Director of the Kurgan Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Orthopedics and Traumatology G.A. Ilizarov

USSR. Chelyabinsk. Honored Doctor of the RSFSR, Director of the Kurgan Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Orthopedics and Traumatology, orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov and his former patient, Olympic champion, European and world champion in high jump Valery Nikolaevich Brumel (left to right) after the performance of "Doctor Nazarov" based on the play by V. N. Brumel and Yuri Petrovich Shpitalny. The play, dedicated to G. A. Ilizarov, was presented by the Kurgan Drama Theater during its tour. Boris Klipinitser/TASS