Zemstvo Doctor and Dramatist

Abstract

The study of the life and professional activity of Hryhorii Maksymovych Borakovskyi (1846–?), zemstvo doctor, doctor of medicine, forensic expert, public figure, writer, extraordinary personality, has been carried out. He made a significant contribution to the development of zemstvo medicine in Katerynoslav-Dnipropetrovsk region. Hryhorii Borakovskyi headed the district and zemstvo hospital in Novomoskovsk for 27 years, performed a large number of surgeries. As an expert, he was invited to participate in complicated forensic cases. His reports about visits to hospitals in Moscow, Odesa, Palestine, Prague are of educational importance. Doctor H.M. Borakovskyi also occupies an honorable place in Ukrainian dramaturgy. He is an author of many vaudevilles, comedies, and dramas (the most famous one is «Marusya Churai»).