On the 80th Anniversary of Great Victory. The work of the Gorky Research Institute for Hygiene and Occupational Pathology during the Great Patriotic War

The article provides a brief historical overview of the work of the Gorky Research Institute for Hygiene and Occupational Pathology (at present, the Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution "Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute for Hygiene and Occupational Pathology" of Rospotrebnadzor) during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. It describes the work of the organization at the plants of the Dzerzhinsky Chemical Complex, which produced large volumes of toxic, flammable and explosive substances during the Great Patriotic War, as well as the peculiarities of the scientific activity of the Institute at the defense engineering enterprises located in the Gorky Region. Apart from the description of the practical work of the Institute, the article provides data on the scientific work of the Institute, which did not stop even in the difficult conditions of wartime. It presents data on the organization by the Institute of a series of scientific and practical conferences during the war, the ultimate goal of which was the fastest possible implementation of the results of scientific developments of the Gorky Research Institute for Hygiene and Occupational Pathology employees into practice. The article gives information on the scientific publications published during the Great Patriotic War, as well as on thesis defense for academic degrees by the Institute's scientific staff.