[Forensic school of professor V.L. Popov]. / Sudebno-meditsinskaya shkola professora V.L. Popova.

The authors' idea of the "scientific school" concept is presented. The evolution of the forensic school formation is shown, starting from the student years, through professional specialization and scientific analysis of forensic practice to independent thesis. The basic principles of training military forensic experts in the Military Medical Academy are demonstrated. A summary of 40 candidates and doctoral theses performed under the scientific supervision and with the scientific advice of Professor V.L. Popov is presented as well.

[Dynamics of mortality according to the materials of the forensic medical examination bureau of a particular region]. / Dinamika smertnosti po materialam byuro sudebno-meditsinskoi ekspertizy otdel'no vzyatogo regiona.

OBJECTIVE: To show the dynamics of the structure of deaths of the main types of violent and non-violent death on the material of the thanatological department of a separate regional bureau of forensic medical examination. Among the violent causes are considered: mechanical injury, mechanical asphyxia, transport injury, poisoning. Among the nonviolent causes of death the diseases of circulatory system, pneumonia, infectious and oncological pathology have been studied. The period from 2001 to 2020 was investigated. Dynamic changes over a selected period are most clearly demonstrated by the ratio of numerical data to the original 2001 indicators taken as 100%. The data presented objectively reflecting the dynamics of the number and proportion of certain types of death are only the initial stage of the analysis undertaken. The second step should be the determination of the causes of the identified changes that require an integrated approach including medical, demographic and socio-economic data.

[An unusual case of suicide using an angle grinder]. / Neobychnyi sluchai samoubiistva s ispol'zovaniem uglovoi shlifoval'noi mashinki.

An unusual case of suicide using an angle grinder is presented. A forensic examination of the corpse revealed an injury to the soft tissues of the neck with a complete transverse intersection of the neurovascular bundles, organs of the neck and cervical spine caused by a rotating disc of an angle grinder. This observation supplements the existing ideas about the possibility of using power tools for various purposes with suicidal purposes.

[Abnormal development of the hard palate revealed during the forensic examination of bone remains]. / Anomal'noe razvitie tverdogo neba, vyyavlennoe pri sudebno-meditsinskoi ekspertize kostnykh ostankov.

In the forensic practice of examining bone remains there are cases of anomalies' detection of the skeleton development which have a high identification value for the search for a missing person. The most valuable ones are the features of the facial skull anatomical structure since they are usually well visible and recorded in photographic and medical documents. In the presented case an anomaly in the hard palate development was revealed on the skull of an unknown person found in the Leningrad region - a cleft caused by its underdevelopment.