O.S. Nagornykh, N.P. Shok
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0130386424010017
In the article, the authors explore media narratives of the tribunal held in December 1949 in Khabarovsk over Japanese doctors recognized as war criminals involved in the development and use of bacteriological weapons, as well as conducting medical experiments on humans that are incompatible with the norms of morality and ethics of medicine. The purpose of the article is to explore the Khabarovsk process in the broad context of the social history of science using domestic archival materials, published memoirs of eyewitnesses and participants in the process, as well as periodic publications (mainly regional) as the main historical sources. A comprehensive study of this plot made it possible, through the analysis of media narratives, to supplement historiography with materials from the Far Eastern region, which allowed us to select not only the historical context, but also to restore little-studied aspects of informing Soviet society about the Khabarovsk process, to identify international resonance for this event.
