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Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov (russian: Фёдор Григорьевич Углов; 5 October ( O.S. 22 September) 1904 – 22 June 2008) was a Soviet and Russian surgeon. In 1994 he was listed by
Unofficial website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uglov, Fyodor 1904 births 2008 deaths People from Kirensky District People from Irkutsk Governorate Russian surgeons Academicians of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences Academicians of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Russian centenarians Men centenarians Soviet inventors Lenin Prize winners Soviet surgeons 20th-century surgeons 20th-century Russian physicians Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery 21st-century surgeons 21st-century Russian physicians
Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov (russian: Фёдор Григорьевич Углов; 5 October ( O.S. 22 September) 1904 – 22 June 2008) was a Soviet and Russian surgeon. In 1994 he was listed by Guinness World Records
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
as the oldest practicing surgeon in the world. He retired from practice at the age of 102.
Biography
Uglov was born into a peasant family inSiberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part o ...
near Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the Federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast, I ...
. Having matriculated from the Saratov State University
Saratov Chernyshevsky State University (russian: Саратовский государственный университет имени Н. Г. Чернышевского, СГУ, transcribed as SGU) is a major higher education and research inst ...
in 1929, he later settled in Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, where he saved lives of soldiers wounded during the Winter War
The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...
. He worked as a surgeon in Leningrad throughout its epic 900-day siege by the Germans, "performing surgery – often without anaesthetic, electricity or water – as the bombs rained all around". At the age of 60 he married a woman half his age.
Uglov gained a measure of renown in the 1970s with a series of publications and tracts campaigning against alcoholism
Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word ''alcoholism'', it is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predomina ...
(e.g., "Suicides"). He was on the cutting edge of Mikhail Gorbachev's ill-fated prohibition campaign, touring the country with his lectures and winning a Lenin Prize for his activities. Uglov retired from medical practice at the age of 102.
References
External links
*Unofficial website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uglov, Fyodor 1904 births 2008 deaths People from Kirensky District People from Irkutsk Governorate Russian surgeons Academicians of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences Academicians of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Russian centenarians Men centenarians Soviet inventors Lenin Prize winners Soviet surgeons 20th-century surgeons 20th-century Russian physicians Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery 21st-century surgeons 21st-century Russian physicians