Alexander Karpovich Pankov (1902-1970) - Soviet surgeon, professor. Born in Orenburg. In 1935 he graduated from the Kazan Medical Institute named after. CM. Kirov. He began his practical work at the Atkarsky district hospital in the Saratov region. After completing his clinical residency in surgery in Leningrad, he worked at the Institute of Neurosurgery of the Academy of Medical Sciences