Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot161410.32687/0869-866X-2025-33-2-324-328НеопределенThe Academician N. N. Blokhin as the founder, the director and the scientific director of the Gorky Research Institute of Restorative Surgery, Traumatology and Orthopedics in the postwar yearsKoshelevAlexandr Ddr.koshelev@gmail.comSerebryanyRoman Sniiimramn@mail.ruThe Moscow Health Care Department, 127473, Moscow, RussiaN. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, 105064, Moscow, Russia290420253321005202510052025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article is dedicated to contribution of the Academician N. N. Blokhin, his colleagues and students into organization and becoming of the Research Institute of Reconstructive Surgery, Traumatology and Orthopedics in post-war years in city of Gorky. The study was based on materials from archives of mentioned institution, on materials from the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Russian Federation, the Blokhin family archives, on materials provided by his wife Nadezhda Germanovna and on publications. The structure and main directions of activities on rehabilitation of the Red Army soldiers injured during the Great Patriotic War are presented. The examples of innovative solutions (development of the first domestic dermatome) improving methods of plastic surgery under provision of medical care to the wounded are described. The scientific potential of N. N. Blokhin realized in his numerous publications and contributions with reports at international scientific conferences is revealed. The article proves the N. N. Blokhins role in preparation of successor who continued to develop the institute and to support effectiveness of efficient team whose physicians and nurses presented with new life thousands of Red Army fighters returned from battlefront.</p>history of medicineN. N. BlokhinGorkyResearch Institute of Reconstructive Surgery, Traumatology and Orthopedicsskin grafting1946–1952история медициныН. Н. БлохинГорьковский научно-исследовательский институт восстановительной хирургии, травматологии и ортопедиикожная пластика1946—1952 гг.1.Shakhov B. E., Shkarin V. V. Doctor, scientist, person. In memory of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Medical Sciences N. N. Blokhin. Nizhny Novgorod: NizhSMA Publishing House; 2013. 77 p. (in Russian).2.Kolokoltsev M. V. The author's dermatome and its use in free skin grafting. Gorkovsky Scientific Research Institute of Reconstructive Surgery, Traumatology and Orthopedics. Gorky: 3rd printing house Rechizdat; 1947 (in Russian).3.Belyakov V. A. To the 65th anniversary of surgical anesthesia at the Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics. Origins and paths of development. Nizhny Novgorod: Publishing house of the Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics; 2014. P. 13, 32, 37 (in Russian).4.Blokhin N. N. Combined facial injuries associated with burns. In: Proceedings of the 25th All-Union Congress of Surgeons. Moscow; 1948. P. 402–4 (in Russian).