Epidemiology and Infectious DiseasesEpidemiology and Infectious Diseases1560-95292411-3026Eco-Vector4066210.17816/EID40662The principal epidemiologist of the front (on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of Professor S. V. Viskovsky's birth)KnopovMikhail Shmulevichrmapo. ruTaranukhaValentin Kirillovich-KnopovM ShRussian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education-TaranukhaV KRussian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education-Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education15122011166535623072020Copyright © 2011, Eco-vector2011The paper describes the life and creative work of Professor Stefan Valerianovich Viskovsky, an outstanding Russian infectious diseases specialist and epidemiologist, a health administrator, a participant of the Great Patriotic War.S. V. ViskovskyepidemiologyС. В. Висковскийэпидемиология