Development of the Scientific and Pedagogical School of Cardiology at the Samara State Medical University and Its Founder Sergey Vyacheslavovich Shestakov

The article is based on archive materials, memories and scientific achievements of the prominent Soviet scientist, physician, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR S.V. Shestakov and is dedicated to the formation of the Kuibyshev (Samara) scientific and pedagogical school of cardiologists of the Samara State Medical University. The authors highlight the role of S. Shestakov as its founder, who made a significant contribution to the study of the genesis of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction, as well as to the training of medical personnel and teachers of the higher medical school; they identify the main stages of the school’s development and the directions of its work.