The contribution of M.K. Tenisheva to the organization of private hospitals in the Smolensk province during the First World War

The contribution of M.K. Tenisheva to the organization of private hospitals in the Smolensk province during the First World War

Authors

  • Natalia Alexandrovna MITSYUK Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology named after N.N. Miklukho-Maclay RAS (Moscow, Russia)

Keywords:

World War I, M.K. Tenisheva, private hospitals, women in the First World War

Abstract

The authors of the article reveal a little-known page in the activities of the Russian educator M.K. Tenisheva, related to the organization of medical and social assistance in the frontline region during the First World War. The key sources were documents from the State Archive of the Smolensk Region and the wartime periodical press. Using the approaches of women's and everyday history allowed us to draw a conclusion about the changing social roles of women in wartime conditions. Tenisheva, using numerous social, labor and financial resources, opened the first military hospital in the city. She established an emergency delivery service for the arriving wounded to the infirmaries, opened the first X-ray room in the city, and attracted the best doctors in the capital. M.K. Tenisheva's infirmary was honored with a visit from the emperor.

Author Biography

Natalia Alexandrovna MITSYUK , Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology named after N.N. Miklukho-Maclay RAS (Moscow, Russia)

Doctor of History, Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology named after N.N. Miklukho-Maclaya, RAS, (Russia, 119334, Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 32a)

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Published

2025-12-17

Issue

No. 4 (2025): Vestnik TvGU. Seriya «Istoriya». 2025. № 4

Section

История России