PROFESSOR MIKHAIL P. NIKOLAEV AND RUSSIAN PHARMACOLOGY.

Various stages of life, scientific research and pedagogical activity of Prof. Mikhail P. Nikolaev are considered. The importance of his works in drug evaluation, endocrinological pharmacology, pharmacology of heart and vessels, pathological pharmacology, and discovery of drugs for organotherapy is shown. Prof. M. P. Nikolaev's effort in training research staff and teachers in pharmacology and his own teaching experience in medical and pharmaceutical universities are summarized. The activity of Prof. M. P. Nikolaev in military pharmacology is analyzed. The role of Prof. M. P. Nikolaev in establishing Russian journal Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Parmacology and Toxicology) and creating All-Union Scientific Society of Pharmacologists in the USSR is emnhasized.