«A brilliant teacher and popularizer»: Professor Pavel Nikolaevich Kashkin (1902-1991)

The essay based on archival materials reveals the major milestones in the biography, scientific, pedagogical, and public activities of the eminent scientist, professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, and Candidate of Biological Sciences, P.N. Kashkin, who headed the Department of Microbiology at the Leningrad Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute. He was not only the founder but also one of the initiators of the reorganization of the Chemical-Pharmaceutical Faculty of the 1st Leningrad Medical Institute in the period 1936-1937 and the establishment of the Leningrad Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute as an independent university. P.N. Kashkin was the author of numerous discoveries, a mentor who raised and inspired a whole generation of scientists. P.N. Kashkin became the initiator and organizer of the world's first Engineering Microbiology Faculty at the LCFI, where he served as the dean. His main task was the training of highly qualified specialists for the developing industry of antibiotics, including antifungal drugs. P.N. Kashkin is the founder of mycosis epidemiology in our country. The name of Professor P.N. Kashkin as a prominent specialist became known among mycologists thanks to his work on organizing the fight against fungal skin diseases. The name of the founder of domestic microbiology, P.N. Kashkin, was assigned to the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Medical Mycology, and in 2005 a monument to this remarkable scientist was erected on the institute's premises.