Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov went down in history as a man who made surgery a science, in fact opened a new era in it. But his activities were much wider. Its results were anatomical atlases unique in accuracy, a fundamentally new technique for conducting operations, and revolutionary works on anesthesia, and the creation of military field surgery.Pirogov was not only a brilliant scientist, the patriarch of military field surgery and traumatology, an outstanding anatomist, but also a major organizer of the military medical service, a teacher and a public figure.How was this powerful character formed, where did this amazing strength come from, which allowed Pirogov to become what he became? p>