REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot158710.32687/1561-5936-2023-27-1-96-100Original ArticlePharmaceutical enterprises in the first period of the Great Patriotic War in the USSRSerebryanyRoman S.001KamelskikhDenis V.002N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, RussiaNational Medical Research Center for Hematology, Moscow, Russia1512202319610009102025Copyright © 2023,2023The article discusses the state of the pharmaceutical industry during the Great Patriotic War in 1941—1942. The shortcomings of pre-war planning for the deployment of most enterprises of the industry in the western territories of the USSR, which led to losses in the provision of medicines and dressings for the army and the civilian population of the country at the beginning of the war, were revealed. The difficulties with the relocation of production from the front-line regions to the rear, the huge work to restore the efficiency of evacuated plants and factories, and the construction of new enterprises are shown. It has been established that already in the first period of the Great Patriotic War, it was possible to achieve the restoration of the Soviet pharmaceutical industry.history of medicinepharmaceutical industry enterprisesGreat Patriotic Wardrugs and materialsGlavkhimfarmpromистория медициныпредприятия фармацевтической промышленностиВеликая Отечественная войналекарственные средства и материалыГлавхимфармпром1.Gorshenin A. V., Ruderman V. I. Procurement of medicinal plants by the pharmaceutical industry of the Kuibyshev region during the Great Patriotic War. Samara Scientific Bulletin. 2021; (10): 253—257. (In Russ.) doi: 10.17816/snv2021101211.2.Fedyakina V. V. Ways to eliminate the shortage of medicines and dressings during the Great Patriotic War. Medicine during the Great Patriotic War. All-Russian student scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Volgograd, April 28—29, 2015. Volgograd; 2015: 17—19. (In Russ.)3.Dautova R. R. The feat of pharmacists and pharmacists during the Great Patriotic War. Youth innovation bulletin. 2019; 8(S1): 51—52. (In Russ.)4.Stavsky E. A., Zhdanov A. P., Dogadov V. V. et al. Medical supply during the Great Patriotic War, contribution to the provision of medical property of Siberian chemical and pharmaceutical plants. Medicine and education in Siberia. 2014; (5): 31—32. (In Russ.)5.Karpenko I. V. Production of medicines during the Great Patriotic War. Medical Nurse. 2015; (5): 55—56. (In Russ.)6.On the expansion of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in the East. Medical Worker. 1942; February 12. (In Russ.)