Hard lines of the fifth Kazan state medical institution principal, associate professor of the department of ophthalmology Suleyman Bek-Mukhametovich Enaleev (devoted to the 120th birth anniversary)

The article is devoted to the 120th birth anniversary of the fifth principal of the Kazan State Medical Institute, associate professor of the ophthalmology department Suleyman Bek-Mukhametovich Enaleev, whose life journey was short and thorny. His curiosity, thirst for knowledge and self-sacrificing work had raised him from a simple village boy to the principal of the Kazan State Medical Institute and the People’s Commissar of Healthcare of Tatarstan. The article describes the successful start of his career as manager, but false accusations tragically cut short his life. For a long time his name was noteless because documents showing his activities during this period were seized from the Institute archives. Only official orders were preserved, which shed light on active work he performed in this post: not only taking the great interest in his employees’ lives, covering the cost of their treatment and other needs, but also supported the scientific, medical and educational work of his colleagues. In addition, associate professor S.B. Enaleev actively participated in launching new schools and hospitals in Tatarstan, creating new departments at the Institute (departments of pathophysiology, surgery of the pediatric faculty and the faculty of public health, 4th department of internal medicine), recruiting their personnel, organizing repair of university buildings and dormitories, etc. However, despite the progress made by S.B. Enaleev while he was in charge of the Institute, in 1938 the NKVD arrested him on a false denunciation. Unable to withstand the torture and beatings, S.B. Enaleev died. Many years later, a special commission of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of Tatarstan rehabilitated his good name.

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