Experience in combating epidemics in the Yenisei province in the early years of soviet power

Krylov I. I., Alekseev O. G.

The article is devoted to the experience of the struggle of the Soviet health authorities with epidemiological diseases in the first years of Soviet power, on the example of the Yenisei province. The article deals with the problems of the formation of organizational structures of Soviet medicine, touches on the specifics of creating a sanitary and anti-epidemic organization in the difficult conditions of the 1920s. Archival materials allow you to get an idea of the measures that were taken to combat the epidemics of typhus, cholera, and malaria, and make it possible to track the dynamics of the spread of epidemics in the province. The documents of the 1920s reflect the problem of medical personnel, the lack of premises for infectious hospitals, the availability of medicines, and the specifics of sanitary and educational activities in the Yenisei province.

Keywords:Yenisei province, Krasnoyarsk, Gubzdrav, Soviet health care, epidemics, sanitary and educational activities.