimental research, which G.A. Ilizarov presented in 1968 in his Ph.D. thesis “Compression osteosynthesis using the author’s apparatus.” Academic Council of Perm medical institute highly appreciated Ilizarov's dissertation and awarded him academic degree Doctor of Medical Sciences.

Suggested by G.A. Ilizarov's method could not be limitednarrow research framework. INIn 1969, a new medical institution was created on the basis of the Kurgan Problem Laboratory - a branch of the LNIITO them. R.R. Harmful. And in December 1971, thanks to the enormous scientific achievements of the team headed by G.A. Ilizarov, recognition of the scientific and practical importance of the developments carried out by the institute, the branch, by order of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, was transformed into the Kurgan Research Institute of Experimental and clinical orthopedics and traumatology. Doctor of Medical Sciences G.A. was appointed director of the institute. Ilizarov.KNIIEKOT in 1987 was reorganized into the All-Union Kurgan Scientific Center “Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics” (VKSC “VTO”).

Academician Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov was a bright, extraordinary personality, the permanent director of the All-Union Kurgan Scientific Center “Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics” until July 1992.He became the author of new principles for the treatment of injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The apparatus and treatment methods he invented marked the beginning of a new era in traumatology and orthopedics and gave a powerful impetus to the development of medical science. His merit is that he widely introduced his experience of treatment, created a school of like-minded people to preserve the idea and give it life.

In 1965, Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov was awarded the title “Honored Doctor of the RSFSR” for outstanding services in the field of public health, and in 1976 - the academic title “Professor” in the specialty “traumatology and orthopedics”. In 1978, he was awarded the Lenin Prize for a series of works on the development of a new method of treating patients with injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system, and in 1980 he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. In 1987 G.A. Ilizarov was elected a corresponding member, and in 1991, an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

For services to national healthcare G.A. Ilizarov was awarded three Orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. He was awarded many domestic and foreign awards, medals and prizes: the Order of the Smile, the Order of the Honorary Commander of the Italian Republic; International Prize "Buccheri la Ferta" (small Nobel Prize for outstanding achievements in medicine); Robert Deniz Prize for the most significant works related to surgical treatment fractures, etc. G.A. Ilizarov was an honorary member of SOFKOT, the Association of Traumatologists and Orthopedists of Yugoslavia; societies of traumatologists and orthopedists of Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Italy; was elected an honorary citizen of many cities in foreign countries.

Gabriel Abramovich Ilizarov was actively involved in inventive activity, he has 208 inventions to his credit. In 1975 he was awarded the title “Honored Inventor of the RSFSR”, and in 1985 - “Honored Inventor of the USSR” for inventions that opened up new directions in the development of medical science. In 1989, he was awarded a diploma for the discovery of “The general biological property of tissues to respond to dosed stretching with growth and regeneration,” called the “Ilizarov Effect.”

Great importance G.A. Ilizarov devoted himself to social work. He was elected as a deputy of the district and regional Soviets of Working People's Deputies, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, and a people's deputy of the USSR; participated in the XXV, XXVI, XXVII Congresses of the CPSU, XIX Party Conference.

Gabriel Abramovich Ilizarov chose one of the most difficult areas of medicine - traumatology and orthopedics, but remained faithful to his profession. He devoted his entire life to healing people: he helped thousands of sick people, and restored hope to already despairing people. His name is known throughout the world. Ilizarov sounds the same in all languages. Dozens of books have been written about him, hundreds of publications in periodicals, both in our country and abroad. Famous writers, journalists, and self-taught poets wrote about Ilizarov.

In memory of the outstanding scientist, the Public Foundation named after Academician G.A. was founded in 1993. Ilizarov. In 1994, a monument was unveiled, authored byPeople's Artist of Russia Yu. Chernov. Since 1995, the magazine “Genius of Orthopedics” has been published.

The Museum of the History of the Development of the Center has a huge amount of materials about the labor and scientific activities of a scientist, doctor, and person;documentary evidence reflecting the stages of his great creative path; materials on the history of the Center, photographs and scientific works employees - students of G.A. Ilizarov; videos about the Center, stories from popular medical programs and television shows.

In 2013, Moscow director Galina Yatskina made a film about Gabriel Abramovich"Doctor of Last Resort"

Academician Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov passed away more than 20 years ago, but his work and memory of him remain with us forever.

And we want the Ilizarov Center to be like a ship named after its captain, raising its sails and rushing towards success.

Ilizarov Gabriel Abramovich(06/15/1921, Belovezha - 07/24/1992, Kurgan) - an outstanding Soviet orthopedic surgeon who created an unusual device in the 1950s, thanks to which he was able to revolutionize orthopedics and make amazing discoveries in the field of bone physiology.
The history of medicine does not know many examples when just one scientific discovery would make a revolutionary revolution in established views and considered classical methods treatment, led to the creation of a new scientific and practical direction, as happened in orthopedics and traumatology, thanks to the method of transosseous compression-distraction osteosynthesis proposed by the Kurgan doctor.
To grow a bone the way it should be, along with nerves, blood vessels, and muscles, is a fantastically difficult task. And yet he set himself such a task and achieved success.
The doctor and inventor was born on June 15, 1921 in the village of Belovezha in Belarus, in his mother’s homeland, but was transported to the village of Khusary on the border of Azerbaijan and Dagestan, where he spent his entire childhood. By nationality - Tat. Their poor peasant family had six children, Gabriel was the eldest, and with early years helped his father: grazed cows and sheep, dug ditches. He went to school very late - at the age of 11, but thanks to his amazing mind, he graduated from 4 classes in the first year. After that, he graduated from school with honors and began studying at the workers' faculty in the city of Buinaksk.
At the age of 18, an excellent student was sent to study at the Crimean Medical Institute, and when the Great War began Patriotic War, he was evacuated to Kazakhstan, to the city of Kyzyl-Orda. After graduating from the institute, in 1944 he was sent to the Kurgan region, to the village of Dolgovka, to the regional hospital as the chief and only doctor, from where his journey from a doctor to the director of the Kurgan Scientific Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics began.
This path was very long and difficult. G. A. Ilizarov literally had to prove the importance and feasibility of his invention. Many of his patients

has already restored health and freedom of movement, but scientists and doctors not only from foreign countries, but also in our country, still doubted this method of treatment. However, over time, thanks in no small part to the patients he cured, the world scientific community recognized the effectiveness of this method.
Ilizarov made a breakthrough in medicine by discovering new era in orthopedics. There were devices and various devices before Ilizarov. But only his design gave what no others before him could give. Namely:
- complete comparison of debris;
- high fixation strength;
- maximum blood supply to the damaged bone of the limb;
- preservation of the supporting and motor function of the injured limb, as well as the patient’s ability to walk and care for himself from the first days of treatment.
This device was invented in 1951, and in 1952 Ilizarov applied for a patent “Method of fusing bones in fractures and an apparatus for implementing this method” (author’s certificate N 98471 dated 06/09/1952).
In 1968, Ilizarov received two degrees at once - both a candidate and a doctor of medical sciences. Conditions were created for Gabriel Abramovich and his colleagues for scientific work, for theoretical substantiation and implementation of the results in practical healthcare.
First, a problem laboratory was organized in Kurgan from the Sverdlovsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (1966), Ilizarov was appointed its head, then the laboratory was transformed into a branch of the Leningrad Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics named after R. R. Vreden (1969), and in 1971 the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR transformed the branch into an independent Kurgan Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Orthopedics and Traumatology (KNIIEKOT). In 1987, the institute became All-Union.
The Ilizarov apparatus is used in traumatology for the treatment of diaphyseal and periarticular fractures of varying complexity and location, including open, splintered and gunshot, as well as in aesthetic surgery to increase height by lengthening the tibia or femur. Worthy use is also found for the treatment of congenital and acquired defects, deformations and shortening of limb bones, consequences of injuries, increasing height in systemic skeletal diseases, correction of unequal leg lengths, etc.
Titanic work by G.A. Ilizarova did not go unnoticed. He has received many honorary titles and awards, national and international prizes. He was awarded the honorary title "Honored Doctor of the RSFSR", awarded the Lenin Prize of the USSR in the field of science and technology, and awarded the title of Hero Socialist Labor. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the medal "For Valiant Labor", he was given the highest awards - he is a holder of three Orders of Lenin and many other orders and medals of our country, Italy, France, Jordan, Mongolia, Yugoslavia. At the suggestion of young patients of the Kurgan Institute, an international jury in Warsaw awarded Gabriel Abramovich the Order of Smile in March 1978.
Starting from the first apparatus, G.A. Ilizarov was constantly engaged in inventive work. He has 208 inventions protected by USSR copyright certificates, 18 of them were patented in 10 countries. For his success in this field, he was awarded the title "Honored Inventor of the RSFSR" and "Honored Inventor of the USSR." In addition, he became a laureate of the “Technology - the Chariot of Progress” competition held by the “Inventor and Innovator” magazine. For the presented works he was awarded gold and silver medals and Diplomas of the Exhibition of Achievements National economy THE USSR. He was elected a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and was also an honorary member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences and the Macedonian Academy of Arts. For its international activities in providing medical care foreign citizens, strengthening friendship between peoples different countries he has received many awards. He is an honorary citizen of many cities around the world.
For his great contribution to the development of medical science G.A. Ilizarov was awarded international and national prizes. He is one of the very few doctors in the world who has been awarded the honorary international prize "Buccheri-La Ferla". It is awarded to individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of traumatology and other medical sciences every two years, based on a wide survey of medical scientists from all over the world.
G.A. Ilizarov was an honorary member of SOFKOT (French Society of Surgeons, Orthopedists and Traumatologists), the Association of Orthopedic Traumatologists of Yugoslavia, and the societies of orthopedic traumatologists of Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Italy, and Spain.

G.A. Ilizarov was engaged in extensive social and political activities: he was elected as a deputy of the district and regional Soviets of Workers' Deputies, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, and a people's deputy of the USSR. Participated in the work of the XXV, XXVI, XXVII Congresses of the CPSU, XIX Party Conference. He was a member of the scientific council of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, a member of the Central Council of the All-Union Society of Inventors and Innovators of the USSR, a member of the editorial board of the journal "Orthopedics, Traumatology and Prosthetics", the USSR Cultural Foundation and the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with foreign countries.
G.A. Ilizarov was a bright, extraordinary personality of our time. The uniqueness of his proposals, new ones developed original ways treatment, high, incomparable with any other methods, treatment efficiency and wide geographical representation of patients are the reasons for the extreme popularity of G.A. Ilizarov. There was, perhaps, no agency, newspaper or magazine that did not provide information about Ilizarov. Enthusiastic articles, artistic essays, novels and stories have been written about him, he has become the hero or prototype of many feature films, documentaries and journalistic films, theatrical productions: “Every day of Doctor Kalinnikova”, “Movement”, “Call me, Doctor”, “Doctor Nazarov”, “Happiness has returned to the house”, etc.
Rarely has a doctor been awarded such a high title - “The Man Who Gives Happiness.” This is what they said about Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov. He was also called the “magician from Kurgan”, and the “Michelangelo of orthopedics”, and the “wizard of surgery”.
In 1992, in the seventy-second year of his life, Academician G.A. Ilizarov died suddenly. July 24 is his memorial day. But of course, better memory What became of him was that his work was continued by his disciples.
In 1993, the Russian Scientific Center "Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics" was named after Academician Ilizarov. G. A. Ilizarov’s method, which once seemed like a miracle, is now widely used in all countries of the world. Over 40 Associations for the Study and Application of the External Fixation Method (ASAMI) have been created. Professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Vladimir Ivanovich Shevtsov was elected President of the International ASAMI.
The Ilizarov method allows you to treat any pathology and injury to the musculoskeletal system. Every year, with the help of unique techniques at the Kurgan Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics, about 7 thousand patients return to normal life.
On June 15, 1993, on the initiative of the general director, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Vladimir Ivanovich Shevtsov, a museum of the history of the development of the Center was opened. In the same year, the Foundation named after. G.A. Ilizarov, on the territory of the RRC "WTO" was opened to the founder and creator of the method and center, Academician Ilizarov, and since 1995 in memory of G.A. Ilizarov publishes the scientific, theoretical and practical journal "Genius of Orthopedics".

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an outstanding Soviet orthopedic surgeon who created an unusual device in the 1950s, thanks to which he was able to revolutionize orthopedics and make amazing discoveries in the field of bone physiology. http://www.russika.ru/ef.php?s=4793
The history of medicine does not know many examples when just one scientific discovery would make a revolutionary revolution in established views and considered classical methods of treatment, leading to the creation of a new scientific and practical direction, as happened in orthopedics and traumatology, thanks to the method of transosseous compression-distraction osteosynthesis , proposed by the Kurgan doctor.

Original taken from jlm_taurus in Ilizarov Gabriel Abramovich

"...Gabriil Abramovich Ilizarov he was an ordinary doctor far away in Siberia and did nothing bad to Volkov. But for ten years he has been seeking recognition of his method of treating fractures. In fact, Volkov, the chief traumatologist of the ministry and director of the Central Institute, would have to delve into Ilizarov’s discovery and help him. But instead, on the contrary, he hindered him in everything. Volkov sought to take over the entire Soviet traumatology, and if anyone did something independently without his help and participation, he became his enemy. Volkov’s character was downright jealous like a woman. Ilizarov, on the contrary, had a strong, masculine character: he continued to perform operations using his own method - with a ring apparatus for external fixation of bones, which he invented, and published several interesting articles in scientific journals, made a report at the congress. Ilizarov argued that he had discovered new way regeneration (fusion) bone tissue by slow and measured stretching of the fragments. In our science, this was absolutely new and incomprehensible; it contradicted the accepted teaching, just as Copernicus’ idea about the rotation of the Earth around the Sun contradicted the teaching of the church about the immobility of the Earth.

Although his operations were still being performed only at the Sverdlovsk Institute, but the persistent enthusiast Ilizarov ensured that doctors were sent to him, whom he would teach his method. In general, studying with a provincial doctor without a title and without a scientific degree was unheard of - there were institutes and departments for this. But I remembered how six years ago Ilizarov came to us at Botkinskaya not with the goal of improving, but with the goal of improving us in his method. He was confident that he was right, and it was clear that he had managed to achieve something, bypassing the obstacles that Volkov put in front of him.

Before leaving with me Deputy Director Arkady Kazmin and Secretary of the Party Organization Otar Gudushauri spoke separately. Both were opponents of Ilizarov: Kazmin is a rather dull conservative, an opponent of everything new, and the Georgian Gudushauri, although a good person, himself invented a device for treatment and therefore did not want Ilizarov’s to be used in our country. Each of them gave me such stern instructions that I was even surprised: “Ilizarov is a swindler: he lies all the time, he hasn’t come up with any new method. It's time to bring it to clean water. He proves that his machine is better and that it can lengthen bones. Don’t trust him, don’t succumb to his influence, examine all his patients yourself, check the X-rays, measure with a centimeter tape and write down. And bring us this data."

Ilizarov headed the surgical department Kurgan Hospital for Disabled Persons of the Patriotic War - in an old two-story house with stove heating. After the war, there were so many cripples that a special network of hospitals was created for them and they were called in the military - hospitals. There were eighty patients in the department with forty beds, but most of them did not suffer in the war, but were able to get treatment, like my neighbor on the plane. All, like him, have old ununited fractures of various bones; many have osteomyelitis - a purulent inflammation of the bone. The cramped conditions in the wards are terrible, you can barely walk between the beds, the smell is stale - the walls smell of pus and carbolic acid. He treated all these people with the same method: he performed surgery on them and applied his apparatus with needles drilled through the bone. After this, the device could be stretched or compressed by turning special nuts. These manipulations of the apparatus created stretching or compression of the bone and thereby caused its fusion and even lengthening, if necessary.

I've never seen anything like it anywhere. Over the course of six years, he greatly simplified the apparatus, made it more compact and more efficient. But the manufacturing quality of the devices was low. The medical industry refused to produce them, so everything was made privately by his grateful patients at a local plant for... bus bodies. But a bus and a surgical machine are quite different things. Engineers and technicians came to me, brought machined bolts, nuts and other parts, and discussed new drawings. But their products were more suitable for buses than for surgery.

Ilizarov came to the hospital before dawn, and left by midnight. I got into this rhythm with him: it was interesting, and I wanted to show my interest. Every day I examined dozens of patients with him, assisted him for several hours, and nursed seriously ill patients. Ilizarov operated brilliantly: he performed an osteotomy (dissection) of the bone in twenty minutes (our professors took two to three hours to do this). While we were performing the operation, the nurse brought firewood into the preoperative pile and lit the stove. In such conditions, only the speed of his technique saved patients from infection. Little by little, Ilizarov became more talkative with me: “Well, motherfucker, the regional committee and regional executive committee are inundating me with thieves’ patients—take it, take it.” Now I have three queues: war invalids from all over the Union, regional committee members and people who came on their own. They come from everywhere, but how can you refuse them? Patients who arrived and were discharged settled throughout the city, rented rooms and corners and came for examinations twice a week to continue treatment. They rode buses throughout the city and walked with crutches - Kurgan was the city of Ilizarov.

I did what my bosses told me to do- measured the amount of elongation with the devices using a centimeter tape. And he immediately became convinced that with his method Ilizarov lengthened the bones by ten, fifteen and even more centimeters. This was not described anywhere in the entire world literature - Ilizarov was the first in the world to be able to lengthen bones, while new full-fledged bone tissue was formed. ...I photographed what I saw. But the pictures were unclear due to shadows. Then I began to sketch the position of the apparatus and the stages of manipulating it. There were about forty schematic sketches. Late in the evening in my room at the hotel, I was putting in order the drawings and notes of the day and more and more understood that this one man, Doctor Ilizarov, without a scientific degree or title, did more than our entire institute. His work was new, progressive and forward-looking - just what we lacked. I was amazed at both his achievements and the fact that he worked completely in isolation, without any support.

...what could make Volkov change his attitude towards Ilizarov? The secretaries of the academic council, Tamara and Irina, told Vienna and me about this in great confidence. On the day of that change, they replaced Volkov’s permanent secretary and connected his conversations on the phone. As often happens, the secretaries did not like their boss - because he could be arrogant, and also because he earned a lot (the social stratification of the so-called “classless” Soviet society). One of the phone calls that day was special: “Minister of Health Petrovsky wants to talk to Professor Volkov.” The secretaries connected him, but did not hang up, but began to eavesdrop out of curiosity. The minister said: “Politburo member Shelepin just called me and asked about the operations of some doctor Ilizarov in Kurgan.” He wanted to know if his operations were performed in Moscow. What do you know about Ilizarov and are his surgeries performed at your institute?

The secretaries spoke that Volkov’s voice instantly sank. Still would! If a member of the Politburo and the Minister of Health were interested, he, as the director of the Central Institute, had no right to answer that operations were not performed at the institute - this would incur such anger that could destroy his career. He obsequiously told the minister: “Yes, Boris Vasilyevich, of course, of course, I know Ilizarov’s method very well, and we perform his operations at CITO.” Tamara and Irina, chuckling, sarcastically told each other: “When Volkov hung up, he jumped out of the office, pale as a sheet, with a restless look - where had his usual majesty gone?” He rushed off somewhere, and it was as if he had shit his pants. We couldn't even imagine him being so scared.

Volkov rushed to Kaplan. He was afraid that he had lied to the minister, and if they sent a commission from the ministry to check, then he was obliged to show that he had not lied. He had to make a Potemkin village out of Ilizarov’s apparatus - otherwise he wouldn’t blow his head off. That's why he was excited when he came to my clinic. But a cunning diplomat, even then he pretended to me that it was not his fault, but my fault, that the institute did not perform Ilizarov’s operations...." source: Vladimir Golyakhovsky The path of a surgeon. Half a century in the USSR

"...Then, in 1970 The construction of a new building of the institute finally began, or rather, a complex of buildings - clinical, experimental and laboratory, vivarium, boiler room, catering unit and other ancillary services. I will describe a number of points related to their construction. The complex was founded in the village of Ryabkovo, not far from the second city hospital. Its construction began and was carried out, as I said, at an accelerated pace. The construction was declared a Komsomol project, which meant the participation of youth groups from various organizations cities, including, of course, our branch. I had the opportunity to “crash” at this facility several times. And I did this, I admit honestly, with inner elation and inspiration, like probably most of my colleagues. There is one rather comical episode associated with these Komsomol subbotniks.

It was at that time that D. D. Shostakovich was treated with us. In this regard, Rostropovich came to Kurgan, bringing with him musicians of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic. During the visit, the maestro decided to introduce them to the general construction pathos. Gabriel Abramovich, having learned about this, organized an impromptu cleanup after the performance with guest performers and the press in the front rows. The chief began to show the guests the box of the building under construction. And it was late autumn, when it gets dark quite early in northern Kurgan. Nevertheless, at dusk, Ilizarov quickly led them through the future operating rooms, dressing rooms, laboratories... The excursion led by Rostropovich could barely keep up with him. And suddenly, moving to the next room for one of the supposed and “insanely interesting” services for guests, the “tour guide” himself disappeared somewhere. As if I had failed, it suddenly happened. The guests hesitated in searching for it - after all, the building was still far from complete, some walls, flights of stairs and ceilings were missing. But soon everyone heard a familiar voice behind them. Turning around, we saw Ilizarov, dirty in some red dust, walking up the stairs from the ground floor. To the perplexed question of how he ended up there, he replied that in his haste he did not see the absence of a fragment of the floor on his way and fell to the floor below! By a happy coincidence, he landed in a large pile of expanded clay, poured under the ceiling opening, and did not even hurt himself. Just got pretty dirty. And then, as if nothing had happened, he suggested continuing the inspection.

However, the boss and before and after this incident, he was not only an active participant in the cleanup work, but also closely supervised the construction site as a whole. How dedicated was this then middle-aged man to his work and where did he get his inexhaustible energy from? But that's exactly what he was. I was successful everywhere. He had, as one of the Ministry of Health officials described it, a “bulldog” grip. He lived and “burned” with his brainchild.

And now the building is almost ready, the latest repair and installation work is underway and equipping with medical equipment has begun. Planning meetings are held jointly with the city administration and builders on a weekly basis to review the progress of work. Gabriel Abramovich takes an active part in them. So active that the other parties involved often groan. He constantly finds deficiencies and flaws at a construction site, which, in his opinion, must be corrected and eliminated without fail and urgently. He doesn’t like the finishing materials, plumbing fixtures, he insists on changing the colors of the premises, etc., etc. At one of the on-site planning meetings with the participation of the pre-city executive committee Makhnev, the boss, having become excited and “winding up” everyone else, almost runs around the floors and rooms corps, showing and proving their claims. The commission can barely keep up with him and is almost unable to contradict him. Finally, having gone up to the last, fourth floor and waited for the others, he says that there are still a lot of imperfections left in the attic, and invites everyone to climb there. He himself, of course, has already been there several times and speaks firsthand.

Makhnev, refusing to climb into the attic, reasonably and quite logically objects that to resolve the issue it is enough to send there a construction foreman with the site manager. Let them figure it out and eliminate the shortcomings. Here Ilizarov explodes: “That means I, an Honored Doctor of the RSFSR, Doctor of Medical Sciences, a well-known scientist in the country, can afford to climb into the attic to control your builders, and you, you see, are not able to do the same?!” At first, Makhnev tries in his hearts to convince him that he is wrong. Well, really, why on earth would the pre-city executive committee climb into all the attics under construction in the city? Then, seeing the ineffectiveness of the arguments, he suddenly turns to the foreman and says: “And I’ll ask you to bring me a plank and a rope.” I will hang myself with a rope in the opening of this attic, and on a tablet I will first write: “For my death, I ask you to blame the Honored Doctor of the RSFSR, Doctor of Medical Sciences, a famous scientist in the country...” Everyone laughed in surprise. The situation defused, the commission left, giving the necessary money. u. Preparation of the hull for launch continued.
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The boss’s trips to Moscow and Leningrad are becoming more frequent. The Central Committee of the CPSU, the Ministry of Health of the USSR and the RSFSR, the Ministry of Medical Industry, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Finance, the Council of Ministers of both levels, the Leningrad Scientific Research Institute of Orthopedics, the Committee on Science and Technology - this is by no means a complete list of institutions that he has to visit. And there, as you remember, not everyone is waiting for him with open arms. In most committees and departments, you need to prove, prove, and prove your position again. It seems that there is an understanding at the highest levels of power, it seems that no one officially objects, but “under the carpet”.... I and other employees participate in many of the boss’s trips. We carry out one or another of his instructions, hold technical meetings, and provide explanatory information. On one of these trips, having called in advance, a well-known orthopedist in the country, one of those same CITO “friends,” appeared in our room. He had a rather delicate conversation with his boss, which I witnessed. By that time, Ilizarov had initiated me into many of his “holy of holies,” trusting me in most professional matters.

To avoid looking inhospitable, we quickly organized an impromptu buffet of fruit, breakfast sausage and good cognac. Our Moscow guest also brought cognac with him. From his first phrases it became clear that the purpose of the visit was parliamentary. At that time, the Committee for Lenin and State Prizes was accepting documents for the State Prize. In the field of science and technology, the work of a group of orthopedic scientists on innovative methods of treating bone pathologies was nominated for the prize. The backbone of the group was made up of the first persons of CITO, and ultrasonic cutting and welding of bones appeared as an innovation. At one time there was a lot of noise around this “super-advanced” technology in the special press and even more in the periodical press, but something in it was unfinished (or perhaps the stated results were embellished), and in practice it, as they say, “didn’t work.” was walking." And today, by the way, it’s not working. Understanding the certain “attractiveness” of the clinical effectiveness of the proposed idea and wanting to give greater weight to the collective application, the group of applicants invited Gabriel Abramovich to join their team. This, no doubt, would significantly, if not fundamentally, increase her chances of receiving the award.

By the end of the conversation, which I convey briefly, but in fact lasted several hours, the existing cognac containers were emptied. However, due to the high internal energy of the negotiations, no one was even slightly drunk. Having thought for just a moment about the proposal made, Ilizarov replied that he was very grateful for the trust shown, but would not participate in this event. — As far as I understand, you already have enough reasons to qualify for the prize. Offer if you have something to offer. And I will work in the chosen direction,” he ended his speech with these words. In response, the Muscovite, not without irritation, noted that Gavriil Abramovich would regret this refusal more than once and that he was unlikely to have another such opportunity. “We’ll see about that, Konstantin Mikhailovich,” Ilizarov answered with a smile. “Well, then keep plowing, Gabriel,” the guest said goodbye.

Already wise with some experience scientific and political struggle, I nevertheless did not understand why the boss refused such an obviously attractive offer. At that time, still the director of the branch and not even a professor, he deliberately, in my opinion, missed real opportunity improve your status. I asked him about this. He replied that he did not want to have anything in common with these people in science and believed that he would still receive a worthy assessment of his work. And, as you know, a few years later he received such an assessment, becoming a laureate of the Lenin Prize, the highest state prize of Soviet times, about which I will say a few words later. Why was he so sure? Because, obviously, it was Ilizarov, and his faith in the rightness of the idea and his cause was fanatical and unshakable in a good way.

Despite numerous trips and meetings, the issue of reforming the Leningrad branch into an independent Kurgan institute stalled. To be objective, we must admit that there is some redundancy in the boss’s claims regarding the timing of resolving this issue. He was in too much of a hurry, he wanted to see his brainchild in its final form too soon. To those who knew from the inside the whole background of the development of events, the reasons for his haste were clear and obvious. By that time, it was already the nineteenth year of using the device, and therefore the existence of the method. From the first day, Gabriel Abramovich was convinced of the need for the speedy and widespread implementation of his brainchild. And now there have been nineteen years of hopes and expectations, nineteen years of incessant “fights,” evidence, explanations, convictions and refutations. But an official, a clerk, shuffling thousands of papers, cannot penetrate into the essence of each of the cases under consideration and understand the people’s emotions associated with it. The bureaucratic mechanism is very difficult to lift. And when such a major decision lies ahead, when so many authorities are involved in it, only the presence of a “steady hand” from the highest echelons of power can be the key to the speedy implementation of the task.

Like that, I think, Gabriel Abramovich reasoned at that time. And he undertook to carry out a very difficult, but perhaps the most effective strategic move in achieving his goal. Through various channels, he initiated a meeting with Alexander Nikolaevich Shelepin, a member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee. For those who remember socialist times, there is no need to explain what the Politburo was and how influential its members were. For the rest, I will say that these were Soviet “celestials”, since it was the Politburo, and not the declarative Supreme Council of the USSR and not even personally Secretary General The CPSU Central Committee really ruled the country. It included 15 of the most authoritative figures of the Central Committee, including the Secretary General. Each of them oversaw one or another sector or branch of the country's life. Critically important foreign and domestic policy issues were resolved collegiately at meetings. Each of its members resolved issues of lesser importance on the scale of their “fiefdom” on behalf of the Politburo. His word in such cases was final, subject to unquestioning execution. The opinion of a member of the Politburo on a particular issue, expressed within his competence, did not have the right to be interpreted in two ways even by the relevant minister of the USSR. This was the unwritten but immutable order. The boss decided to take advantage of this to speed up the resolution of the issue regarding the institute.

Preparation for such a high-profile meeting he went through all the channels possible for himself. He put into action all the connections that were quite extensive at that time. The main “walkers” in the Central Committee were, of course, his eminent patients, influential personalities close to them or well known. The aforementioned chairman of the Soviet Women's Committee, Irina Levchenko, played a very important role in this process. This influential, very decent and principled woman was personally acquainted with Shelepin, who was then in charge of medicine, among other issues. In addition, she was a member of both the Council of Ministers and the apparatus of the CPSU Central Committee, and there she also carried out very significant preparations. Many other acquaintances of Gabriel Abramovich also took part in this preparatory process, each making their contribution to bringing the meeting closer. And finally, the day for the meeting with Shelepin was set.

Report for the meeting I was almost ready by this time. Vasily Ledyaev and I flew to the capital with Gabriel Abramovich. Already in Moscow, we decided that for such a high-profile meeting the chef needed to purchase a particularly decent suit appropriate for the occasion. He addressed this question to the special department of GUM. I’ll tell you separately about the trip there, since this story with the costume is not without a share of irony.

The meeting took place in the conference hall main building of the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions, one of the sectors public life country, also sponsored by Shelepin. The meeting was attended by leaders and representatives of various authorities related to the problem under consideration. Here were the director of the Leningrad Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, the deputy director of the CITO for clinical work (the director, the main one, by the way, from the “Moscow friends”, having learned about the meeting, “ended up” on sick leave with a heart attack), the first deputy minister of medical industry of the USSR, the minister of health of the RSFSR and the deputy minister of health USSR, deputy editor of the journal “Orthopedics, Traumatology and Prosthetics” (editor, Academician Korzh also “suddenly” fell ill), editor of the “Medical Newspaper” and journalists from several central newspapers. Shelepin alone sat on the presidium. Short in stature, rustic in appearance, agile and very reasonable, he in no way resembled a nobleman or party boss. However, as the meeting progressed, I became well aware of the power of his influence.

Having greeted and introduced the majority of those gathered, he voiced the main goal of the meeting - to consider the feasibility of organizing an independent research institute of traumatology and orthopedics on the basis of the LNIITO branch in Kurgan. Then he gave the floor to Gabriel Abramovich. He made a 20-minute message. Then Shelepin began to personally raise officials and other meeting participants from their seats and ask them questions. Judging by the questions, as well as by his remarks and comments, it soon became obvious to everyone that he was well aware of the main details of the problem at hand and, most importantly, that there was most likely already a solution to it. But before that, he apparently still wanted to find out the attitude of the invited officials to the problem and express his opinion on this matter.

In particular, by raising the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Medical Industry, began to find out why the Ilizarov apparatus is still not produced at the enterprises of the relevant ministry. At the same time, he suggested that in this way it is possible to easily meet the growing needs of domestic surgeons and, moreover, to seriously replenish the industry’s foreign exchange reserves by selling the device abroad. He responded by referring to the specifics of the grade of steel required for the device, which was said to be very difficult to find in the required quantities. To which Shelepin noted that the day before he asked the Ministry of Heavy Industry and Metallurgy about the production volumes of the required grade of steel and found out that the domestic metallurgical industry produces hundreds of thousands of tons of it per year. The official from the Ministry of Medical Industry could not find an answer and, discouraged, sat down.

Then Alexander Nikolaevich addressed the deputy editor of our professional magazine, noting with displeasure the absence of a “grand editor.” He asked why articles by employees of the Kurgan branch had not been published for so long, and whether there was some kind of editorial bias in this. The respondent referred to the very large editorial portfolio and limited technical capabilities of the publishing house. In response, Shelepin advised the editors to promptly contact the departments responsible for the development of special periodicals, and not limit the progress of domestic science with their passivity. And he recommended that these words be conveyed to the editor of the magazine personally.

Then I asked the director of LNIIITO Professor Balakina’s vision of the prospects for creating an institute in Kurgan and its usefulness for the health care of the republic and the country as a whole. Having heard a more than positive forecast, he asked why the parent institute and its leadership had been inactive for so long in promoting the Ilizarov method into widespread practice. And he emphasized that after this meeting the situation should change radically.

And so he asked and gave his recommendations and resume to almost all those invited. It was the first time I had attended a meeting of this level and I remember well the impression that this man’s authority made on me. With outward simplicity, he completely calmly, without raising his voice even a semitone, dotted the i’s in the actions of ministers and other high-ranking officials, and they silently accepted it, embarrassed and not trying to object.

During the break he invited Gavriil Abramovich and me to his office, treated us to tea. Having asked if we smoked, he offered to light a cigarette and took out a pack of... Novost cigarettes, inexpensive, Soviet-made, from his jacket pocket. Seeing my frank surprise, he smiled and, opening a desk drawer full of various imported cigarettes, offered them to choose from. He himself lit a cigarette, citing his long-standing habit of it. At the same time, I did not notice any posture or hint of superiority in his behavior.

After the break he read out a resolution, apparently prepared in advance, on the issue under consideration. It contained the words that, by decision of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, a research institute of traumatology and orthopedics of the first category would be organized in Kurgan, for which an appropriate preparatory work at the level of interested ministries and departments. The deadline for execution of the decision is six months. A colossal amount of funds for those times was allocated for this project - 18 million rubles. The Minister of Health of the RSFSR, Trofimov, was personally entrusted with overseeing the implementation of the project. If any difficult issues arose, Shelepin expressed his readiness to take part in their discussion, for which Gavriil Abramovich was provided with direct communication with his secretariat. Even Ilizarov himself did not expect such an outcome of the meeting...
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So, such a positive outcome Even Gavriil Abramovich did not expect a meeting with Shelepin. And he and all of us together were once again pleasantly pleased with the long-awaited decision. Once again I note the chronological compression of the pace of development of the service. If it took Uchitel ten years to organize a problem laboratory, four years to organize a branch of LNIITO, then only three to create an independent institute (of the first category). The scale of the problems increased, and their solution accelerated over time. This was a manifestation of another phenomenon of the Teacher’s personality. As his brainchild grew and developed, and the problems and tasks that arose became globalized, he became more demanding of himself and his subordinates, and became even tougher in his actions and deeds. Strictly and mercilessly suppressing dishonesty and sabotage among employees in relation to official duties, he thus achieved the required pace and quality of the team’s work. It was difficult, sometimes prohibitively, but at the same time endlessly and excitingly interesting. Indescribable feelings...

Under such intense conditions The boss did not forget about the completely prosaic side of the life of his subordinates. This refers to the conditions of their life and recreation. He was one of the first among the heads of Kurgan medical institutions to secure the allocation of service buses for employees, most of whom lived in the city, quite far from the village of Ryabkovo. He was also the first, when he was still a branch, to build departmental housing - a five-story apartment building in a village near the clinic. For the “top management” of the service, that is, for the first cohort, he “knocked out” improved housing in the regional executive committee. In the future, after the organization of the institute, three more departmental houses will be built on his initiative, where the families of the majority of the institution’s employees will be able to live. By the way, he did not forget about the “vehicles” of his students. The first “Zaporozhtsy - ZAZ 968M”, which had just begun to be produced, was also acquired by a number of heads of departments of the institute thanks to the petition of the boss.

Even in small matters he never missed an opportunity to please us with something. Once, Gabriel Abramovich and I were at a reception with the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR Solomentsev on the issues of equipping the institute with additionally required equipment. Having discussed the problem as a whole and positively resolved its main aspects, Solomentsev, ending the meeting, asked Ilizarov if he had any other questions. “Yes, there is,” he answered unexpectedly and continued: “Now the World Hockey Championship is taking place in Moscow, and my colleague Anatoly Grigorievich is a big fan and fan of it.” Could you get him tickets to a couple of matches of our national team? I was a little taken aback. Indeed, at that time I and many of my colleagues were keenly interested in hockey, and naturally everyone wanted to attend the World Championship. However, I could not even imagine that the boss would talk to such a high-ranking official about completely irrelevant trifles. And he had time to think about them too. Solomentsev, by the way, then ordered that I be given an entrance ticket to the diplomatic podium.

After a significant meeting at the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions events changed their tone. Everything began to move more smoothly and rhythmically: the completion of construction, the launch of the first stage of a new building for the branch, coordination between various authorities, the adoption of intermediate decisions, and the issuance of necessary resolutions. Of course, after all, Shelepin’s resolution with the decision to organize the institute and provide the necessary assistance in this matter was distributed to all relevant services, institutions and authorities. And finally, three or four months after the meeting, in December 1971, a Resolution of the RSFSR Council of Ministers was issued on transformation of the LNIITO branch into the Kurgan Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Orthopedics and Traumatology (KNIIEKOT). Doctor of Medical Sciences G. A. Ilizarov was appointed director.

On the formation of the institute Very substantial funds were allocated. At the same time, much attention is paid to the creation of its material base, the training of scientific personnel and the development of new original methods of treating orthopedic and trauma patients. It was planned to intensify clinical, experimental and theoretical research, for which it was planned to deploy electron microscopic, histo- and biochemical, morphometric, radioisotope and some other laboratories. The construction of a morphological building for these services, as well as two vivariums for 150 dogs, was planned and then carried out. Soon after the organization of the institute, the second stage of the clinical building was put into operation, as a result the hospital capacity reached almost 300 beds. The institute then became one of the largest in the country.

The boss would be here relax a little yourself and give your deputies and the team as a whole a break... Whatever. The work continued to be very, very stressful. The operational workload on leading surgeons increased, the number of patients consulted increased, and the pace of research work did not slow down at all. On the contrary, transformations in connection with the transition of the institution to a new organizational level - strengthening and equipping the experimental department, increasing the bed capacity and profiles of hospitals, strengthening the staff - with the continued high demands of management on work, led to a significant increase in scientific and theoretical production. Beginning in 1970, first one or two candidate's papers per year began to be published annually, and since 1976, five to seven or more. The institute gradually turned into a real forge of scientists.

Along with dissertation research employees have produced numerous guidelines on carrying out again and again developed methods. The number of the latter grew like a snowball, demonstrating the widest therapeutic capabilities of the method. The use of the device extended to all new anatomical areas and all new types of injuries and diseases musculoskeletal system. The number of inventions increased proportionally. Subsequently, the chief, for the first time among physicians, will be awarded the title “Honored Inventor of the USSR.”

Foreign awards:

Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov(June 15, Bialowieza Voivodeship of the Second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland) - July 24, Kurgan) - an outstanding Soviet orthopedic surgeon, inventor, Doctor of Medical Sciences (), professor.

Biography

Gabriel Abramovich Ilizarov was born the eldest of six children into a poor Jewish family in Bialowieza, Bialystok Voivodeship of the Second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where his mother’s family lived and where his father settled after serving in the Red Army during the Civil War. The father of the future surgeon Abram Elizarov, of Mountain Jewish origin, came from Kusar; mother - Golda Abramovna Rosenblum, of Ashkenazi origin - from Belovezh. When he was seven years old, the family moved to his father’s homeland in Kusary, where the future surgeon graduated from an eight-year school, then from the Buinaksk Medical Training Faculty. .

Being the head of the surgical department of the Kurgan regional hospital for war invalids, where hundreds of soldiers with the consequences of bone injuries, for whom the treatment provided practically no results, passed before his eyes, G. A. Ilizarov proposed his own, fundamentally new method of fusing bones in fractures. The novelty of the proposed method and the apparatus for its implementation are confirmed by the author's certificate. The use of the Ilizarov apparatus has increased efficiency and significantly reduced the time required to treat fractures. Extensive practice has made it possible to expand the range of application of the device.
Invented in 1950 by G. A. Ilizarov, the transosseous compression-distraction device harmoniously combines stable fixation of bone fragments with the control of complex biological processes of bone tissue development (its compression (“compression”) or stretching (“distraction”)). The device consists of metal “rings” on which “wires” are attached, passing through the bone tissue. The rings are connected by mechanical rods, allowing them to change their orientation at a rate of about one millimeter per day. The Ilizarov apparatus is a universal dynamic design that allows creating optimal medical, biological and mechanical conditions for both bone fusion and anatomical and functional restoration of the musculoskeletal system. Counting on wide application of his apparatus, G. A. Ilizarov unified its components and parts. For each case, doctors assemble their own special type of device from a very limited number of parts. The device is used to treat injuries, fractures, and congenital deformations of bone tissue. It is also used for “aesthetic” operations in anthropometric (orthopedic) cosmetology to lengthen and straighten the legs.

It took a long time for the method of transosseous osteosynthesis developed by G. A. Ilizarov to gain universal recognition. For outstanding achievements, Ilizarov was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences without receiving the title of candidate. The defense of the dissertation took place in Perm in September 1968. The dissertation summarized the experience accumulated over many years in the successful treatment of thousands of patients. Based on a comprehensive analysis, the discovery of certain patterns in the growth and regeneration of tissues was made, which made it possible to lengthen limbs and restore missing parts of the limbs, including the foot and fingers. This work created a real sensation.

G. A. Ilizarov obtained the first positive results in experiments on restoring the function of the spinal cord after surgical partial (almost complete) transection. Never before, not only in our country, but nowhere in the world, have such basic research in traumatology and orthopedics.

The evidence of novelty in the works of G. A. Ilizarov is undeniable and unique. All this allowed Soviet orthopedics and traumatology to take a leading position in the world. To preserve it in the future, the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR, by Resolution No. 1098 of September 24, 1987, reorganized the Kurgan Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Orthopedics and Traumatology into the All-Union Kurgan Scientific Center “Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics” with a head office in Kurgan and branches in the Moscow region , cities of Leningrad, Volgograd, Kazan, Ufa, Krasnodar, Sverdlovsk, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok.

Since 1982, the triumphant march and introduction of the Ilizarov method into practice in leading foreign countries began. Foreign press gives Ilizarov the enthusiastic title of “Michelangelo in orthopedics.” Invitations to visit Spain, France, England, the USA, Mexico and other countries poured in. The Italian company Medical Plastic buys a license for the right to manufacture and sell the Ilizarov apparatus in the countries Western Europe, as well as in Brazil and Argentina. The Italian ASAMI (Association for the Study of the Ilizarov Apparatus and Method) decides to conduct permanent international courses on teaching this method. G. A. Ilizarov was unanimously approved as the course director. ASAMI are created in Spain, France, Belgium, Portugal, and then in Mexico, the USA and other countries (G. A. Ilizarov visited more than thirty countries around the world, participating in scientific conferences, giving lectures, teaching and performing operations). Constantly expanding international connections Kurgan NIIEKOT with foreign medical and scientific institutions. Many foreign citizens come to Kurgan for treatment.

G. A. Ilizarov was awarded many honorary titles and awards, national and international prizes. He was awarded the honorary title "Honored Doctor of the RSFSR", awarded the Lenin Prize of the USSR in the field of science and technology, and awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the medal “For Valiant Labor in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.I. Lenin”, he was awarded the highest awards of the USSR - the Order of Lenin. Since the first device, G. A. Ilizarov has been constantly engaged in inventive work. He has 208 inventions protected by USSR copyright certificates, 18 of them were patented in 10 countries. For his success in this field, he was awarded the title “Honored Inventor of the RSFSR” and “Honored Inventor of the USSR.” In addition, he became a laureate of the “Technology - Chariot of Progress” competition held by the “Inventor and Innovator” magazine. For his submitted works, he was awarded gold and silver medals and Diplomas from the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR. In addition, G. A. Ilizarov was elected a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and was also an honorary member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences and the Macedonian Academy of Arts. For his international activities in providing medical assistance to foreign citizens and strengthening friendship between the peoples of different countries, he received many awards. For his great contribution to the development of medical science, G. A. Ilizarov was awarded international and national prizes. G. A. Ilizarov was an honorary member of SOFKOT (French Society of Surgeons, Orthopedists and Traumatologists), the Association of Yugoslavia, societies of Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and Italy.

G. A. Ilizarov was engaged in extensive activities: he was elected as a deputy of the district and regional Soviets of Working People's Deputies, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, and a people's deputy of the USSR. Participated in the work of the XXV, XXVI, XXVII Congresses of the CPSU, XIX Party Conference. He was a member of the scientific council of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, a member of the Central Council of the All-Union Society of Inventors and Innovators of the USSR, a member of the editorial board of the journal “Orthopedics, Traumatology and Prosthetics”, the USSR Cultural Foundation and the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Under the leadership of G. A. Ilizarov, 52 candidate and 7 doctoral dissertations were defended.

Enthusiastic articles, artistic essays, novels and stories have been written about Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov; he has become the hero or prototype of many feature films and theatrical productions: “Every day of Doctor Kalinnikova”, “Movement”, “Call me, Doctor”, “Doctor Nazarov”, “Happiness has returned to the house” and others.

In 1992, at the seventy-second year of his life, Academician G. A. Ilizarov died suddenly of heart failure. He was buried in Kurgan in the cemetery of the village of Ryabkovo.

Family

G. A. Ilizarov had a son, Alexander, and two daughters, Maria and Svetlana, from different marriages. Son - Alexander Gavrilovich Ilizarov (born 1947), engineer-architect in Novosibirsk. Daughter - Svetlana Gavrilovna Ilizarova (born 1962), rehabilitation physician and physiotherapist in New York, candidate of medical sciences, co-editor of the collection “Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery” (2006).

Memory

• In 1982, astronomer of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Lyudmila Karachkina named the asteroid 3750 Ilizarov, discovered by her on October 14, 1982.
• In September 1988, artist Israil Tsvaygenbaum flew to the city of Kurgan, where he spent 6 days with Dr. Ilizarov to make sketches. Tsvaygenbaum worked on sketches in Dr. Ilizarov's office. Later, Tsvaigenbaum gave the portrait as a gift to Dr. G. A. Ilizarov.
• On June 15, 1993, on the initiative of the General Director of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Vladimir Ivanovich Shevtsov, a museum of the history of the development of the Ilizarov Center was opened.
• In 1993, the Foundation named after. G. A. Ilizarova.
• A monument to the founder and creator of the method and center, Academician G. A. Ilizarov, was unveiled on the territory of the RRC “WTO”.
• Since 1995, in memory of G. A. Ilizarov, the practical magazine “Genius of Orthopedics” has been published.
• In 2011, a Russian postal envelope dedicated to Ilizarov was issued.
• In 2011, in Kurgan, director Andrei Romanov filmed documentary“He dedicated his life to people,” dedicated to the 90th anniversary of G. A. Ilizarov. The film received the prize of the Head of the city of Kamensk-Uralsky M. S. Astakhov at the Third International Tourist Film Festival “Rendezvous with Russia” in the cities of Verkhoturye and Kamensk-Uralsky (2012).

Essays

• Ilizarov G.A. Blood supply to the spine and the influence of changes in trophism and load on its shape. - Chelyabinsk, 1981.
• Ilizarov G.A. October in my destiny / Lit. recording by V. Gavrishin. - Chelyabinsk: South Ural Book Publishing House, 1987. - 216 p.
• Treatment of flexion contractures of the knee and ankle joints / Compiled by G. A. Ilizarov and A. A. Devyatov. - Kurgan, 1971. - 14 p. - 3,000 copies.
• Transosseous compression and distraction osteosynthesis in traumatology and orthopedics / Responsible. ed. G. A. Ilizarov. Collection of scientific works. Issue 1. - Kurgan: Soviet Trans-Urals, 1972. - 344 p.

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The next day, the troops gathered in the appointed places in the evening and set out at night. It was an autumn night with black-purple clouds, but no rain. The ground was wet, but there was no mud, and the troops marched without noise, only the occasional clink of artillery could be faintly heard. They forbade talking loudly, smoking pipes, lighting fires; the horses were kept from neighing. The mystery of the enterprise increased its appeal. People walked cheerfully. Some of the columns stopped, put their guns in their trestles and lay down on the cold ground, believing that they had come to the right place; some (most) columns walked all night and, obviously, went to the wrong place.
Count Orlov Denisov with the Cossacks (the most insignificant detachment of all the others) alone ended up in their place and at their time. This detachment stopped at the extreme edge of the forest, on the path from the village of Stromilova to Dmitrovskoye.
Before dawn, Count Orlov, who had dozed off, was awakened. They brought a defector from the French camp. This was a Polish non-commissioned officer of Poniatowski's corps. This non-commissioned officer explained in Polish that he had defected because he had been wronged in his service, that he should have been an officer long ago, that he was braver than everyone else and therefore abandoned them and wanted to punish them. He said that Murat was spending the night a mile away from them and that if they gave him a hundred men as an escort, he would take him alive. Count Orlov Denisov consulted with his comrades. The offer was too flattering to refuse. Everyone volunteered to go, everyone advised me to try. After many disputes and considerations, Major General Grekov with two Cossack regiments decided to go with a non-commissioned officer.
“Well, remember,” Count Orlov Denisov said to the non-commissioned officer, releasing him, “if you lied, I’ll have you hanged like a dog, but the truth is a hundred ducats.”
The non-commissioned officer with a decisive look did not answer these words, sat on horseback and rode off with Grekov, who had quickly gathered. They disappeared into the forest. Count Orlov, shaking from the freshness of the morning that was beginning to break, excited by what he had started on his own responsibility, having seen Grekov off, came out of the forest and began to look around the enemy camp, which was now visible deceptively in the light of the beginning of the morning and the dying fires. To the right of Count Orlov Denisov, along the open slope, our columns should have appeared. Count Orlov looked there; but despite the fact that they would have been noticeable from afar, these columns were not visible. In the French camp, as it seemed to Count Orlov Denisov, and especially according to his very vigilant adjutant, they began to stir.
“Oh, really, it’s late,” said Count Orlov, looking at the camp. Suddenly, as often happens, after the person we trust is no longer in front of his eyes, it suddenly became completely clear and obvious to him that the non-commissioned officer is a deceiver, that he lied and will only ruin the whole attack by the absence of these two regiments, whom he will lead God knows where. Is it possible to snatch the commander-in-chief from such a mass of troops?
“Really, he’s lying, this scoundrel,” said the count.
“We can turn it back,” said one of the retinue, who, like Count Orlov Denisov, felt distrust of the enterprise when he looked at the camp.
- A? Right?..what do you think, or leave it? Or not?
-Would you like to turn it back?
- Turn back, turn back! - Count Orlov suddenly said decisively, looking at his watch, “it will be late, it’s quite light.”
And the adjutant galloped through the forest after Grekov. When Grekov returned, Count Orlov Denisov, excited by this canceled attempt, and by the vain wait for the infantry columns, which still did not show up, and by the proximity of the enemy (all the people of his detachment felt the same), decided to attack.
He commanded in a whisper: “Sit down!” They distributed themselves, crossed themselves...
- With God blessing!
“Hurray!” - there was a rustle through the forest, and, one hundred after another, as if pouring out of a bag, the Cossacks flew cheerfully with their darts at the ready, across the stream to the camp.
One desperate, frightened cry from the first Frenchman who saw the Cossacks - and everyone in the camp, unclothed and sleepy, abandoned their cannons, rifles, horses and ran anywhere.
If the Cossacks had pursued the French, not paying attention to what was behind and around them, they would have taken Murat and everything that was there. The bosses wanted this. But it was impossible to move the Cossacks from their place when they got to the booty and prisoners. Nobody listened to the commands. One thousand five hundred prisoners, thirty-eight guns, banners and, most importantly for the Cossacks, horses, saddles, blankets and various items were immediately taken. All this had to be dealt with, the prisoners and guns had to be seized, the booty had to be divided, shouting, even fighting among themselves: the Cossacks did all this.
The French, no longer being pursued, began to gradually come to their senses, gathered in teams and began to shoot. Orlov Denisov expected all the columns and did not advance further.
Meanwhile, according to the disposition: “die erste Colonne marschiert” [the first column is coming (German)], etc., the infantry troops of the late columns, commanded by Bennigsen and controlled by Toll, set out as they should and, as always happens, arrived somewhere , but not where they were assigned. As always happens, people who had gone out cheerfully began to stop; Displeasure was heard, a sense of confusion was heard, and we moved somewhere back. The adjutants and generals who galloped by shouted, got angry, quarreled, said that they were in the wrong place and were late, scolded someone, etc., and finally, everyone gave up and left only to go somewhere else. “We’ll come somewhere!” And indeed, they came, but not to the right place, and some went there, but were so late that they came without any benefit, only to be shot at. Toll, who in this battle played the role of Weyrother at Austerlitz, diligently galloped from place to place and everywhere found everything topsy-turvy. So he galloped towards Baggovut’s corps in the forest, when it was already quite daylight, and this corps should have been there long ago, with Orlov Denisov. Excited, upset by the failure and believing that someone was to blame for this, Tol galloped up to the corps commander and sternly began to reproach him, saying that he should be shot for this. Baggovut, an old, militant, calm general, also exhausted by all the stops, confusions, contradictions, to the surprise of everyone, completely contrary to his character, flew into a rage and said unpleasant things to Tolya.
“I don’t want to take lessons from anyone, but I know how to die with my soldiers no worse than anyone else,” he said and went forward with one division.
Having entered the field under French shots, the excited and brave Baggovut, not realizing whether his entry into the matter now was useful or useless, and with one division, went straight and led his troops under the shots. Danger, cannonballs, bullets were exactly what he needed in his angry mood. One of the first bullets killed him, the next bullets killed many soldiers. And his division stood for some time under fire without benefit.

Meanwhile, another column was supposed to attack the French from the front, but Kutuzov was with this column. He knew well that nothing but confusion would come out of this battle that had begun against his will, and, as far as it was in his power, he held back the troops. He didn't move.
Kutuzov rode silently on his gray horse, lazily responding to proposals to attack.
“You’re all about attacking, but you don’t see that we don’t know how to do complex maneuvers,” he said to Miloradovich, who asked to go forward.
“They didn’t know how to take Murat alive in the morning and arrive at the place on time: now there’s nothing to do!” - he answered the other.
When Kutuzov was informed that in the rear of the French, where, according to the Cossacks’ reports, there had been no one before, there were now two battalions of Poles, he glanced back at Yermolov (he had not spoken to him since yesterday).
“They ask for an offensive, they propose various projects, but as soon as you get down to business, nothing is ready, and the forewarned enemy takes his own measures.”
Ermolov narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly when he heard these words. He realized that the storm had passed for him and that Kutuzov would limit himself to this hint.
“He’s having fun at my expense,” Ermolov said quietly, nudging Raevsky, who was standing next to him, with his knee.
Soon after this, Ermolov moved forward to Kutuzov and respectfully reported:
- Time has not been lost, your lordship, the enemy has not left. What if you order an attack? Otherwise the guards won’t even see the smoke.
Kutuzov said nothing, but when he was informed that Murat’s troops were retreating, he ordered an offensive; but every hundred steps he stopped for three quarters of an hour.
The whole battle consisted only in what Orlov Denisov’s Cossacks did; the rest of the troops only lost several hundred people in vain.
As a result of this battle, Kutuzov received a diamond badge, Bennigsen also received diamonds and a hundred thousand rubles, others, according to their ranks, also received a lot of pleasant things, and after this battle even new movements were made at headquarters.
“This is how we always do things, everything is topsy-turvy!” - Russian officers and generals said after the Battle of Tarutino, - exactly the same as they say now, making it feel like someone stupid is doing it this way, inside out, but we wouldn’t do it that way. But people who say this either do not know the matter they are talking about or are deliberately deceiving themselves. Every battle - Tarutino, Borodino, Austerlitz - is not carried out as its managers intended. This is an essential condition.
An innumerable number of free forces (for nowhere is a person freer than during a battle, where it is a matter of life and death) influences the direction of the battle, and this direction can never be known in advance and never coincides with the direction of any one force.
If many, simultaneously and variously directed forces act on some body, then the direction of movement of this body cannot coincide with any of the forces; and there will always be an average, shortest direction, what in mechanics is expressed by the diagonal of a parallelogram of forces.
If in the descriptions of historians, especially French ones, we find that their wars and battles are carried out according to a certain plan in advance, then the only conclusion that we can draw from this is that these descriptions are not correct.
The Tarutino battle, obviously, did not achieve the goal that Tol had in mind: in order to bring troops into action according to disposition, and the one that Count Orlov could have had; to capture Murat, or the goals of instantly exterminating the entire corps, which Bennigsen and other persons could have, or the goals of an officer who wanted to get involved and distinguish himself, or a Cossack who wanted to acquire more booty than he acquired, etc. But , if the goal was what actually happened, and what was a common desire for all Russian people then (the expulsion of the French from Russia and the extermination of their army), then it will be completely clear that the Tarutino battle, precisely because of its inconsistencies, was the same , which was needed during that period of the campaign. It is difficult and impossible to imagine any outcome of this battle that would be more expedient than the one it had. With the least tension, with the greatest confusion and with the most insignificant loss, the greatest results of the entire campaign were achieved, the transition from retreat to offensive was made, the weakness of the French was exposed and the impetus that Napoleon’s army had only been waiting for to begin their flight was given.

Napoleon enters Moscow after a brilliant victory de la Moskowa; there can be no doubt about victory, since the battlefield remains with the French. The Russians retreat and give up the capital. Moscow, filled with provisions, weapons, shells and untold riches, is in the hands of Napoleon. Russian army, twice as weak as the French, does not make a single attempt to attack for a month. Napoleon's position is most brilliant. In order to fall with double forces on the remnants of the Russian army and destroy it, in order to negotiate an advantageous peace or, in case of refusal, to make a threatening move towards St. Petersburg, in order to even, in case of failure, return to Smolensk or Vilna , or stay in Moscow - in order, in a word, to maintain the brilliant position in which the French army was at that time, it would seem that no special genius is needed. To do this, it was necessary to do the simplest and easiest thing: to prevent the troops from looting, to prepare winter clothes, which would be enough in Moscow for the entire army, and to properly collect the provisions that were in Moscow for more than six months (according to French historians) for the entire army. Napoleon, this most brilliant of geniuses and who had the power to control the army, as historians say, did nothing of this.
Not only did he not do any of this, but, on the contrary, he used his power to choose from all the paths of activity that were presented to him that which was the stupidest and most destructive of all. Of all the things that Napoleon could do: winter in Moscow, go to St. Petersburg, go to Nizhny Novgorod, go back, north or south, the way that Kutuzov later went - well, whatever he could come up with, was stupider and more destructive than what he did Napoleon, that is, to remain in Moscow until October, leaving the troops to plunder the city, then, hesitating, to leave or not to leave the garrison, to leave Moscow, to approach Kutuzov, not to start a battle, to go to the right, to reach Maly Yaroslavets, again without experiencing the chance of breaking through , to go not along the road that Kutuzov took, but to go back to Mozhaisk and along the devastated Smolensk road - nothing more stupid than this, nothing more destructive for the army could be imagined, as the consequences showed. Let the most skillful strategists come up with, imagining that Napoleon’s goal was to destroy his army, come up with another series of actions that would, with the same certainty and independence from everything that the Russian troops did, would destroy the entire French army like what Napoleon did.
The genius Napoleon did it. But to say that Napoleon destroyed his army because he wanted it, or because he was very stupid, would be just as unfair as to say that Napoleon brought his troops to Moscow because he wanted it, and because that he was very smart and brilliant.
In both cases, his personal activity, which had no more power than the personal activity of each soldier, only coincided with the laws according to which the phenomenon took place.
It is completely false (only because the consequences did not justify Napoleon’s activities) that historians present to us Napoleon’s forces as weakened in Moscow. He, just as before and after, in the 13th year, used all his skill and strength to do the best for himself and his army. Napoleon's activities during this time were no less amazing than in Egypt, Italy, Austria and Prussia. We do not know truly the extent to which Napoleon’s genius was real in Egypt, where forty centuries they looked at his greatness, because all these great exploits were described to us only by the French. We cannot correctly judge his genius in Austria and Prussia, since information about his activities there must be drawn from French and German sources; and the incomprehensible surrender of corps without battles and fortresses without siege should incline the Germans to recognize genius as the only explanation for the war that was waged in Germany. But, thank God, there is no reason for us to recognize his genius in order to hide our shame. We paid for the right to look at the matter simply and directly, and we will not give up this right.
His work in Moscow is as amazing and ingenious as everywhere else. Orders after orders and plans after plans emanate from him from the time he entered Moscow until he left it. The absence of residents and deputations and the very fire of Moscow do not bother him. He does not lose sight of the welfare of his army, nor the actions of the enemy, nor the welfare of the peoples of Russia, nor the administration of the valleys of Paris, nor diplomatic considerations about the upcoming conditions of peace.

In military terms, immediately upon entering Moscow, Napoleon strictly orders General Sebastiani to monitor the movements of the Russian army, sends corps along different roads and orders Murat to find Kutuzov. Then he diligently gives orders to strengthen the Kremlin; then he makes an ingenious plan for a future campaign across the entire map of Russia. In terms of diplomacy, Napoleon calls to himself the robbed and ragged captain Yakovlev, who does not know how to get out of Moscow, sets out to him in detail all his policies and his generosity and, writing a letter to Emperor Alexander, in which he considers it his duty to inform his friend and brother that Rastopchin made bad decisions in Moscow, he sends Yakovlev to St. Petersburg. Having outlined his views and generosity in the same detail to Tutolmin, he sends this old man to St. Petersburg for negotiations.
In legal terms, immediately after the fires, it was ordered to find the perpetrators and execute them. And the villain Rostopchin is punished by being ordered to burn his house.

Ilizarov Gabriel Abramovich(06/15/1921, Belovezha - 07/24/1992, Kurgan) - an outstanding Soviet orthopedic surgeon who created an unusual device in the 1950s, thanks to which he was able to revolutionize orthopedics and make amazing discoveries in the field of bone physiology.
The history of medicine does not know many examples when just one scientific discovery would make a revolutionary revolution in established views and considered classical methods of treatment, leading to the creation of a new scientific and practical direction, as happened in orthopedics and traumatology, thanks to the method of transosseous compression-distraction osteosynthesis , proposed by the Kurgan doctor.
To grow a bone the way it should be, along with nerves, blood vessels, and muscles, is a fantastically difficult task. And yet he set himself such a task and achieved success.
The doctor and inventor was born on June 15, 1921 in the village of Belovezha in Belarus, in his mother’s homeland, but was transported to the village of Khusary on the border of Azerbaijan and Dagestan, where he spent his entire childhood. By nationality - Tat. There were six children in their poor peasant family; Gabriel was the eldest, and from an early age he helped his father: herding cows and sheep, digging ditches. He went to school very late - at the age of 11, but thanks to his amazing mind, he graduated from 4 classes in the first year. After that, he graduated from school with honors and began studying at the workers' faculty in the city of Buinaksk.
At the age of 18, an excellent student was sent to study at the Crimean Medical Institute, and when the Great Patriotic War began, he was evacuated to Kazakhstan, to the city of Kyzyl-Orda. After graduating from the institute, in 1944 he was sent to the Kurgan region, to the village of Dolgovka, to the regional hospital as the chief and only doctor, from where his journey from a doctor to the director of the Kurgan Scientific Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics began.
This path was very long and difficult. G. A. Ilizarov literally had to prove the importance and feasibility of his invention. Many of his patients

has already restored health and freedom of movement, but scientists and doctors not only from foreign countries, but also in our country, still doubted this method of treatment. However, over time, thanks in no small part to the patients he cured, the world scientific community recognized the effectiveness of this method.
Ilizarov made a breakthrough in medicine, opening a new era in orthopedics. There were devices and various devices before Ilizarov. But only his design gave what no others before him could give. Namely:
- complete comparison of debris;
- high fixation strength;
- maximum blood supply to the damaged bone of the limb;
- preservation of the supporting and motor function of the injured limb, as well as the patient’s ability to walk and care for himself from the first days of treatment.
This device was invented in 1951, and in 1952 Ilizarov applied for a patent “Method of fusing bones in fractures and an apparatus for implementing this method” (author’s certificate N 98471 dated 06/09/1952).
In 1968, Ilizarov received two degrees at once - both a candidate and a doctor of medical sciences. Conditions were created for Gabriel Abramovich and his colleagues for scientific work, for theoretical substantiation and implementation of the results in practical healthcare.
First, a problem laboratory was organized in Kurgan from the Sverdlovsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (1966), Ilizarov was appointed its head, then the laboratory was transformed into a branch of the Leningrad Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics named after R. R. Vreden (1969), and in 1971 the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR transformed the branch into an independent Kurgan Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Orthopedics and Traumatology (KNIIEKOT). In 1987, the institute became All-Union.
The Ilizarov apparatus is used in traumatology for the treatment of diaphyseal and periarticular fractures of varying complexity and location, including open, splintered and gunshot, as well as in aesthetic surgery to increase height by lengthening the tibia or femur. Worthy use is also found for the treatment of congenital and acquired defects, deformations and shortening of limb bones, consequences of injuries, increasing height in systemic skeletal diseases, correction of unequal leg lengths, etc.
Titanic work by G.A. Ilizarova did not go unnoticed. He has received many honorary titles and awards, national and international prizes. He was awarded the honorary title "Honored Doctor of the RSFSR", awarded the Lenin Prize of the USSR in the field of science and technology, and awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the medal "For Valiant Labor", he was given the highest awards - he is a holder of three Orders of Lenin and many other orders and medals of our country, Italy, France, Jordan, Mongolia, Yugoslavia. At the suggestion of young patients of the Kurgan Institute, an international jury in Warsaw awarded Gabriel Abramovich the Order of Smile in March 1978.
Starting from the first apparatus, G.A. Ilizarov was constantly engaged in inventive work. He has 208 inventions protected by USSR copyright certificates, 18 of them were patented in 10 countries. For his success in this field, he was awarded the title "Honored Inventor of the RSFSR" and "Honored Inventor of the USSR." In addition, he became a laureate of the “Technology - the Chariot of Progress” competition held by the “Inventor and Innovator” magazine. For his submitted works, he was awarded gold and silver medals and Diplomas from the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR. He was elected a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and was also an honorary member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences and the Macedonian Academy of Arts. For his international activities in providing medical assistance to foreign citizens and strengthening friendship between the peoples of different countries, he received many awards. He is an honorary citizen of many cities around the world.
For his great contribution to the development of medical science G.A. Ilizarov was awarded international and national prizes. He is one of the very few doctors in the world who has been awarded the honorary international prize "Buccheri-La Ferla". It is awarded to individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of traumatology and other medical sciences every two years, based on a wide survey of medical scientists from all over the world.
G.A. Ilizarov was an honorary member of SOFKOT (French Society of Surgeons, Orthopedists and Traumatologists), the Association of Orthopedic Traumatologists of Yugoslavia, and the societies of orthopedic traumatologists of Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Italy, and Spain.

G.A. Ilizarov was engaged in extensive social and political activities: he was elected as a deputy of the district and regional Soviets of Workers' Deputies, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, and a people's deputy of the USSR. Participated in the work of the XXV, XXVI, XXVII Congresses of the CPSU, XIX Party Conference. He was a member of the scientific council of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, a member of the Central Council of the All-Union Society of Inventors and Innovators of the USSR, a member of the editorial board of the journal "Orthopedics, Traumatology and Prosthetics", the USSR Cultural Foundation and the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.
G.A. Ilizarov was a bright, extraordinary personality of our time. The uniqueness of his proposals, the developed new original methods of treatment, the high efficiency of treatment and the wide geography of patient representation are the reasons for the extreme popularity of G.A. Ilizarov. There was, perhaps, no agency, newspaper or magazine that did not provide information about Ilizarov. Enthusiastic articles, artistic essays, novels and stories have been written about him, he has become the hero or prototype of many feature films, documentary and journalistic films, and theatrical productions: “Every day of Doctor Kalinnikova”, “Movement”, “Call me, Doctor”, “Doctor Nazarov” ", "Happiness has returned to the house", etc.
Rarely has a doctor been awarded such a high title - “The Man Who Gives Happiness.” This is what they said about Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov. He was also called the “magician from Kurgan”, and the “Michelangelo of orthopedics”, and the “wizard of surgery”.
In 1992, in the seventy-second year of his life, Academician G.A. Ilizarov died suddenly. July 24 is his memorial day. But, of course, the best memory of him was that his work was continued by his students.
In 1993, the Russian Scientific Center "Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics" was named after Academician Ilizarov. G. A. Ilizarov’s method, which once seemed like a miracle, is now widely used in all countries of the world. Over 40 Associations for the Study and Application of the External Fixation Method (ASAMI) have been created. Professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Vladimir Ivanovich Shevtsov was elected President of the International ASAMI.
The Ilizarov method allows you to treat any pathology and injury to the musculoskeletal system. Every year, with the help of unique techniques at the Kurgan Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics, about 7 thousand patients return to normal life.
On June 15, 1993, on the initiative of the general director, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Vladimir Ivanovich Shevtsov, a museum of the history of the development of the Center was opened. In the same year, the Foundation named after. G.A. Ilizarov, on the territory of the RRC "WTO" was opened to the founder and creator of the method and center, Academician Ilizarov, and since 1995 in memory of G.A. Ilizarov publishes the scientific, theoretical and practical journal "Genius of Orthopedics".

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