Unknown pages of Bahia Atshabarov’s biography

Abstract

The article deals with the life and work of the world-famous scientist, Doctor of medical sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bahia Atshabarovich Atshabarov, who left a significant mark in the history of independent Kazakhstan and made a great contribution to its development. The authors pay attention to the unknown and unstudied pages from the biography of the famous specialist in the field of medicine B.A. Atshabarov, who was one of the first in 1957–1960 to investigate the terrible consequences of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site for the people of Kazakhstan, demonstrating his civic position and patriotism. The study of the personality of Bahia Atshabarov as an outstanding scientist, organizer, and patriot relies on the use of general scientific and special methodological principles. An objective analysis of various assessments of the consequences of nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site during the Soviet period, personal documents of B.A. Atshabarov and other eyewitnesses allowed us to reveal the multifaceted personality of B.A. Atshabarov.