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Yekaterina Bakunina

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Ekaterina Mikhailovna Bakunina
Екатери́на Миха́йловна Баку́нина
Born(1810-09-01)September 1, 1810
DiedDecember 6, 1894(1894-12-06) (aged 84)
Kazitsino, Tver province, Russian Empire
NationalityRussian Empire
OccupationNurse

Yekaterina Mikhailovna Bakunina (September 1, 1810 - May 6, 1894) was a Russian nurse during the Crimean War, who contributed to the foundation of nursing in Russia with her colleague Nikolay Pirogov.[1]

Bakunina became a nurse and traveled to Crimea after a call for volunteers by Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna and is remembered for her care of wounded soldiers, and leadership among the volunteer nurses of the Russian army.[1]

She is often compared to Florence Nightingale, who was also a volunteer nurse in the Crimean War for the British army, because of her similar contributions to the profession of nursing, earning her the nickname "Russian Nightingale".

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  1. ^ a b Curtiss, John Shelton (1968). "Russian Nightingale". The American Journal of Nursing. 68 (5): 1029–1031. doi:10.2307/3453631. ISSN 0002-936X. JSTOR 3453631.