[Academician Mikhail Israelievich Perelman (20.12.1924-29.03.2013). 100 years since his birth].

Modern thoracic surgery is quite young. Only after the Great Patriotic War conditions for performing thoracic surgery in the sense in which we understand it today appeared. The advent of intubation anesthesia and the solution of the issue of pneumothorax made it possible to operate safely in diseases and trauma of the thoracic cavity and thoracic organs. Further progress is associated with many famous domestic and foreign surgeons. It is gratifying that among them there are many representatives of the Russian surgical school: Y.Y. Janelidze, A.A. Vishnevsky, P.A. Kupriyanov, M.S. Grigoriev, A.P. Kolesov, F.G. Uglov, B.E. Linberg, I.S. Kolesnikov, S.M. Sokolov, N.V. Antelava, N.M. Amosov, B.V. Petrovsky, L.K. Bogush, V.I. Struchkov and others. It is especially gratifying that M.I. Perelman has also appeared among them since 1974. Their achievements were highly appreciated, including the awarding of State and Lenin prizes for works in the field of thoracic surgery.