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Aleksandr Vishnevsky

1906-05-11 – 1975-11-19

Hero of Socialist Labour academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences colonel general of military medicine Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky. 1906-1975. Series: Heroes of Socialist Labour. Artist Peter Bendel.Credit: USSR Post

Life & Legacy

Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Вишне́вский; 24 May [O.S. 11 May] 1906 – 19 December 1975) was a Soviet surgeon, member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1953), honoured worker of science of the RSFSR (1956), Colonel General of Medical Corps (1966), and a Hero of Socialist Labor (1966). Vishnevsky first conducted a cardiac surgery under the local anesthesia (1953).
A son of Alexander Vasilyevich Vishnevsky, he elaborated the new methods for treating gunshot wounds treatment on the Eastern Front of World War II, such as using leeches to remove shrapnel. Later he was awarded several Soviet and foreign awards and prizes.

Occupation & Career

military physician, anesthetist, cardiac surgeon, inventor, physiologist, surgeon, physician

Education

Kazan Federal University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

USSR State Prize; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Order of the Red Banner; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Red Star; Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class; Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class; Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"; Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Lenin Prize; Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Hero of Socialist Labour · Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR · Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" · Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" · Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" · Lenin Prize · Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class · Order of Lenin · Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class · Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class · Order of the Red Banner · Order of the Red Star · USSR State Prize