Sergei Kurashov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Курашов; 1 October [O.S. 18 September] 1910 – 27 August 1965) was the minister of public health of the USSR from 1959 until his death in 1965. The medical institute in Kazan is named for him. He served as the president of the World Health Organization's World Health Assembly in 1962.[1]

Sergei Kurashov
Сергей Курашов
Minister of Health of the Soviet Union
In office
12 January 1959 – 27 August 1965
PremierNikita Khrushchev
Alexei Kosygin
Preceded byMaria Kovrigina
Succeeded byBoris Petrovsky
Personal details
Born
Sergei Vladimirovich Kurashov

(1910-10-01)1 October 1910
Tambov, Russian Empire
Died27 August 1965(1965-08-27) (aged 54)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting placeKremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
NationalitySoviet
Kurashov's tomb in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.

His ashes were buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.

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