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The paper describes the feat of the Russian Navy medical officers and marines of the Baltic Guard-Marine repart, which gave medical aid to the victims of the earthquake in Calabria (28 December, 1908). The first psychiatrist offering psychiatric assistance to the affected and investigated the psycho-pathological sequelae of the disaster was the Russian research Bachenov. The high assessment by and gratitude of the Italian public for the heroism and self-denying attitude of the Russian medical personnel under the conditions of the earthquake was extensively reflected in the Italian press.