Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot71310.32687/0869-866X-2021-29-5-1236-1242Научная статьяVladimir Nikititch Vinogradov (1882-1964): the leader of Soviet therapistsBorodulinV. I.borodul1nvladim@yandex.ruGlyantsevS. P.-TopolyanskiyA. V.-StochikA. A.-N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthThe State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “The A. E. Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry” of Minzdrav of Russia151020212951236124222102021Copyright © 2021,2021The article reconstructs and describes, considering as a background the social political events that took place in the USSR during 1930s-1950s, the scientific biography and input into clinical medicine of professor V. N. Vinogradov (1882-1964), the prominent Soviet therapist, the Hero of Socialist Labor, the USSR State Prize winner (posthumously), the holder of five Orders of Lenin, the Honored Man of Science, the Head of the Chairs of Faculty Therapy of the I. V. Stalin Second Moscow State Medical Institute (1935-1942) and the I. M. Sechenov First Moscow Medical (1943-1964), the full member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences. The facts of participation of V. N. Vinogradov in the political trials on “The case of the Trotskyst block” (1938, on the side of the prosecution) and on “The case of physicians” (1952-1953, as the accused one) are presented. The issues of existence of the scientific clinical school of V. N. Vinogradov (in a sense, the united school of V. N. Vinogradov-V. G. Popov can be considered) and the phenomenon of leadership of V. N. Vinogradov among the therapeutic elite of the USSR are discussed. This phenomenon consists in dedication to the cause he served and in consecutive implementation of the priority directions of the clinic of internal diseases, developed by the teams of the departments and clinics headed by him in different years.history of medicinethe USSRinternal diseasesV. N. Vinogradovистория медицины в СССРвнутренние болезниВ. Н. Виноградов (1882-1964)1.Бородулин В. И., Глянцев С. П., Сточик А. А. Страницы истории советской клинической медицины: Создание Академии медицинских наук СССР и организационное оформление терапевтической элиты (1944-1948). История медицины. 2019;6(3):197-205.2.Чазов Е. И. Здоровье и власть. М.: Новости; 1992.3.Виноградов В. Н. Имена, достойные Отечества: Электронная энциклопедия. Режим доступа: http://person.lib48.ru/vinogradov-vladimir-nikitich4.Кончаловский-М.-П. Моя жизнь, встречи и впечатления. Исторический вестник ММА им. И. М. Сеченова. 1996;4:120-1.5.Маколкин В. И. Воспоминания об учителе - академике В. Н. Виноградове. Исторический вестник ММА им. Сеченова. 1996;4:140-6.6.Мешалкин Е. Н. До высот искусства. Новосибирск; 1997.7.Чазов Е. И. Прекрасная цель. Знамя. 1984;(2):53-74.8.Цукерман Б. Подарок судьбы. Режим доступа: http://www.port-folio.org/2005/part53.htm9.Государственный антисемитизм в СССР. От начала до кульминации (1938-1953 гг.). А. Н. Яковлев, ред. М.; 2005. 459 с.10.Дело врачей. Режим доступа: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Дело_врачей