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This paper focuses on the personal and professional life of Nikolay Nikolayevich Blokhin, an outstanding Russian surgeon and highly innovative oncologist. In addition to a highly successful clinical career, he was a member and President of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences and Director of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Experimental and Clinical Oncology. Although his reputation as a medical and political figure is firmly established within Russian medical history, his achievements in surgery and oncology now merit recognition by an international audience.

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Cirugía General/historia , Oncología Médica/historia , Academias e Institutos , Historia del Siglo XIX , Historia del Siglo XX , Humanos , Federación de Rusia , U.R.S.S.