In 1914, a bloody conflict began in Europe that lasted four years.
It went down in history as World War I. Although the residents of Kharkiv who lived at that time might not agree with that name… They went off to the front, died, helped the wounded, and simply went about their lives…
What do we know about Kharkiv during that period? During the years of the revolution and the Civil War, people had other things on their minds… In the Soviet era, the war was considered “unjust and aggressive,” and once again, people had other things on their minds…
So it turns out that over the past 100 years, we haven’t cared about those Kharkiv residents who died back then, or about our fellow countrymen—those selfless heroes—who gave everything they had to help the wounded in the Red Cross hospitals…
But we know that “the history of our native and beloved city has no nationality,” and that to have a future, we must know and honor the past… That is precisely why our community, to the best of our modest abilities, will strive to bring attention to the topic of “Kharkiv and its residents during World War I.” We believe that the people of Kharkiv from those years deserve at least a small part of our remembrance…
Where should we start? What should we base our knowledge of that period on? Let’s start with this book.
In 1917, Y. I. Namoyter’s printing house published the book *Report of the Infirmary for Wounded Soldiers of the Kharkiv Medical Society. From October 9, 1914, to July 1, 1916.”
In addition to being beautifully illustrated, the book contained the following sections:
1. Administrative and Operational:
— Report of the Board of Trustees of the Infirmary Commission;
— Activities of the Infirmary Commission;
— Medical staff of the infirmary;
— Activities of the Ladies’ Committee;
2. Financial;
3. Medical Report on the Hospital for the Wounded.
In addition to interesting facts about the staff, the book contains tabular data on 445 patients, providing the following information:
— Name and date of admission;
— Date and location of injury or site of disease;
— Pulse, temperature, and general condition on the day of admission;
— Type of treatment and date of surgery;
— Type and date of complications;
— Outcome and date of discharge.
Thus, in our view, this work is one of the most interesting sources on the history of Kharkiv during World War I.
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