[Models and sculptural casts in forensic medicine and medical criminology]

The study objective is to present facts from the history of casting art and biographical information about the casting artists S.P. Fiveysky and M.A. Kurbatov, the founders of the casting craft in Russia. The attributes of the technology for making death masks, their features, advantages, and disadvantages as objects that capture appearance are described. The role of models and death masks in forensic practice, forensic science, and pedagogical activity is addressed.