Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot170710.32687/0869-866X-2025-33-3-517-522Научная статьяTHE (UN)GOVERNED MARKET, OR THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN PHARMA. A DYSTOPIAVishlenkovaE. A.ZatravkinS. N.The Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, 80539, Munich, GermanyN. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, 105064, Moscow, Russia2906202533351752230062025Copyright © 2025,2025The article presents design of historical study of the Russian pharmaceutical market, setting timeline in the nineties — the time of formation of social and cultural characteristics of this phenomenon. At the same time, the authors return to the post-Soviet period and the nineties to see starting positions as well as mutations of original idea. The article is structured by the framework format of dissertation abstract. This frame contains the following elements: research questions, assessment of state of research field, working hypotheses, the author's vision of social and scientific significance of the study being conducted and observations made. The definition of the research genre as dystopia is explained by its deconstruction of the palimpsest of memory testimonies of pharmaceutical market actors.history of marketshistory of medicineeconomic historyRussian pharmaceuticals.history of marketshistory of medicineeconomic historyRussian pharmaceuticals.1.Vishlenkova E. A., Zatravkin S. N. History of Russian pharma as a new research field. In: Professional identity and self-consciousness of a historian. To the anniversary of L. P. Repina. Ed. by O. V. Vorobyeva. Moscow, 2022. P. 386–9 (in Russian).2.Perminova V. N. Pharmbusiness. True story about Russian entrepreneurs. St. Petersburg: Piter; 2013 (in Russian).3.Perminova V. N. Pharmacy business. Russian entrepreneurs — fire, water and copper pipes. St. Petersburg: Piter; 2014 (in Russian).4.Perminova V. N. Pharmarket. Russian entrepreneurs in the international arena. St. Petersburg: Piter; 2014 (in Russian).5.Tablet Firm: Towards the 30th Anniversary of the Russian Pharmaceutical Industry and PROTEK Group. Ed. by D. D. Kryazhev. Moscow; 2020 (in Russian).6.Zvonareva O. Pharmapolitics in Russia: Making Drugs and Rebuilding the Nation. Albany, New York: SUNY Press; 2020.7.Hellman J., Jones G., Kaufmann D. Seize the State, Seize the Day: State Capture, Corruption and Influence in Transition. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper. 2000;2444:1–41.8.Friedland R., Robertson A. F. Beyond the Marketplace. In: Beyond the Marketplace: Rethinking Economy and Society. Ed. by R. Friedland, A. F. Robertson. N. Y.: Aldine de Gruyter; 1990. 47 p.9.Yudanov A. Y., Volskaya E. A., Ishmukhametov A. A., Denisova M. N. Pharmaceutical marketing. Moscow; 2008 (in Russian).