To the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Viktor Stepanovich Guskov, Head of the Psychiatry Department of the Perm State Medical Institute

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The article is devoted to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Viktor Stepanovich Guskov, Ph.D. of Medical Sciences and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Perm Medical Institute. In 1954, he graduated from the medical faculty of the Ivanovo Medical Institute, and after that, he completed his clinical residency in psychiatry. Since 1959, he has been working as an assistant at the Department of Psychiatry at the Voronezh Medical Institute. In 1966, based on a competition, he was elected as head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Perm Medical Institute, where he worked until 1997. He is the author of more than 140 publications, including 10 monographs. One of the most signi cant works of his is the “Terminological Dictionary of a Psychiatrist” written in 1965, which included almost 4200 words, expressions, terms and phrases. In addition, he was actively engaged in public work, was a Member of the Crime Control Commission, and introduced into the work technical tools in education. He was awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War. He has 14 government awards.