Professor Leon Padlewski — director of the bacteriological institute

Abstract

The article presents the life path of an epidemiologist, professor Leon Padlewski, a native of Poland. He became the first director of the bacteriological institute in Yekaterinoslav. Information about his wife Nadieżda (nee Berestnieva), a well-known pianist, the founder of the Belarusian piano school, was provided. A tragic fate befell Padlewski sons, who died in the fight against the Nazis. The elder son Jerzy was an architect, and the younger son Roman was a composer.

Keywords

• padlewski family (leon, nadieżda, jerzy, roman), bacteriologist, epidemiologist, pianist, fighters against nazism, poland, yekaterinoslav (dnipro) yekaterinoslav