Dolgopolov, Nifont Ivanovich
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
A biographical entry on Nifont Ivanovich Dolgopolov (1857–1922), a prominent Russian public physician and political activist. The article details his exile to Siberia, his medical career in surgery, his active participation in the Pirogov Congresses, and his political involvement with the Socialist Revolutionary Party, which led to his election to the Second State Duma.
Encyclopedia article (1928–1936)
DOLGOPOLOV, Nifont Ivanovich (1857–1922), a prominent public physician. In 1879, for participating in student "disorders," he was administratively exiled to the town of Kurgan in Tobolsk Governorate, and from there, for unauthorized (for exiles) medical practice, to the town of Tyukalinsk and further to the town of Ishim. Upon returning from exile, he passed his medical examination (1887); he worked in surgery (Kursk Governorate Hospital, Zemstvo service in Biryuchensky Uyezd, Tula, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod). He was an active participant in the Pirogov Congresses; he presented reports on social and scientific issues; and he was the initiator (together with Dr. A. P. Voskresensky) of the establishment of the Commission for the Dissemination of Hygienic Knowledge.
In 1905, he aligned with the Socialist Revolutionary Party, and for participating in revolutionary actions (Nizhny Novgorod), he was arrested in December of the same year and subsequently exiled to Astrakhan. Here, during the elections to the II State Duma, Dolgopolov was elected as its member from the populist bloc.
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“Dolgopolov, Nifont Ivanovich.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.com/article/dolgopolov/