The General page of the glorious history

The article was prepared for the 100th anniversary of the Department of Microbiology named after academician V.M. Aristovsky of Kazan state medical university and the 120th anniversary of the Kazan Scientific research institute of epidemiology and microbiology. The paper presents the main stages of the general history of the Department of Microbiology of KSMU and the Kazan bacteriological institute (later — KNIIEM), highlights the formation of the Kazan school of microbiologists, provides brief biographical information of employees of the Department of Microbiology, whose activities were also associated with KNIIEM. The article was prepared using primary sour­ces: publications, the recollections of the employees of the Department of Microbiology and KNIIEM, documents from the archives of KSMU and KNIIEM, as well as the National archives of the Republic of Tatarstan, publications of the colleagues of the Department of Microbiology Military medical Academy and Stavropol state medical university. The main scientific achievements of representatives of the Kazan school of microbiologists, their scientific contribution to the development of microbiology and the current state of educational and scientific work of the department are described.