[About the first Soviet therapeutic elite: Lazar Borisovitch Buhshtab, the follower of V. P. Obraztsov, and his clinical school (Odessa)]

The first Soviet therapeutic elite took shape in the second half of the 1920s. This process was not limited by few capital cities. So, L. B. Buсhstab (1868, Odessa - 1934, Odessa), the oldest follower of V. P. Obraztsov, belonged to it and his professional activity in this time occurred in Odessa. For the first time, relying on archive materials, the main milestones of his biography and his contribution into clinic of internal diseases are highlighted. It is established that prof. Bukhshtab entered the history of national clinic of internal diseases, first of all as a classic of cardiology. The results of study permitted to name among many of his followers six leading representatives of his original school of therapy. They are Semyon Azriyevich Grosman (1882-1956), Anton Antonovich Oks (1891-1972), Alexander Markovich Sigal (1887/1888-1968), Vladimir Adolfovich Triger (1898-1990), Yakov Yulianovich Shpirt (1893-1977) and Mikhail Alexandrovich Yasinovsky (1899-1972). The cited materials demonstrate that the now forgotten school of Buchstab was one of the largest Soviet therapeutic schools of that time, yielding only to few generally recognized leaders (schools of M. P. Konchalovsky, A. N. Kryukov, G. F. Lang, D. D. Pletnev).