Vasiliy Ivanovich Oshkaderov and his contribution to the organization of anatomical departments

Abstract

Vasiliy Ivanovich Oshkaderov (18951951) is a prominent Russian anatomist whose name is associated with many medical universities. He began his career as a scientist and an organizer of medical education within the walls of Voronezh State University, graduating from the medical faculty and working at the department of anatomy under the guidance of professors I.V. Georgievskiy and G.M. Iosifov until 1929. From 1929 to 1931 Vasiliy Ivanovich headed the department of normal anatomy at the Kuban State Medical Institute named after The Red Army. From 1931 to 1937 he headed the staff of the anatomical departments at the First Leningrad Medical Institute and the P.F. Lesgaft State Institute of Physical Culture. In 1937, he was sent in the medical school-hospital, renamed the Vitebsk Medical Institute in 1938 to organize the department of anatomy. From 1940 to 1942 V.I. Oshkaderov served as the head of the department of anatomy of the Kronstadt Naval School. Activitiy of V.I. Oshkaderov is associated with the veterinary department of the Ivanovo Agricultural Institute, the Central Research Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow, the Leningrad Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute, the Leningrad Agricultural Institute. The last three months of the life of Vasiliy Ivanovich were associated with the department of anatomy and chemistry of the Smolensk State Institute of Physical Culture. In this article, along with the main milestones of the scientific and organizational activities of professor V.I. Oshkaderov, previously unknown archival data are given that complement the pages of the biography of the scientist.