Viktor Savelyev

Viktor Sergeyevich Savelyev (Ви́ктор Серге́евич Саве́льев; 24 February 1928 – 25 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian surgeon. He was a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, from 1997 until his death, and of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. He was also a member of the Presidium of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Head of the Department of Surgery of the Russian State Medical University. He died on 25 December 2013 in Moscow, Russia at the age of 85.

Awards and honors

 * Orderredbannerlabor rib.png Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1973)
 * Medal State Prize Soviet Union.png USSR State Prize (1975)
 * Order of Lenin ribbon bar.png Order of Lenin (1978)
 * Hero of Socialist Labour (1988)
 * RusStatePrize.jpg State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993)
 * Order "For Merit to the Fatherland":
 * Orden for Service IV.png 4th class (1996)
 * Orden for Service III.png 3rd class (2003)
 * Orden for Service II.png 2nd class (2007)
 * Demidov Prize (2002)