The data on the initial testing stage of clothing, shoes, and combat equipment in the Research Testing Center of Military Medicine and Military Medical Equipmentthe replacement of the Research Sanitary Institute of the Red Army. A brief historical information about the hygienic research of materials for clothing and clothing itself in Russia was provided. The fundamental study basis of clothing and footwear conducted by F.G. Krotkov were the works of many of his predecessors scientists of the Military Medical Academy and heads of the oldest hygiene department in Russia (Professors A.P. Dobroslavin, V.A. Levashev, P.E. Kalmykov, N.F. Galanin et al.). Additionally, three research directions were formed as the clothing doctrine gradually developed. The first was concerned about the materials research for clothing creation, second was the study of the created clothing with the help of devices in the laboratory, and the third was the study of the functional state of the human body in the evaluated clothes. The role of F.G. Krotkothe first head of the hygienic department of the said institute in the formation of requirements for clothing and footwear of military personnel. F.G. Krotkov conducted a hygienic assessment of hats adopted in the Red Army in 1931; in 1932, he examined the fabrics of military uniforms; in 1935, hygienic requirements for the mountain troops uniforms were developed with his direct participation; and in 1936 ski units. A hygienic assessment of the uniform of military personnel was carried out in the shortest possible time in 1941 under his leadership. The hygienic requirements for clothing and footwear were formulated by F.G. Krotkov based on the results of these experimental studies. The relevance of the developed requirements for clothing and footwear in the present time is noted.

The article highlights the historical aspects of teaching hygiene in the Military Medical (former Medical and Surgical) Academy from the moment of its formation to the present. The actual information about the history of education and formation of the Department of General, Military-Land and Naval Hygiene as the first department of hygiene in Russia and the first department of medical profile specializing in the training of doctors for the Army and Navy at the Academy is convincingly presented to a wide range of readers. The scientific, educational, methodological and practical activities of the staff of the department in the formation and development of preventive medicine in our country as a whole and its armed forces are shown. Biographical information is given about Alexey Petrovich Dobroslavin, the founder of national hygiene as a science and as an independent academic discipline, a talented researcher, a pioneer of military hygiene and a well-known public figure. The contribution of Viktor Alexandrovich Levashev, as the largest specialist in the field of disinfection of that time, who developed and implemented the system of establishment of disinfection services in Russian cities, who created a domestic school for training disinfection specialists, was noted. The assessment of the activity of the department under the leadership of Professor Grigory Vitalievich Khlopin is presented. Textbooks and manuals prepared and published during this period laid the foundations for teaching hygiene in the country’s universities, and the drafts of many documents developed were subsequently used in domestic sanitary legislation. A huge contribution to the development of domestic preventive medicine by Fyodor Grigoryevich Krotkov, who during his professional activity was rightfully called the universally recognized head of Soviet hygienists, is shown. His work on the creation and improvement of the system of sanitary and hygienic support of troops during the Great Patriotic War and the development of radiation hygiene in the country is invaluable. The achievements and merits of the staff of the department in the post-war years are summarized, its activities at the present stage are reflected.