page_title: Nikolay Sklifosovsky
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Nikolay Sklifosovsky / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky
context_page_description: Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky was a Russian surgeon and physiologist of Moldavian origin. He was born near the town of Dubasari, which is now in Transnistria. Sklifosovsky was a professor of medicine in Saint Petersburg, Kiev, and Moscow. He was a founder of the «Clinical Town» at Devichye Pole.
context_section_description: The Moscow Institute of Emergency First Aid, often abbreviated as Sklif, bears his name since 1923. In 2001, the Central Bank of Transnistria minted a silver coin honoring this native of today's Transnistria, as part of a series of memorable coins called The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie.
caption: young Sklifosovsky on a 2012 stamp of Transnistria
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