Army Medical Museum

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ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation situated at 2 Lazaretny Lane. It was founded in Moscow in 1942 and transferred to Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in 1945 to include collections of the Pirogov Museum and the museum of the Army Medical Academy. In 2003, the collections numbered about 100,000 items dating from the 18th to 20th centuries, of which the most valuable are about 20 million case reports and 32 million soldier cards made during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 providing a basis for army medical and historical research. The museum is situated in the former sick quarters of Semenovsky Lifeguard Regiment.

References: Варламов В. М. Рожденный в дни войны // ЛП. 1986. № 12. С. 20-22; Шабунин А. В. Военно-медицинский музей, 1943-1993: Ист. очерк. СПб., 1993.

G. V. Kalashnikov. Lazaretny Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 2
Шабунин А. В. Военно-медицинский музей, 1943-1993: Ист. очерк. СПб., 1993
Варламов В. М. Рожденный в дни войны // Ленингр. панорама, 1986 Pirogov Museum
Semenovsky Life Guards Regiment
1945