EDN: https://elibrary.ru/eameiu
DOI: 10.21064/WinRS.2025.3.6
The article is dedicated to Yekaterina Mikhailovna Bakunina (1810—1894), the founder of a nursing school in Russia, a heroine of two wars (the Crimean and RussianTurkish wars) and the abbess of the Holy Cross Community of Sisters of Mercy. Bakunina was also an associate of Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov, a renowned surgeon. Coming from one of
the most distinguished noble families, Bakunina gave up secular life for the sake of saving people’s health and lives. N. I. Pirogov was able to appreciate the enormous potential of women and involve those who had previously only performed the duties of nurses in participating in surgical operations. And Ye. M. Bakunina, with her inherent dedication, love for people and desire for innovation, helped to implement this project in practice. The undoubted merit of Pirogov and Bakunina is that they not only created the profession of a nurse in Russia, but also raised it to a new, higher professional level than in other countries. A number of Russian female doctors, many of whom, like Ye. M. Bakunina, were pioneers in their field, left a rich legacy that influenced subsequent achievements in the art of healing.