Young sientiscs held a meeting dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

22  04.2025 Young scientists spoke about the work of the institute during the war years and shared memories of their relatives who took part in military operations.

The memorial events took place on April 21 and 22, 2025. The meeting was attended by young scientists - members of the SMU FBUN NNIIEM named after Academician I.N. Blokhina of Rospotrebnadzor, as well as employees of the institute.

The Chairman of the SMU Council, Novoselova A.A., made a report on the activities of the Gorky Regional Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology (now the Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute named after Academician I.N. Blokhina of Rospotrebnadzor) in 1941-1945. In her report, Novoselova A.A. spoke about the production and scientific activities of the institute during the Great Patriotic War, as well as the invaluable contribution of employees to ensuring sanitary and epidemiological protection of the population.

Young scientists of the institute presented reports on the military exploits of their relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945:

• Junior researcher of the laboratory of epidemiology of viral hepatitis Korneva A.A. told about his great-grandfather, Vasily Semenovich Kornev;
• Senior laboratory assistant of the laboratory of immunochemistry Zaitsev D.E. shared memories of his great-grandfather, Dmitry Ignatyevich Kuzmin;
• Junior researcher of the laboratory of epidemiology of viral hepatitis Novoselova A.A. told about her great-grandmother and great-grandfather, Tamara Yegorovna Sazhinykh and Ilya Semenovich.

Senior colleagues also shared memories of their relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War.

At the end of the meeting of the SMU, the employees of the institute honored the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War with a minute of silence. Great pride, the pain of loss and the fire of memories will remain with us forever.