Virina Shinov is another example, so to speak, of Russian proletarian medicine. All biographical data is hidden behind seven seals, and only fragments of the story were published in his book “Surgeon,” but those that were conveyed to us rather leave much to be desired. The first time she became known was in 1936, then she was a 3rd year student at the Moscow Medical Academy. Sechenov. And only later, when we met quite by chance (although it doesn’t happen to anyone), she told