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Stalin Prize
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SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™
1898-10-15 – 1974-12-02

Zinaida Vissarionovna Yermolyeva (Russian: Зинаида Виссарионовна Ермольева; 24 October [O.S. 12 October] 1898 – 2 December 1974) was a Soviet microbiologist of Don Cossack origin most notable for producing penicillin for the Soviet military during World War II. She was a member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences at the time of her death.
physician, virologist, microbiologist, epidemiologist, university teacher
Rostov State University
Stalin Prize; Order of Lenin; Order of the Badge of Honour; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR; benzylpenicillin
Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR · Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Order of Lenin · Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Stalin Prize
USSR Academy of Medical Sciences
benzylpenicillin
Rostov State University
Stalin Prize
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Order of Lenin
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Order of the Badge of Honour
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
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Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR
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Lev Zilber
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Q109495921
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benzylpenicillin
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