Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot46210.32687/0869-866X-2020-28-6-1380-1385Научная статьяOn Soviet therapeutic elite: Miron Semenovich Vovsi, the head therapist of the Red Army - portrait without retouchBorodulinV. I.borodul1nvladim@yandex.ruBanzeljukE. N.-TopoljanskijA. V.-N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthThe Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University”The State Budget Institution “The S. I. Spasokukotsky Municipal Clinical Hospital” of the Moscow Health Care Department151220202861380138506042021Copyright © 2020,2020The article is devoted to the biography and scientific contribution of Miron Semyonovich Vovsi, the eminent Soviet internist, organizer of army internal medicine. For the first time, the materials of his personal records from the Yuriev (Tartu) University and verified date of his birth are publicly introduced. Miron Semyonovich (Meer Simonovic) Vovsi was born on May 12 (24) 1897, in the township of Kreslavka (actually Kraslava, Latvia). In 1915, he entered the medical faculty of Yuriev (actually Tartu) University. In 1918 he was transferred to the Moscow University. He, after serving as military doctor, studied and worked under the guidance of D. D. Pletnev, I. M. Wiechert and V. F. Zelenin. In 1934, he moved to the Botkin hospital and after defending his doctoral thesis, became the head of the Department of internal medicine in the Central institute of advanced medical training, where he worked for more than 30 years. During the Second World War, he was the chief internist of the Red Army. He was engaged in the organization and improvement of army internal medicine. In 1952, during the so-called “physicians case”, he was arrested and tortured for 5 months. After his release, he returned to teaching, medical and scientific activities. He died in 1960. His major areas of scientific contribution to medicine are nephrology, cardiology and army internal medicine.Miron (Meer) Vovsi (1897-1960)biographydate of birthnephrologycardiologyarmy internal medicinephysicians caseВовси Мирон (Меер) Семенович (1897-1960)биографиядата рождениянефрологиявоенно-полевая терапия«дело врачей» 1953 г1.Воспоминания Л. М. Вовси. Режим доступа: http://lifshits.org/1953-LV.doc (дата обращения 14.06.2020).2.Известия ВЦИК. 9 апреля 1919 г.3.Бородулин В. И., Зеленин А. В. Владимир Филиппович Зеленин: время и жизнь. М.; 2012. С. 140-1.4.Алексанян И. В., Шульцев Г. П., Кнопов М. Ш. Выдающийся ученый, терапевт и педагог (к 90-летию со дня рождения М. С. Вовси). Клиническая медицина. 1987;(9):128-9.5.Шульцев Г. П. 75-летие со дня рождения М. С. Вовси. Терапевтический архив. 1972;44(8):115-7.6.Раков А. Л., Сосюкин А. Е., ред. Внутренние болезни. Военно-полевая терапия. СПб.; 2003. С. 12.7.Бородулин В. И., Герчикова Т. Н., Пашков К. А., Тополянский А. В. Академик М. С. Вовси и «дело врачей». Acta medico-historica Rigensia (Рига). 2016;Х:190-207. doi: 10.25143/amhr.2016.X.108.Бородулин В. И., Глянцев С. П., Сточик А. А. Страница истории советской клинической медицины: создание АМН СССР и организационное оформление терапевтической элиты (1944-1948). История медицины. 2019;(6):3.9.Гукасян А. Г. Эволюция отечественной терапевтической мысли (по материалам съездов и конференций терапевтов). М.; 1973.10.Передача на Радио Свобода 26.01.2003 «Россия как цивилизация. Дети врачей». Интервью с Л. М. Вовси. Режим доступа: http://archive.svoboda.org/programs/civil/2003/civil.012603.asp (дата обращения 14.06.2020).11.Рапопорт Я. Л. На рубеже двух эпох. Дело врачей 1953 года. М.; 1988. С. 123, 125.