Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector5690510.17816/kazmj56905Research ArticleOn the history of preventive traditions of scientific and practical medicine in KazanEpsteinT. D.<p>professor, head. chair</p>info@eco-vector.comDepartment of Health Organization and History of Medicine, Kazan Medical Institute130919644551241302512202025122020Copyright © 2021, Epstein T.D.2021<p>A fundamentally new, truly revolutionary feature of Soviet medicine, which fundamentally distinguishes it from the medicine of pre-revolutionary Russia and modern capitalist countries, undoubtedly, is prevention as the main direction of theoretical scientific thought and practical activity in the field of public health protection.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив