Medicine during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945

The article highlights the main events, discoveries and principles of organizing medical care at the front and in the rear during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The main aspects of the battlefield medical doctrine, the system of stepwise casualty care, the complex of anti-epidemic measures, the care of motherhood and childhood, the role of outstanding scientists and health care organizers in the victory over fascism are considered.