Nikolai Pirogov

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Russian medical scientist (1810-1881)

ScientistsLived 1810 to 1881 · aged 71

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Fame56.2

Momentum1.5

Languages28

Peak1950s

In century#587

Also inDeutsch

Photos 4

Russian Sisters of Mercy in the Crimea, 1854-1855

Portrait of Nikolay Pirogov by Ilya Repin, 1881

Soviet 1960 stamp, published during his 150th anniversary

Awards 14

1877Order of the White Eagle

1873Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class

1860Order of Saint Anna, 1st class

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class

Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class

Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class

Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class

Demidov Prize

Medal For defence of Sebastopol

Medal In memory of Crimean War

Order of St. Vladimir

Order of Saint Stanislaus

honorary citizen of Moscow

In their orbit 2

SpouseEkaterina Berezina

ChildWladimir Pirogoff

Connected to Nikolai 6

Leo TolstoyAlso won Medal For defence of Sebastopol

Joseph KobzonAlso won honorary citizen of Moscow

Yuri OganessianAlso won Demidov Prize

Galina UlanovaAlso won honorary citizen of Moscow

Ivan SechenovAlso won Demidov Prize

Frederick HeidenAlso won Medal In memory of Crimean War

About this person

Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the most widely recognized Russian physicians. Considered to be the founder of field surgery, he was the first surgeon to use anaesthesia in a field operation (1847) and one of the first surgeons in Europe to use ether as an anaesthetic. He is credited with the invention of various kinds of surgical operations and developing his own technique of using plaster casts to treat fractured bones.