PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT OF HEALTH OF THE BASHKIR ASSR IN 1919-1925: HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF ITS ACTIVITIES
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Abstract (English):
The article is devoted to the study of the history of the formation of the regulatory framework, structure, personnel and main activities of the People's Commissariat of Health of the Bashkir ASSR in 1919–1925. Based on published collections of documents and scientific publications available on this topic, the process of the emergence and evolution of the central healthcare apparatus of the republic in the most difficult period of the formation of Soviet power in the conditions of acute shortage of medicines, finances, medical institutions and medical workers is revealed. The paper considers the activities of Gumer Mukhametgalimovich Kuvatov, the People's Commissar of Health, who organized the medical Soviet system in the Bashkir ASSR, led the work to combat epidemics of typhus, cholera and other infectious diseases in 1919–1922. The key legal documents that predetermined the functions and management model of the People's Commissariat of Health of the republic until the mid-20s of the 20th century are studied.

Keywords:
People's Commissariat of Health, Bashkir ASSR, People's Commissar Kuvatov, typhus epidemic, cholera epidemic, history of medicine, Soviet medicine
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