Mikhail Nikitin — head of the state sanitary Inspection of besieged Leningrad

Abstract

This article presents a biographical description of the life and work of Mikhail Yakovlevich Nikitin, a Russian hygienist, scientist, and socio-political figure. The main focus is on the years of the great Patriotic war, during which Mikhail Yakovlevich led the state sanitary Inspection of Leningrad. The memoirs of contemporaries about M. ya. The article is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of victory in the great Patriotic war.