Historical accuracy: determination of the foundation date of the Institute – National Center for Neurosurgery

Abstract

Study of the documents from 1928–2015 allowed to determine historically accurate date of foundation of the National Center for Neurosurgery. On this date, due to the initiative from N. N. Burdenko and V. V. Kramer and according to the Decree of the Small Council of the Peoples’ Commissars of the RSFSR, the first Moscow neurosurgical clinic under the State Roentgen Institute opened its doors. Note in the preserved operation journal of the clinic states that the first patient was operated on by N. N. Burdenko on February 15th, 1929. In the context of surgical facilities, the date of first surgery is considered the date of their opening.In 1932, the Scientific Research Neurosurgical Institute was established at the first neurosurgical clinic which in 2015 in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation was transformed into the N. N. Burdenko National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery.