Nikolay Sklifosovsky


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 :ru:Клинический городок на Девичьем поле|«Clinical Town» at Devichye Pole.

Legacy

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.