[S. V. Anichkov--man and scientist (on the centenary of his birth)]

The paper is devoted to a brief review of the research and public activities of Professor Sergeĭ V. Anichkov; the prominent Soviet pharmacologist. He was Hero of Socialist Labour, V. I. Lenin and State Prize winners and Academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences. It also summaries the main biographic data on the scientist and his theoretical and practical achievements in various areas of pharmacology. Great emphasis is laid on S. V. Anichkov's scientific school and his work in the Department of Pharmacology (he was head of the Department from 1948 to 1981), Institute for Experimental Medicine, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences.