[The Military-Medical Academy contribution to the establishment and development of anesthesiology and resuscitation in Russia (to 45th anniversary of the chair for anesthesiology and resuscitation of the Military-Medical Academy)].

Contributions made by some researchers of the Military-Medical Academy (former Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy) made to establishing and promoting the home anesthesiology and intensive care are historically revised in the paper. In particular, the related activity of N.I. Pirogov, S.K. Klikovich, S.P. Kolomnin, S.N. Delitsin, P.A. Kupriyanov and of other widely-known public figures is shortly described.