Gavril Abramovich Ilizarov (Russian: Гавриил Абрамович Илизаров; 15 June 1921 – 24 July 1992) was a Soviet physician known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones and for his eponymous surgery. He was a Hero of Socialist Labor (1981) a laureate of the Lenin Prize (1979) and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991).
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1921-06-15
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Azerbaijan, Second Polish Republic, Polesie Voivodeship
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