Shestov V.I. - the founder of the Department of Organisation and Tactics of the naval Medical Services

Vasilii Ivanovich Shestov during the Great Patriotic War performed various tasks concerning the organization of medical support in the Leningrad naval base, consulted on an issue of production and use of hospital and medical transport ships, worked on the organization of medical support in Schliessburg and etc. Shestov performed a considerable amount of research and methodological works concerning the establishment of the discipline «Organisation of naval medical support». He is considered as one of the founders of the theory of naval medical evacuation support.

V.I. Shestov, prominent figure in military medicine, naval medicine in the Soviet Union in 20 century