ABOUT MEDICAL AND SANITARY MAINTENANCE OF THE SOVIET TROOPS IN THE AREA OF LAKE HASSAN (1938)

Abstract

In the course of the study studied, analyzed and summarized available in open sources information on the results of medical support of the Soviet troops in the area of lake Khasan (1938). During the research work, the main problematic issues were revealed medical support of military operations of the Soviet troops in the area of Lake Khasan (1938), which should be paid special attention to in the course of work on the preparation of the medical service to perform the tasks intended. Despite a number of difficulties caused by the specific nature of the theater of operations and organizational shortcomings, the adopted system of staged evacuation and treatment of the wounded has shown its effectiveness. A total of 16 thousand people were admitted to hospitals during the conflict. In addition, some of the slightly wounded and sick continued to be in parts. For the first time during military operations on Khalkhin Gol, ambulance aircraft were widely used, and specialized surgical care departments were created in the structure of evacuation hospitals. Thus, in 1939 there was a system of staged evacuation and treatment of the wounded, which was later applied on the fields of the Great Patriotic War.