09.09.2025

Наталия Шок

The “Last Epidemic”: USSR and “International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War” in the first half of the 1980s

Наталия Шок02 mins

N. Yu. Pivovarov, N. P. Shok.
The paper analyzes the history of Soviet initiatives within the movement “International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War” (IPPNW) in the first half of the 1980s. Drawing on documents from the Russian State Archive of Modern History and periodicals, the authors state that the emergence of this movement was connected with the settlement of relations between the USSR and the USA in the field of disarmament, particularly with the signing of the SALT-1 Treaty in 1972.

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The USSR and China from the perspective of healthcare development in the 50s. of XXth century: tradition – innovation – integration

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Nagornykh Olga Stanislavovna, Shok Nataliia Petrovna.
The study attempts to discuss one of the relevant and poorly studied pages of the history of global health of the Soviet-Chinese cooperation in medicine in the 1950s. The work also shows the importance of rethinking the importance of traditional methods of Chinese medicine, which allow us to study aspects of these traditions and Soviet innovations in the tested. The perspective of the work is aimed at identifying the main directions of this cooperation.

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The Evolution of the Concept “bioethics” in theDynamics of the Soviet and Chinese History ofMedicine

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Olga Nagornykh, Natalia Shock
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18254/S207987840021761-6
The article analyzes the formation and development of the concept of bioethics in the historical
context of the Chinese and Soviet reality. The reasons for slow reception of bioethics in the Soviet
and Chinese medical communities are considered. Separately, the phenomenon of Confucian
bioethics is investigated in the context of its perception in the practice of medicine in China.

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Soviet Medicine in the Cold War: the Experience ofInternational Cooperation and Geopolitical Influence(Second Half of the 1940s — 1970s)

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Nikita Pivovarov, Natalia Shock
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18254/S207987840020707-6
The article is devoted to the transformation of Soviet medical science and practice under the
conditions of the development of international relations after World War II. The main attention was
placed on the study of scientific and social medical projects, which were implemented by the USSR
during the Cold War under the influence of foreign policy trends and priorities.

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On the history of the ban on abortion in the USSR: the views of the authorities and Soviet public opinion from the perspective of bioethics (1935–1936)

Наталия Шок03 mins

Nikita Yu. Pivovarov, Nataliya P. Shok.
This article looks at the debate in the USSR in 1935–1936 on banning abortions. This episode of Soviet history has enormous heuristic potential for researchers studying the Soviet period. At first sight, the bill to ban abortions appears simply a matter of historical medical fact, based on which we can in many ways draw conclusions about the situation in healthcare in general, and in obstetrics and gynaecology in particular.

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Complementary development of natural philosophy and medicine in Ancient Greece (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)

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N.P. Shok
Article is devoted to an actual issue of history of medicine – to the analysis of complementary development of natural philosophy and medicine in Ancient Greece on the example of the analysis of the natural philosophical views of great scientists of that period – Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.

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