S.N. Fedorov - founder of MNTK

What S.N. did Fedorov for medicine, for society as a whole and for each of us cannot be overestimated. He pushed the boundaries of medicine, did not pay attention to someone’s “don’ts”, took risks - and the risk was justified.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of international awards, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, General Director of the International Scientific and Technical Complex "EYE MICROSURGERY", Svyatoslav Fedoro happily combined the gift of a scientist with the talent of an organizer and economist. Svyatoslav Fedorov born on August 8, 1927 in the city of Proskurov (now Khmelnitsky) in Ukraine. Since childhood, he dreamed of the sky, of heights, and wanted to fly military planes. But fate decreed otherwise: medicine became his life’s work.

Having set ourselves the task of freeing people from glasses, Svyatoslav Nikolaevich created a fundamentally new, highly effective direction in world ophthalmic surgery - refractive and energy surgery for the correction of myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism.

Refractive surgery technology developed by S.N. Fedorov and has become widespread in many countries of the world, has allowed millions of people to get rid of glasses, find the joy of work, the happiness of communicating with nature and playing sports.

Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Fedorov gave impetus to several fundamental directions at once, without which modern ophthalmology is unthinkable.

His fundamental works in the field of implantology, keratoprosthesis, glaucoma, optic atrophy, vitreoretinal and laser surgery have become classics of world ophthalmology.

S.N. Fedorov made a genuine revolution in ophthalmology: from a modest, measured science, he turned it into a bright, rapidly progressing, prestigious branch of medicine. Thanks to his achievements, Russia remains one of the leaders in world ophthalmology. Implementing the principle he formulated: “Beautiful eyes for everyone!” - Svyatoslav Fedorov and his school, associates in different countries made millions of blind people happy. In 1994 at the International Congress of Ophthalmologists in Canada S.N. Fedorov was rightfully awarded the highest professional honor - recognized as “an outstanding ophthalmologist of the 20th century.”

Svyatoslav Fedorov He treated people in a way that no one else could. Millions of patients who have had their sight restored in his clinics and given the joy of a full, vibrant life prove this more convincingly than any awards or official titles. He was a multidimensional and multifaceted personality. Fanatical dedication to his work, irrepressible energy - this is the “Fedorov style”. He had such energy that he drew everyone around him into the whirlpool of his ideas and plans. A striking character trait Svyatoslav Nikolaevich there was the ability to awaken only strong emotions in people, all feelings except indifference. He knew how to keep his word and bear responsibility, he knew how to enjoy life, even when it gave little reason to do so. His distinguishing features were almost reckless courage (human, professional, civil) and the ability to always remain forward looking. He was a man of an open heart and a generous soul, he loved life and strived to make every second of it fulfilling and creative.

The main brainchild and creation of S.N.’s entire life. Fedorov is MNTK "Eye Microsurgery".

S.N. Fedorov proposed and implemented original and unique organizational innovations: team method of work, rental contracts, mobile operating rooms with a diagnostic complex of equipment based on buses, ships, and railway cars; diagnostic and surgical conveyors with extensive use of modern computer technology.

MNTK "Eye Microsurgery" under the leadership Svyatoslav Nikolaevich became not only one of the best medical centers in the world, but also a world-famous scientific school, which produced hundreds of highly qualified specialists who headed ophthalmological institutions in Russia and many countries.

Today, MNTK provides 30 percent of all ophthalmological care provided in the Russian Federation and 50 percent of the total volume of high-tech treatments provided in the country. The share of operations of the first and highest complexity categories is steadily growing and amounted to 86 percent in 2006. Today, like yesterday, MNTK fulfills its main social mission - serving the people. That in the current conditions of the difficult financial situation of the majority of Russians, who cannot afford to use expensive services, is especially socially and politically important.

An example of the highest degree of scale and depth of state thinking of an academician Fedorov was the creation of 11 branches of the MNTK in the leading regions of the Russian Federation. They operate in St. Petersburg, Kaluga, Cheboksary, Volgograd, Tambov, Novosibirsk, Orenburg, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Khabarovsk. The contribution of branches to the general treasury of services to the fatherland is characterized by the following figures. The volume of assistance provided in the regions of location ranges from 40 to 90 percent of the total amount of ophthalmological care provided in the region.

The Fedorov school has deep traditions, a good material base, intellectual support in the regions - all the components to continue moving forward.

MNTK is a pioneer in the development and implementation of a huge number of surgical interventions. MNTK not only keeps pace with modern science, but is often ahead of it. Currently in the clinic Svyatoslav Fedorov About 200 types of operations on the eyeball and 600 of their varieties are performed.

Today, MNTK, owning the most high-tech, world-class hardware, is actively developing its own therapeutic technologies.

Thanks to the use of advanced technologies, high quality of treatment and fundamental scientific work, MNTK rightfully occupies a leading place among ophthalmological clinics in Russia.

Its uniqueness lies in the fact that the use of both the latest surgical technologies and deep fundamental research is concentrated here.

Talent is continuity of effort. Fedorov was precisely one of this breed of people, and this is precisely the secret of his phenomenal rise from a provincial doctor to a world-famous scientist. Doctors from the “Fedorov school” continue to restore people’s sight in operating rooms across the country. From now on, it has become our direct and sacred duty to develop and continue the Cause that Svyatoslav Fedorov served.

He was not just a scientist, a brilliant surgeon, a talented organizer, creator, and devotee. He was a brilliant personality whose fame crossed national boundaries.

Svyatoslav Fedorov introduced advanced methods of labor organization into medical practice and built the ophthalmological service in the country on principles that proved their viability and promise in the most difficult times of crisis.

For medicine, for society as a whole and for each of us, it cannot be overestimated. He pushed the boundaries of medicine, did not pay attention to someone’s “don’ts”, took risks - and the risk was justified.

Having set ourselves the task of freeing people from glasses, Svyatoslav Nikolaevich created a fundamentally new, highly effective direction in world ophthalmic surgery - refractive and energy surgery for the correction of myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism.

Refractive surgery technology developed by S.N. Fedorov and has become widespread in many countries of the world, has allowed millions of people to get rid of glasses, find the joy of work, the happiness of communicating with nature and playing sports.

Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Fedorov gave impetus to several fundamental directions at once, without which modern ophthalmology is unthinkable.

His fundamental works in the field of implantology, keratoprosthesis, glaucoma, optic atrophy, vitreoretinal and laser surgery have become classics of world ophthalmology.

S.N. Fedorov made a genuine revolution in ophthalmology: from a modest, measured science, he turned it into a bright, rapidly progressing, prestigious branch of medicine. Thanks to his achievements, Russia remains one of the leaders in world ophthalmology. Implementing the principle he formulated: “Beautiful eyes for everyone!” - Svyatoslav Fedorov and his school, associates in different countries made millions of blind people happy. In 1994 at the International Congress of Ophthalmologists in Canada S.N. Fedorov was rightfully awarded the highest professional honor - recognized as “an outstanding ophthalmologist of the 20th century.”

Svyatoslav Fedorov He treated people in a way that no one else could. Millions of patients who have had their sight restored in his clinics and given the joy of a full, vibrant life prove this more convincingly than any awards or official titles. He was a multidimensional and multifaceted personality. Fanatical dedication to his work, irrepressible energy - this is the “Fedorov style”. He had such energy that he drew everyone around him into the whirlpool of his ideas and plans. A striking character trait Svyatoslav Nikolaevich there was the ability to awaken only strong emotions in people, all feelings except indifference. He knew how to keep his word and bear responsibility, he knew how to enjoy life, even when it gave little reason to do so. His distinguishing features were almost reckless courage (human, professional, civil) and the ability to always remain forward looking. He was a man of an open heart and a generous soul, he loved life and strived to make every second of it fulfilling and creative.

The main brainchild and creation of S.N.’s entire life. Fedorov is MNTK "Eye Microsurgery".

S.N. Fedorov proposed and implemented original and unique organizational innovations: team method of work, rental contracts, mobile operating rooms with a diagnostic complex of equipment based on buses, ships, and railway cars; diagnostic and surgical conveyors with extensive use of modern computer technology.

MNTK "Eye Microsurgery" under the leadership Svyatoslav Nikolaevich became not only one of the best medical centers in the world, but also a world-famous scientific school, which produced hundreds of highly qualified specialists who headed ophthalmological institutions in Russia and many countries.

Today, MNTK provides 30% of all ophthalmological care provided on the territory of the Russian Federation and 50% of the total volume of high-tech treatments provided in the country. Today, like yesterday, MNTK fulfills its main social mission - serving the people. That in the current conditions of the difficult financial situation of the majority of Russians, who cannot afford to use expensive services, is especially socially and politically important.

An example of the highest degree of scale and depth of state thinking of an academician Fedorov was the creation of 10 branches of the MNTK in the leading regions of the Russian Federation. They operate in St. Petersburg, Kaluga, Cheboksary, Volgograd, Tambov, Novosibirsk, Orenburg, Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Khabarovsk. The contribution of branches to the general treasury of services to the fatherland is characterized by the following figures. The volume of assistance provided in the regions of location ranges from 40 to 90 percent of the total amount of ophthalmological care provided in the region.

The Fedorov school has deep traditions, a good material base, intellectual support in the regions - all the components to continue moving forward.

MNTK is a pioneer in the development and implementation of a huge number of surgical interventions. MNTK not only keeps pace with modern science, but is often ahead of it. Currently in the clinic Svyatoslav Fedorov About 200 types of operations on the eyeball and 600 of their varieties are performed.

Today, MNTK, owning the most high-tech, world-class hardware, is actively developing its own therapeutic technologies. Scientific experimental production is a modern structural unit that meets international standards (GMP), whose task is to produce high-quality pharmacological drugs and consumables necessary both at the stages of microsurgical operations and for the treatment of a whole range of ophthalmic diseases.

Thanks to the use of advanced technologies, high quality of treatment and fundamental scientific work, MNTK rightfully occupies a leading place among ophthalmological clinics in Russia.

Its uniqueness lies in the fact that the use of both the latest surgical technologies and deep fundamental research is concentrated here.

Today, for the first time in Russia, the MNTK “Eye Microsurgery” has introduced an educational process for mastering high-tech types of surgical treatment, based on the introduction of the “WETLAB” microsurgical training system, which ensures maximum approximation of the educational process to the real conditions of the operating room. To date, "WETLAB" operates in Moscow (the parent organization of the MNTK "Eye Microsurgery"), in St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Cheboksary branches.

To date, more than 500 ophthalmologists, including from Syria, Greece, Japan, France, etc., have been trained at the WETLAB bases in the Eye Microsurgery International Scientific and Research Center. Particularly noteworthy is the trend of expanding geography and increasing the number of regional Russian ophthalmologists coming to master high technologies .

Talent is continuity of effort. Fedorov was precisely one of this breed of people, and this is precisely the secret of his phenomenal rise from a provincial doctor to a world-famous scientist. Doctors from the “Fedorov school” continue to restore people’s sight in operating rooms across the country. From now on, it has become our direct and sacred duty to develop and continue the Cause that Svyatoslav Fedorov served.

He was not just a scientist, a brilliant surgeon, a talented organizer, creator, and devotee. He was a brilliant personality whose fame crossed national boundaries.

Svyatoslav Fedorov introduced advanced methods of labor organization into medical practice and built the ophthalmological service in the country on principles that proved their viability and promise in the most difficult times of crisis.

In the stories of great and successful people, we are interested not only in the details of their personal lives, gastronomic preferences, etc. First of all, we are concerned with the question: how were they able to reach the very heights of success? Of course, it would be easier to attribute everything to luck, luck, talent. But almost always behind worldwide recognition, honor and fame there is continuous work. Talent without hard work is nothing.

Svyatoslav Fedorov was a talented ophthalmologist, a successful businessman, a very wealthy and prosperous person. What was the secret of his success, what was the phenomenon of Professor Fedorov? The story is told by professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, a man who knew the great surgeon closely, Boris Shamilevich NUVAKHOV.

Dreams and reality

NOW this story would be called the "American Dream". Fedorov started out as a simple provincial doctor. He became a millionaire, the owner of a huge medical corporation. But this was by no means an old childhood dream that came true so visibly and significantly. I dreamed of something completely different. About the sky, heights, airplanes, in a word, about the profession of a real man. But Fedorov failed to become a pilot...

At the beginning of March 1945, when the war was thundering with its penultimate volleys, a festive evening was being prepared at the school. Having put on his only going-out suit, Slava hurried to the holiday. I jumped on the tram while it was moving - I was afraid of being late. He fell, barely managed to grab the handrail - he was dragged along the ground. I tried to get to my feet - a sharp pain pierced my left leg. I woke up in the hospital. Doctors decided to amputate the foot and lower third of the leg. Probably, it was possible to do without this: after all, only the heel bone was crushed. But the surgeons played it safe. However, then nothing else could have occurred to them.

After the operation, flying was strictly forbidden. I had to leave the school. What's next? Where to go? Which specialty should I choose? In Rostov, where he lived then, there was not much choice. Technical university, humanitarian and even medical. I had no interest in technical sciences. I didn’t feel capable of the humanities. I decided to try medical school. This choice was almost a step of despair. Well, we need to decide somewhere! I passed the entrance exams without much success, and generally received a “C” for my essay, so I barely passed the competition. I studied like everyone else, without standing out. An incident also brought him to ophthalmology. At that time, Slava was interested in photography, and even worked part-time at it. Therefore, when the time came to choose a specialization, I decided to choose ophthalmology - after all, the eye resembled a camera.

Fedorov performed the first operation on March 8, 1951. The department was preparing for Women's Day when they brought in a sick mechanic from the factory. While working, a piece of the chisel jumped off and hit the worker in the eye. Young Fedorov assisted Associate Professor Lakshin. Having administered anesthesia, the surgeon suddenly said to Svyatoslav: “You will operate yourself,” and left the operating room.

Later, Professor Fedorov admits that the profession of an ophthalmological surgeon is his real calling and destiny: “I love to operate... You feel your power over the process, as if you are in flight. And it’s as if you are walking along the razor’s edge all the time, but you know that you will get there, you won't fall. A feeling of responsibility and usefulness of what you are doing: this patient, almost blind, will see normally tomorrow... I am an impulsive, explosive person and therefore could not be, say, a therapist: I need to quickly see the result of what I have done. And patients "Right here in our clinic they throw away glasses because they are no longer needed! Surgery is a dynamic process, always creative."

In the meantime... Finding the way

The YOUNG surgeon turned out to be ambitious. Oh, how I didn’t want to remain an ordinary doctor! I didn’t sleep at night, painfully thinking: will life really be so mediocre? He fantasized, inventing interesting scientific topics. Finally I decided: my business is an operation to replace a cloudy lens with an artificial one made of plastic. The idea itself was not new. There have already been attempts at such operations abroad, although not always successful. In Russian ophthalmology, the new “Western hobby” was considered almost quackery. But Fedorov did not let up. He himself, without permission from the institute’s management, began work on an unplanned topic and conducted experiments on animals. The rabbits with artificial lenses felt good; they rushed to carrots as soon as they removed the bandage from the operated eye.

Soon fate brought the young doctor together with a seriously ill patient. Twelve-year-old Chuvash schoolgirl Lena Petrova suffered from cataracts from birth. She couldn't see anything with her right eye. After consulting with her parents, Fedorov decided to take a risk- operate on Lena’s diseased eye and insert an artificial lens into it. Operation was successfully completed. The girl began to see. But as for the scientific career and reputation of Fedorov himself, the result was exactly the opposite - the operations were banned. Senior influential comrades warned their colleagues against using Fedorov’s “dubious” method. Letters, appeals to various authorities - all are useless. For a long time, the luminaries did not want to accept a “boy” doctor, an “upstart”.

To the capital

In ARKHANGELSK, where he was invited to head the department of eye diseases at the medical institute, things went better or worse. Fedorov even formed a team of like-minded people. They organized a small clinic for the implantation of an artificial lens, but after a while he had to... run away - literally run away.

At the end of the 60s, rumors about a doctor from Arkhangelsk who restored sight to hopelessly ill people spread throughout the country and began to penetrate abroad. Patients arrived, but there were no conditions to treat all those in need: a tiny laboratory, overcrowded wards, homemade equipment. And patients wrote complaints to all authorities that the conditions in the clinic were unacceptable. The Deputy Minister of Health came to Arkhangelsk to investigate. It was decided to move the laboratory to Moscow and equip the clinic with the latest equipment. When Fedorov finally had the order to transfer to the capital in his hands, he came to the rector to say goodbye. He greeted him rather coldly. In Arkhangelsk they did not at all want to lose a doctor who had brought enormous fame to the institute. The matter was not limited only to persuasion and reproaches for desertion. Anticipating difficulties, Fedorov decided not to hesitate and called his friend: “I think we won’t be able to leave by train tomorrow. We need to urgently return our tickets and fly by plane.” Having given other people's names - then tickets were sold without presenting a passport - we bought tickets for the first morning flight. Fedorov flew to Moscow under the name Nikolaenko. They refused to give them work books. Then they requested them through the prosecutor. At the station, as Fedorov had expected, that morning an inspector from the personnel department and several other people were waiting for the fugitives, who had received orders from above “Don’t let them in!”

In a word, the escape was a success. But what next? What seemed so tempting from distant Arkhangelsk - the capital, recognition in scientific circles, its own clinic - was put off for another year. But Fedorov knew what he was running towards and what he wanted: to have his own large institute, the opportunity to restore sight not to tens, but to thousands and millions of sick people. Actually, that’s how it happened. True, the path was not short. There was everything: envy, numerous prohibitions and provocations, reproaches for self-promotion, even attempts to accuse him of bribery. One day, two employees of the institute were arrested. For six days they sought a confession that Professor Fedorov takes bribes or, at least, knows that they are taken from him at the institute. If such testimony could be “knocked out,” the prepared project on the creation of the “Eye Microsurgery” complex could not be accepted. But thanks to the courage of the women, the provocateurs were unable to concoct a “criminal case.” Other doctors sewed up their pockets just in case - they tried to stuff money into them...

It took Fedorov thirty years to realize his dream. But the reward was also high.

Fedorov phenomenon

SVYATOSLAV Fedorov is a talented surgeon, the author of many inventions and discoveries in ophthalmology, including the method of implanting an artificial lens, which he called “Sputnik”, methods of treating myopia, glaucoma, astigmatism, the creator of a huge interdisciplinary scientific and technical complex “Eye Microsurgery”. The poet A. Voznesensky called him an “eye genius.” But Fedorov is also an extraordinary organizer, who was the first to use in domestic medicine the conveyor belt method and the narrow specialization of doctors (a team of surgeons operates on one patient, each performing their part of the operation sequentially). What makes a person so obsessed, makes him achieve the seemingly impossible, strive for the very top and achieve it? Parental genes, environment, circumstances, one’s own will, forces from above?

In his youth, Fedorov had one incident that largely determined his attitude towards life and himself. While still a student, he took up swimming. It was more than a hobby. In the water he was equal with everyone, did not feel his physical handicap due to his amputated foot and mastered almost all styles. Once I swam in a race with water polo athletes who were training on the Don, and overtook many. The coach offered to compete for the team - they were missing one person: “You just swim to the finish line, nothing else is required of you - we just need to get a test.” When the start was given, he was the last to jump. I thought: just to swim! He raised his head and there were three people ahead. I overtook one, the other, there was one more left. “And then,” recalled Svyatoslav Nikolaevich, “such anger came over me! Suddenly I wanted to overtake and win. Three hundred meters before the finish line, I overtook the leader and, to my surprise, became the winner. A large crowd gathered on the embankment, everyone clapped, which - then they shouted. It was unusually pleasant to realize that I could do something that others could not. At that moment for the first time I understood, deeply felt that everything was within my power. I realized that if a person can overcome himself, then he can overcome any difficulties. That is Then, on the banks of the Don, an invincible confidence in myself, in my capabilities, was born in me and remained for the rest of my life. Perhaps this quality is the most important thing in my character. Standing on the embankment, before I had time to dry off, I discovered a simple, but an incredibly important truth: you have to, as they say, work hard. Work until you sweat. Only under this condition can you achieve something in life. For me, that victory, albeit modest and insignificant, became the starting point of my whole life. So, no matter how Paradoxically, no matter how blasphemous it sounds, I consider myself lucky to have lost my leg. If this had not happened, I probably would not have been able to develop such will in myself, the ability not to change my goal under any circumstances."

And to the question of what is the phenomenon of Professor Fedorov, he best answers himself: “God did not give me any super talents, except wild perseverance, ability to work, the desire to achieve my goal, if this goal will benefit people. I believe that a person, if he wants ", can achieve everything that is possible in this Universe. To do this, you need to want incredibly. To strive incredibly for the goal."

Reference

Name: Svyatoslav Fedorov

Age: 72 years old

Place of Birth: Proskurov, Ukraine

A place of death: Moscow

Activity: Russian ophthalmologist, eye microsurgeon

Family status: was married

Svyatoslav Fedorov - biography

During his life, Dr. Svyatoslav Fedorov did many good deeds. Thanks to his talent, tens of thousands of people regained their sight. And he would have done even more if the helicopter he was flying in had not suddenly lost control 16 years ago.

Svyatoslav wanted to become a pilot since childhood. If this had happened, medicine would not have had a talented ophthalmologist. Everything was decided by an accident that closed Fedorov’s path to aviation...

Svyatoslav Fedorov was born in Ukraine in the city of Proskurov (now Khmelnitsky) in 1927. He belonged to a generation of guys who were literally obsessed with aviation. In those years, she experienced an unprecedented rise: the heroic flights of Chkalov, Baidukov, the rescue of the Chelyuskinites... The pilots were idols, idols, they were admired, films were made about them, songs were composed.

Svyatoslav’s father, brigade commander Nikolai Fedorov, supported his son’s aspirations. He himself was once a worker at the Putilov plant. Then, having gone through the fronts of the First World War and the Civil War, he became a professional military man. Slava admired his father, but at the end of 1938 disaster struck: the brigade commander was arrested and sentenced to 17 years in the camps as an enemy of the people. This was a heavy blow for the boy. The radio thundered with victory marches, optimistic songs, stories about the glorious victories of the Soviet people, and Slava was isolated: friendship with the son of an enemy of the people was not welcomed. Nevertheless, the boy continued to dream of heaven, like thousands of his peers.

Fedorov's fatal tram

When the war began, the dreams of 14-year-old boys changed: to the front, to beat the Nazis! The boys were afraid that the war would end before they could take up arms. We managed... And to fight and lay down our heads. According to statistics, military pilots died after making only 5-7 sorties.

Svyatoslav was studying at a special Air Force school in Rostov when fate dealt him this blow. Having unsuccessfully jumped off the tram's steps, he fell and his leg got under the wheel. The teenager lost his foot. And how to live on now? There will be no flights, no feeling of conquering the sky, no beautiful shape, no admiration from girls...

Having come to terms with the fact that his dream of becoming a pilot would never come true, he submitted documents to the Rostov Medical Institute. Of course, a doctor is not a heroic profession like a pilot, there is no romance in it, but a doctor saves lives, and this is the main thing. In 1952, Fedorov graduated from the institute and went to work in the village of Veshenskaya, Rostov region, and then to the Urals, to Lysva, where he became a surgeon in a local hospital.

Millions of doctors, having received a diploma, are eager to help people and dream of future achievements. But most of them gradually lose their former passion: no aspirations, the same thing from year to year. Fedorov’s enthusiasm and interest in the profession only grew. Just six years after graduation, he defended his Ph.D. thesis, and in 1960, in Cheboksary, where he then worked, he performed a revolutionary operation to replace the lens of the eye with an artificial one. Similar operations were carried out in the West, but in the USSR they were considered quackery, and Fedorov was fired from his job.

Having moved to Arkhangelsk, he became the head of the department of eye diseases at the medical institute. It was here that the “Fedorov empire” began in his biography: like-minded people gathered around the irrepressible surgeon, ready for revolutionary changes in eye microsurgery. People from all over the country flocked to Arkhangelsk in the hope of regaining their lost sight - and they actually began to see.

The surgeon was assessed “officially” - together with his team he moved to Moscow. And he began to do absolutely fantastic things: correct vision using keratotomy (incisions on the cornea), transplant a donor cornea, developed a new method for operating on glaucoma, and became a pioneer of laser eye microsurgery.

The scientific and technical complex “Eye Microsurgery”, which he led, had a foreign currency account, could serve foreign clients, independently set the number of employees and their salaries, and also engage in economic activities outside medicine. Fedorov actively led the construction of branches throughout the country and abroad.

Moreover, there was a sea vessel - the Peter the Great ophthalmological clinic, on board of which operations were carried out that brought in 14 million dollars a year. Svyatoslav Nikolaevich wrote dozens of articles, monographs, patented a huge number of inventions, received many awards, prizes, titles, and earned worldwide fame.

Svyatoslav Fedorov - personal life: favorite of women

Of course, such a bright man could not help but attract women, and he reciprocated their feelings.

My father was a real Don Juan. He had a damn, invincible charm that was impossible to resist. He could make any woman fall in love with him if he wanted,” said his daughter from his first marriage, Irina.

It was for this reason that Fedorov’s personal life began to crack: he broke up with his first wife Liliya Fedorovna, with whom he lived for 12 years.

Mom was raised in very strict rules; every physical betrayal of her father was also spiritual for her,” Irina admits. -She couldn’t turn a blind eye to his hobbies and filed for divorce. Her father wrote letters to her, asking her to forget everything, but she did not forgive.

However, Dr. Fedorov remained on good terms with his daughter. Irina followed in her father’s footsteps and became an ophthalmologist - like his daughter from his second marriage, Olga.

He also “bewitched” his third wife, Irene, with his specialization. A gynecologist by training, after meeting him she became an ophthalmological nurse and assisted him in operations. They met in a medical office. Irene came to Fedorov for an appointment to sign up her aunt for surgery.

I fell in love with it as soon as I walked in. I saw it and almost fainted. After our acquaintance with Svyatoslav Nikolaevich, I lost peace and sleep, I lived from one meeting to another, she later recalled.

Fedorov was married at that time, but could not resist such feelings: he left his family. And he created a new one - with Irene and her twin daughters from her first marriage, Elina and Yulia.

Svyatoslav Fedorova - death: Buried dreams

And yet the main thing in his life always remained work.

In addition to the clinic, Dr. Fedorov directed the huge Protasovo-MG complex near Moscow, which included a dairy plant, a drinking water plant, two factories producing eyeglass frames, lenses, surgical instruments and electronic devices.

A helicopter, a hangar, a radio station, a gas tanker, and an Aviatika-890U aircraft were purchased for the complex, and a runway was built.

At the age of 62, Fedorov finally sat at the controls of the plane and began flying to the branches of the complex, even to remote regions. He was happy: his old dream of heaven had finally come true. But she also destroyed him.

On June 2, 2000, Dr. Fedorov took to the skies for the last time. The helicopter in which Svyatoslav Nikolaevich was returning from a conference from Tambov crashed onto a vacant lot near the Moscow Ring Road. The cause of the plane crash was said to be a technical malfunction.

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