Professor Peter Davydov and Department of Pediatric Diseases of the Dagestan Medical Institute During the Great Patriotic War

This article presents the results of a study reflecting the history of the Department and Clinic of Pediatric Diseases of the Dagestan Medical Institute during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. Professor P.D. Davydov work in Dagestan and his role in creating children healthcare was examined based on archival documents, literature, and periodicals for the first time introduced in scholarly discourse. Special attention was paid to educational process organization at the Department of Pediatric Diseases at the Dagestan Medical Institute during the war. The authors devoted considerable attention to scientific research conducted by P.D. Davydov, specifically focusing on the results of the fight against dysentery, which were reflected in his doctoral dissertation, defended in 1944. The article also examines public health education and the activities of the Dagestan Society of Pediatricians.