Founder of endovascular neurosurgery Fyodor Andreevich Serbinenko (1928–2002). For the 95^th anniversary of birth

The author describes the life’s journey of Fyodor Andreevich Serbinenko, the founder of endovascular surgery, creator of a new chapter in the teaching on cerebral blood flow, and shares memories of friendship with this great scientist and beautiful person. F.A. Serbinenko had developed a brand‑new approach to treatment of cerebral vascular pathologies, namely, low‑trauma intravascular reconstructive interventions, as well as a complex of original endovascular operations for severe vascular pathologies, opened the first in the world department of endovascular surgery in Moscow, became the founder of the Russian school of endovascular surgeons. The principles and techniques of intravascular interventions developed by F.A. Serbinenko has been continuously developed and improved by his disciples and followers and are widely used in current clinical practice.