One of the most famous Kolomna doctors of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 was the surgeon Nikolai Mitropolsky. Since 1933, he worked and lived in Kolomna, was deputy editor-in-chief of the All-Union ‘Medical Nurse’ magazine, and taught at a Medical college.
Nikolai Mitropolsky graduated from the Medical Faculty of Moscow State University. He went to the front while studying — thus, the future surgeon underwent his medical practice in combat conditions, during the First World War.
After that war, Mitropolsky participated in the Civil, Soviet-Finnish, and Great Patriotic Wars. All this time, he operated on the soldiers brought to him. During the Great Patriotic War, he took the position of chief surgeon of the evacuation hospital No. 1734 in the town of Slobodskoy.
The museum’s collection contains fragments of various ammunition that the surgeon extracted from the bodies of the soldiers. Mitropolsky collected them, signed them, and systematized them throughout his entire medical practice. After his death, a colleague of the surgeon transferred this collection to the museum.
Mitropolsky began to record information about wounded soldiers on his operating table almost from the first days of the war. He put the extracted fragments into small wrappings. He wrote down the names of the soldiers on these wrappings and the unit or subdivision in which they had served. He also indicated the date of birth, the days when the serviceman was wounded, was admitted to the hospital, and was operated on. The collection contains bullets, fragments of mines, shells, and other ammunition. Under each of them, Mitropolsky wrote the nature of the wound and the body parts they went inside.
As a result, the surgeon managed to preserve a small story for the relatives of each fighter, as well as valuable historical and chronological information for historians and documentarians.
During the Great Patriotic War, due to the shortage of manpower, Mitropolsky had to visit all the hospitals deployed in Slobodskoy and its neighboring districts. He consulted fellow doctors, supervised medical work, conducted courses for nurses, and operated on seriously ill patients.
After the war ended, Mitropolsky returned to Kolomna, where he continued to work as a surgeon. For his great contribution to the development of medicine, he received many awards. In 1940, he was the first of the Kolomna doctors to be to be awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Star. In addition, in 1943, he was the first among doctors in Kolomna to be awarded the title of Honoured Doctor of the RSFSR.
Nikolai Mitropolsky graduated from the Medical Faculty of Moscow State University. He went to the front while studying — thus, the future surgeon underwent his medical practice in combat conditions, during the First World War.
After that war, Mitropolsky participated in the Civil, Soviet-Finnish, and Great Patriotic Wars. All this time, he operated on the soldiers brought to him. During the Great Patriotic War, he took the position of chief surgeon of the evacuation hospital No. 1734 in the town of Slobodskoy.
The museum’s collection contains fragments of various ammunition that the surgeon extracted from the bodies of the soldiers. Mitropolsky collected them, signed them, and systematized them throughout his entire medical practice. After his death, a colleague of the surgeon transferred this collection to the museum.
Mitropolsky began to record information about wounded soldiers on his operating table almost from the first days of the war. He put the extracted fragments into small wrappings. He wrote down the names of the soldiers on these wrappings and the unit or subdivision in which they had served. He also indicated the date of birth, the days when the serviceman was wounded, was admitted to the hospital, and was operated on. The collection contains bullets, fragments of mines, shells, and other ammunition. Under each of them, Mitropolsky wrote the nature of the wound and the body parts they went inside.
As a result, the surgeon managed to preserve a small story for the relatives of each fighter, as well as valuable historical and chronological information for historians and documentarians.
During the Great Patriotic War, due to the shortage of manpower, Mitropolsky had to visit all the hospitals deployed in Slobodskoy and its neighboring districts. He consulted fellow doctors, supervised medical work, conducted courses for nurses, and operated on seriously ill patients.
After the war ended, Mitropolsky returned to Kolomna, where he continued to work as a surgeon. For his great contribution to the development of medicine, he received many awards. In 1940, he was the first of the Kolomna doctors to be to be awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Star. In addition, in 1943, he was the first among doctors in Kolomna to be awarded the title of Honoured Doctor of the RSFSR.
