Eduard-Anton Ya. Krassovsky (on the 125th anniversary of his death)

This article is dedicated to the 125^th anniversary of the death of Anton Ya. Krassovsky, who was one of the greatest obstetricians of the 19^th century, the founder of scientific obstetrics and operative gynecology in Russia, public figure, professor and academician of Imperial Medical and Surgical Academy. The paper highlights his biography, scientific, teaching and social activities. A.Ya. Krassovsky’s enormous contribution to the development of operative and scientific obstetrics and gynecology, as well as improvement of gynecological operations is highly noted in the article. Particularly noteworthy is the participation of Prof. A.Ya. Krassovsky in the foundation of the first Saint Petersburg Obstetrics and Gynecology Society in Russia, in the training of doctors and midwives, and in the creation of the first domestic school of obstetricians and gynecologists and the first scientific journal in Russia for obstetricians and gynecologists. The “Journal of Obstetrics and Women’s Diseases” laid down the basic ideas and directions that contributed to the formation and development of domestic obstetrics and gynecology.