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  • August 19, 2025
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Gorshenin A. V. From the History of the Inventive Activity of the Soviet Microbiologist Zinaida Vissarionovna Yermolyeva in the 1930s-1970s: monograph / S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Reaviz Medical University; Lyceum No. 1 “Sputnik”. Samara: Insoma-press, 2024. 196 p.: Book review

Abstract

The reviewed publication is a comprehensive monograph about the life and work of the outstanding Soviet scientist-microbiologist Zinaida Vissarionovna Yermolyeva, prepared by A. V. Gorshenin (PhD in Historical Sciences) and unparalleled in Russian historical science. The author pays particular attention to previously unpublished archival materials reflecting the scientist’s contribution to the development of antibiotics, methods for diagnosing cholera, the use of lysozyme, and other antibacterial and antiviral agents.

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Vladimir Rudolfovich Avetisyan

PhD

Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education

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Publication history

  • Received: August 8, 2025.
  • Published: August 19, 2025.

Keywords

  • З. В. Ермольева
  • история медицины
  • микробиология
  • изобретательская деятельность
  • Z. V. Yermolyeva
  • history of medicine
  • microbiology
  • inventive activity

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