Soviet epidemiology during the Great Patriotic War: A brief overview of main scientific directions

The aim of this study is to identify the scientific and practical achievements of domestic epidemiology in 1941-1945. The presented publication reconstructs the key issues of research work in the field of epidemiology in the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War. The scientific novelty is determined by the weak reflection in domestic historiography of the topic of scientific research in the field of the history of epidemiology, while most of the existing works are devoted to the study of practical achievements in this area during the period under consideration. This article is also a tribute to the heroic feat of Soviet epidemiologist scientists and is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The article analyzes the main scientific discoveries and inventions, theoretical positions, and results of dissertation research by domestic medical scientists during the period under consideration. As a result of the research, we have formulated the main scientific directions in the development of Soviet epidemiological science in 1941-1945.