Professor Fedor Rodionovich Bogdanov (1900–1973) (on the 120th anniversary of the birthday)

Abstract

Professor Fedor Rodionovich Bogdanov was born on October 2 (15 in the Gregorian calendar), 1900. In 1919, Fedor successfully graduated from the classical men’s gymnasium and then entered the medical faculty of Rostov University. In 1930, F.R. Bogdanov and his wife moved to Sverdlovsk, where he became the head of the scientific and educational sector of the Institute and at the same time the head of the clinical department. There he actively studied the current and unresolved problem of treating intra-articular fractures at that time. In 1937, Fedor Rodionovich defended his doctoral thesis on the topic: «Reparative processes in intra-articular fractures and the principles of treatment of these fractures (experimental and clinical studies)». In 1958, F. R. Bogdanov moved to Kiev, where he was elected the head of the Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics of the Institute for Advanced Medical Studies and at the same time was appointed deputy director of the Kiev Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics for scientific work. For all the time of his practical and scientific activity, F.R. Bogdanov was the academic advisor of 31 doctors and 86 candidates of medical sciences, the author and co-author of more than 200 scientific papers and 7 monographs. Professor Fedor Rodionovich Bogdanov died on March 27, 1973 and was buried at the Baikove Cemetery in Kiev.