Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»295710.69541/NRIPH.2025.03.024Научная статьяHow rural doctor E. A. Zakharova earned the attention of professor N. A. SemashkoKartashevAndrey Vladimirovichandreyy_kartashev@rambler.ruGradinarZinaida Olegovnazinaidagradinar@yandex.ruStavropol State Medical University 355017, Stavropol, Russian Federation26092025314915330092025Copyright © 2025,2025The letters of N. A. Semashko to the local rural doctor E. A. Zakharova and other documents concerning her personality, introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, allowed us to expand our understanding of the range of interests of the outstanding organizer of Soviet health care at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s, to understand what he valued most in a specialist, what kind of help he could provide to a good local doctor. The professional merits of doctor Zakharova, her organizational talent, strong willed and human qualities are noted. The range of assistance provided by N. A. Semashko is shown: from simple advice on how to start work, to a personal visit to the site with an analysis of the main points of what was seen.Nikolai Aleksandrovich Semashko, Ekaterina Alekseevna Zakharova, local doctor, correspondence.Николай Александрович Семашко, Екатерина Алексеевна Захарова, участковый врач, переписка.1.Мирский М. Б. Главный доктор республики: (Николай Александрович Семашко (1874—1949)). М.: Политиздат; 1964.2.Пашков К. А., Янушевич О. О., Хабриев Р. У., Зудин А. Б., Тополянский А. В. Семашко — первый нарком здравоохранения. М.: Российский университет медицины; 2024.3.Мирский М. Б. Н. А. Семашко (к 120-летию со дня рождения). Гигиена и санитария. 1995;(4):46—52.4.Госданкер В. В. Ею интересовался сам Семашко. В кн.: От прошлого нельзя отряхнуться (музейные поиски, находки, встречи). Ставрополь: Изд-во Ставропольского гос. университета; 2005.