[The head of battlefronts medical service during the Great Patriotic War].

The article is dedicated to unrenowned moments of life of the outstanding organizer of the system of military healthcare general-lieutenant of medical service Arsenii Yakovlevich Barabanov (1901-1952). His outstanding organizing skills and deep knowledge in the field of military medicine revealed during the Second World War, when he was the head of medical service of 31st Army of the Western Front and 34th Army of North-Western Front and since 1942 he has helmed medical service of Donskoy, Central, 1st Belorussian Fronts. His experience in organization of collecting of PW, system medical treatment for PW acquired during the battle of Stalingrad and afterwards was used and improved during further offensive operations, especially during the final stage of the Second World War and also in organization of medical aid for prisoners of war from the Soviet Union and allied states freed from Nazi extermination camps.