Boris Petrovsky

Boris Vasilyevich Petrovsky (; 27 June 1908 – 4 May 2004) was a Soviet and Russian general surgeon who was the health minister of the Soviet Union in the period 1965–1980.

Early life and education Petrovsky was born in Yessentuki on 27 June 1908. His father was a physician.

Petrovsky applied for the Medicine Faculty of Moscow University, but he was not accepted due to the restricted quota and was transferred to the Engineering Faculty of the same university. When he was in office, he continued such operations and implemented more than thirty kidney transplants until 1968. During his term the Oath of a Soviet Physician began to be used in 1971 when it was accepted by the Supreme Soviet of which he was a member.

Petrovsky was also a member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences.

Awards With President Vladimir Putin on presentation of the Order of St. Andrew, 10 October 2003 Petrovsky was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Lenin Prize in 1960 and the Hero of Socialist Labour in 1968.

Order of the Red Star (1942) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1970) Order of the October Revolution (1971) USSR State Prize (1971) Order of Friendship of Peoples (1993)

Work One of the books written by Petrovsky was published in 1949 entitled Surgical Treatment of Vascular Injuries.