[The contribution of Prof. I. G. Savchenko to the development of medical science and public health].

I. G. Savchenko is an outstanding scientist-pathologist, microbiologist and immunologist. He dedicated all his life to the cause of protecting and promoting the health of the people and combating the infectious diseases. He made a valuable contribution to the development of medical science. He displayed selflessness having carried out an experiment in himself to confirm observations on building up artificial immunity to cholera. He was an organizer of the bacteriological institutes of Kazan and Krasnodar, chairs of pathology and microbiology at the Krasnodar Medical Institute. He founded scientific schools in Krasnodar and Kazan. In spite of his immense services to science and the population he was subjected to repression in 1932. 60 years have passed since his decease but the scientist-innovator, physician and citizen will always be held in remembrance.