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Vladimir Bekhterev, neuropathologist and psychologist.

This list of Russian physicians and psychologists includes the famous physicians and psychologists, medical scientists and medical doctors from the [Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire and other predecessor states of Russia.

The following are of interest to psychologists:

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Vladimir Bekhterev, neuropathologist, founder of objective psychology, noted the role of the hippocampus in memory, major contributor to reflexology, studied the Bekhterev’s Disease
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Burdenko
Vladimir Betz, discovered Betz cells of primary motor cortex
Sergey Botkin, major therapist and court physician
Nikolay Burdenko, major developer of neurosurgery
Konstantin Buteyko, developed the Buteyko method for the treatment of asthma and other breathing disorders

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Mikhail Chumakov, co-discovered tick-borne encephalitis, co-developed oral polio vaccine

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Livery Darkshevich, neurologist, described the nucleus of posterior commissure
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Ilizarov

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Vladimir Filatov, ophthalmologist, corneal transplantation pioneer
Svyatoslav Fyodorov, inventor of radial keratotomy

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Oleg Gazenko, founder of space medicine, selected and trained Laika, the first space dog
Ilya Gruzinov, found that vocal folds are the source of phonation

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Nikolai Korotkov, invented auscultatory blood pressure measurement, pioneer of vascular surgery
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Mechnikov
Sergey Korsakov, studied the effects of alcoholism on the nervous system, described Korsakoff's syndrome, introduced paranoia concept
Aleksei Kozhevnikov, neurologist and psychiatrist, described the epilepsia partialis continua

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Aleksey Leontyev, founder of activity theory in psychology
Peter Lesgaft, founder of the modern system of physical education in Russia
Alexander Luria, co-developer of activity theory and cultural-historical psychology, major researcher of aphasia

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Ilya Mechnikov, pioneer researcher of immune system, probiotics and phagocytosis; coined the term gerontology, Nobel Prize in Medicine winner
Pavlov
Lazar Minor, neurologist, described Minor's disease

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Ivan Pavlov, founder of modern physiology, the first to research classical conditioning, influenced comparative psychology and behaviorism by his works on reflexes, Nobel Prize in Medicine winner
Nikolay Pirogov, pioneer of ether anaesthesia and modern field surgery, the first to perform anaesthesia in the field conditions, invented a number of surgical operations
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Pirogov
Viktor Protopopov, founder of his own pathophysiological school of thought, namesake of Protopopov's syndrome

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Grigory Rossolimo, pioneer of child neuropsychology
Vladimir Roth, neuropathologist, described meralgia paraesthetica

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Ivan Sechenov, founder of electrophysiology and neurophysiology, author of the classic work Reflexes of the Brain
Vladimir Serbsky, founder of forensic psychiatry in Russia
Lina Stern, pioneer researcher of blood–brain barrier
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Sechenov

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Lev Vygotsky, founder of cultural-historical psychology, major contributor to child development and psycholinguistics, introduced zone of proximal development and cultural mediation concepts

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Alexander Zaporozhets, developmental psychologist, collaborator of Vygotsky, Luria, and Leontiev, once head of the Kharkov School of Psychology
Bluma Zeigarnik, psychiatrist, discovered the Zeigarnik effect, founded experimental psychopathology