Georgy Stepanovich Vasilchenko (; 1921–2006) was a Russian

neuropathologist Neuropathology is the study of disease of nervous system tissue, usually in the form of either small surgical biopsies or whole-body autopsies. Neuropathologists usually work in a department of anatomic pathology, but work closely with the cli ...

and the pioneer of

sexology Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, Human sexual activity, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social crit ...

in the

USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

. He was the first to write Soviet handbooks on sexopathology (1977 and 1983).

Selected publications

* Общая сексопатология: Руководство для врачей (General Sexopathology: Management Manual) / под ред. Г. С. Васильченко. М.: Медицина, 1977. (several editions) * *: For an English translation, see: * Г. С. Васильченко, И. С. Кон
Половая жизнь
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Большая советская энциклопедия The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; , ''BSE'') is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Great Russian Enc ...

. — М.: Советская энциклопедия 1969—1978 *: For an English translation, see: * *: For an English translation, see:

References

20th-century Russian physicians Sexologists Soviet neurologists Russian neurologists 1921 births 2006 deaths Soviet health professionals Neuropathologists {{Russia-scientist-stub