Aleksandra Troitskaya
Aleksandra Troitskaya | |
|---|---|
| Born | Aleksandra Sergeyevna Troitskaya 26 May 1896 |
| Died | 19 April 1979 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv National Medical University |
| Occupation | doctor |
Aleksandra Sergeyevna Troitskaya (Russian: Алекса́ндра Серге́евна Тро́ицкая; 1896–1979) was a Soviet microbiologist-leprologist, candidate of medical sciences. Author of cancer vaccine.[1][2] Honorary Citizen of Kaluga (1996).[3]
Biography
Troitskaya was born in Bryankovo (now in Suvorovsky District of Tula Oblast), grew up in Kaluga.[3][4]
In 1917 she graduated from the Kaluga Diocesan School (she also studied with Konstantin Tsiolkovsky). In 1920s she worked as a teacher.[3][5]
In 1934 she graduated from Kharkiv National Medical University. In 1940-1951 a microbiologist, from 1946 Senior Researcher of the Astrakhan Leprosarium.[6]
In 1946, at the Kazan Federal University, she defended her thesis on pain biotherapy in the treatment of leprosy.[7]
Since 1951 (after retirement) she worked as a microbiologist in the laboratory of the Kaluga Oncologic Dispensary.[6]
She discovered new strains of corynebacteria — Corynebacterium Krestovnikova / Troitskaya.[8][9]
Andrei Sakharov, who tried to use Troitskaya to treat his first wife's cancer, wrote about her in his memoirs.[10]
Died
Troitskaya died in 1979. Buried on Pyatnitskoye Cemetery in Kaluga.
References
- ^ Трагическая судьба одного открытия
- ^ Вакцина против рака – открытие и закрытие
- ^ a b c Тайна Александры Троицкой
- ^ Ольга Коновалова (2024-05-23). "На фронтах милосердия". Калужская неделя. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Мария Тоболова (2023-11-22). "Три выдающиеся епархиалки: Благовещенская, Никольская, Троицкая". Православие.ru. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Лаборатория инновационных биомедицинских технологий
- ^ Александра Троицкая. Изобретатель и рационализатор
- ^ RussianPatents.com – free online patent search by keyword, and category numbers in Russia Base inventions and the USSR
- ^ О препарате Крестовниковой-Троицкой (КТ)
- ^ Андрей Сахаров (1969-02-25). "Воспоминания. Часть 2. Глава 3". memuarist.com. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
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Bibliography
- Village News (1974) [1]
- Mikhail Gavrilov. The Adventures of Capricorn (2017) ISBN 9785040064168 [2]
- Evgeny Dobrenko. Late Stalinism: The Aesthetics of Politics (2020) ISBN 9785444813348 [3]