Monument to Nikolai Pirogov
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The monument to the physician who studied and became a professor in Tartu was completed in 1952. The authors of the monument are J. Raudsepp, A. Mölder, P. Tarvas, A. Volberg. Nikolai Pirogov was the founder of experimental surgery, topographic anatomy, and field surgery. His work made the surgeries performed in Tartu famous all over Russia and also abroad.