title: [L. D. Trotsky: "N. I. Pirogov is...a strong minded Russian person"].
abstract: The article deals with the analysis how the revolutionary and thinker L.D. Trotsky perceived the public and political activities of the prominent Russian surgeon N.I. Pirogov. For a long time, due to different reasons, the point of view of L.D. Trotsky was ignored by the national historians of medicine. However, it has a serious interest for the investigation of course of life of the prominent surgeon.
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history; D011057:Politics; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917)