"Dr. Nikolai Aleksandrovich Semashko (Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Сема́шко; 20 September [O.S. 8 September] 1874 – 18 May 1949), was a revolutionary, Soviet statesman and academic who became People's Commissar of Public Health in 1918, and served in that role until 1930. He was one of the organizers of the health system in the Soviet Union (often called the Semashko system), an academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1944) and of the Russian SFSR (1945)." - (en.wikipedia.org 15.04.2024)
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