Professor Rashid Pashaevich Askerkhanov (1920–1987) (on the 105 th  anniversary of his birth)

Al. A. Kurygin; V. S. Dovganyuk; V. V. Semenov

doi:10.24884/0042-4625-2025-184-6-10-13

Professor Rashid Pashaevich Askerkhanov (1920–1987) (on the 105^th anniversary of his birth)

Al. A. Kurygin, V. S. Dovganyuk, V. V. Semenov

https://doi.org/10.24884/0042-4625-2025-184-6-10-13

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Abstract

A prominent Soviet surgeon, scientist, educator, healthcare organizer, and public figure of the Dagestan ASSR, founder of the largest scientific and practical school of surgeons in Dagestan, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR and the Dagestan ASSR, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Rashid Pashaevich Askerkhanov was born on November 13, 1920, in the village of Sultan-Yangiyurt, Kizilyurt District, Dagestan ASSR. In 1943, he graduated with honors from the Dagestan Medical Institute and was enrolled in a clinical residency at the Department of Hospital Surgery. From January 1946, he worked as an assistant in the Department of General Surgery and in 1949, he defended his PhD dissertation «Changes in the Tibia Bones with Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremities». In 1952, R.P. Askerkhanov was elected Associate Professor of the Department of Faculty Surgery, and from September 1953 to 1958, he headed the Department of General Surgery at the Dagestan Medical Institute. In 1955, he defended his doctoral dissertation «Contrast Venography of the Lower Extremities». From 1958, he headed the Department of Faculty Surgery, and in 1985, he took the position of Head of the Department of Surgery at the Faculty of Advanced Medical Studies. R.P. Askerkhanov was the author and co-author of 400 scientific and practical works, including 12 monographs on many surgical topics. Under his supervision, 12 doctoral and 38 candidate dissertations were defended. Rashid Pashaevich was elected a full member of the International Society of Surgeons and the International Society of Vascular and Cardiac Surgeons, and an honorary member of the International Society of Phlebologists. He was awarded the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, two Orders of the Badge of Honor, and numerous medals and honorary distinctions. Professor R.P. Askerkhanov died on May 3, 1987, in Makhachkala.

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history of Russian surgery, Professor Rashid Pashaevich Askerkhanov

About the Authors

Al. A. Kurygin

Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation

Kurygin Aleksandr A., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Faculty Surgery named after S. P. Fedorov

6, Academica Lebedeva str., Saint Petersburg, 194044

Competing Interests:

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

V. S. Dovganyuk

Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation

Dovganyuk Vitaly S., Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Faculty Surgery named after S. P. Fedorov

6, Academica Lebedeva str., Saint Petersburg, 194044

Competing Interests:

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

V. V. Semenov

Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation

Semenov Valery V., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Faculty Surgery named after S. P. Fedorov

6, Academica Lebedeva str., Saint Petersburg, 194044

Competing Interests:

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

References

1. General of Surgery. 2nd ed., G34 add. Makhachkala: Publishing House “Dagestan”, 2020. 304 p. (In Russ.).

2. Rashid Askerkhanov is 100 years old. Newspaper Chernovik. 2020;(45):11–13. (In Russ.).

3. Rashid Pashaevich Askerkhanov. To the 90th anniversary of his birth. Phlebology. 2010;(4):44. (In Russ.).

4. Ataev S. D., Zakariev Z. M. In memory of Rashid Pashaevich Askerkhanov. Grekov’s Bulletin of surgery. 1988;(2):149–150. (In Russ.).

5. Askerkhanov R. P. Venography of the Lower Extremities. Makhachkala: Dagknigoizdat, 1959. 169 p. (In Russ.).

6. Askerkhanov R.P. Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremities. Makhachkala: Dagknigoizdat, 1962. 189 p. (In Russ.).

7. Askerkhanov R. P. Varicose Veins, Thrombosis, and Pseudovaricose Veins of the Extremities. Makhachkala: Dagknigoizdat, 1970. 270 p. (In Russ.).

8. Askerkhanov R. P. Peripheral Vein Surgery. Makhachkala: Dagknigoizdat, 1973. 400 p. (In Russ.).

9. Askerkhanov R. P. Heart and Pericardium Wounds. Stavropol: Stavropol Book Publishing House, 1973. 200 p. (In Russ.).

10. Askerkhanov R. P. Echinococcosis. Makhachkala: Dagknigoizdat, 1964. 201 p. (In Russ.).

11. Askerkhanov R. P. Echinococcosis Surgery. Makhachkala: Dagknigoizdat, 1976. 370 p. (In Russ.).

12. Askerkhanov R. P. The Development of Surgery in Dagestan from Pirogov to the Present Day. Makhachkala: Dagknigoizdat, 1979. 212 p. (In Russ.).

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Kurygin A.A., Dovganyuk V.S., Semenov V.V. Professor Rashid Pashaevich Askerkhanov (1920–1987) (on the 105^th anniversary of his birth). Grekov's Bulletin of Surgery. 2025;184(6):10-13. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24884/0042-4625-2025-184-6-10-13

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