[Academician Nikolai Pavlovich Kravkov: on his 150th birthday]

The article outlines the life and activities of academician N. P. Kravkov (1865-1924), the founder of pharmacology in Russia. During his 25 years of service as Head of the Department of Pharmacology at the Military Medical Academy in St. Petersburg, N. P. Kravkov established a large national school of pharmacological science. He was the author of a number of fundamental discoveries, which enriched the Russian and world science.