Princess Vera Ignatievna Gedroits, also known by her pen name Sergei Gedroits, was a Russian doctor of medicine and author. She was the first woman military surgeon in Russia, the first woman professor of surgery, and the first woman to serve as a physician to the Russian imperial court.
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The Swiss University of Lausanne (c. 1899, Swiss National Library, EAD-7270) where Gedroits studied for her diploma as Doctor of Medicine and Surgery
Gedroits' report on her medical work during the Russo-Japanese War, which she presented to the Society of Military Doctors in July 1905
Boris Kustodiev's Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin in beaver hat and sable coat, dressed in a style emulated by Gedroits
Vera Gedroits (right) with Russian Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna Romanov
Gedroits (center) operates on a patient, while Tsarina Alexandra and daughters Tatiana and Olga (right) provide assistanceAwards 2
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Mikhail Artemyevich MuravyovAlso won Russo-Japanese War Medal
Vsevolod RudnevAlso won Russo-Japanese War Medal
Ali-Agha ShikhlinskiAlso won Medal "For Bravery"
Sergei WojciechowskiAlso won Russo-Japanese War Medal
Nikifor GrigorievAlso won Russo-Japanese War Medal
Veli Bek JedigarAlso won Medal "For Bravery"About this person
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1932 · aged 62
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17 languages
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