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 Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Fedorov
Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Fedorov
(August 8, 1927, Proskurov — June
2, 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet and
Russian ophthalmologist, eye
microsurgeon, one of the
participants in the introduction of
radial keratotomy, professor.
 life history
• Svyatoslav Fedorov was born in
Proskurov , in Ukraine, in the family of
a serviceman. A few years later, his
father, Nikolai Fedorovich Fedorov, a
former blacksmith, and now a
lieutenant general, commander of a
cavalry division, was transferred to
serve in the city of Kamenetsk-
Podilsky. In this Ukrainian city,
Svyatoslav went to high school in 1934
 life history
In the hospital, young Fedorov saw a huge number of crippled, surrendered
men who considered their lives over. Overcoming the pain, Svyatoslav
began training and even won swimming competitions among full-fledged
athletes.
At the same time, in the hospital, Fedorov decided on a new profession. In
1945, he began his studies at the Rostov Medical Institute, where he
specialized in ophthalmology. Svyatoslav Nikolaevich carried out his first
operation while still studying at an internship. He managed to save the sight
of a locksmith, who had a piece of an iron chisel stuck in his eyeball
MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

• In 1979, the Fedorov laboratory

was transformed into a research
institute, in 1986-into an
intersectoral complex of Eye
Microsurgery. His clinic became
world-famous, and he himself
became a major businessman-
entrepreneur.
 MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARD

• Academician, scientist Svyatoslav Fedorov made many scientific

discoveries, he owns one hundred and eighty patents for inventions. But its
main achievement is more than three million successfully operated patients.
Fedorov published several fundamental, serious works that allow us to
develop ophthalmology as a science even today. Svyatoslav Nikolaevich
Fedorov was awarded the title of Hero of Labor, he is a holder of orders and
medals, a laureate of various prizes. In 2002, the international professional
community awarded him the title of the Greatest Ophthalmologist.