True Soviet medicine in the Kremlin. Report 2: Kremlin chosen people

The authors present a triptych of articles revealing various aspects of Kremlin medicine, a system of Soviet healthcare designed exclusively for the political elites of the USSR and its associated countries and communist parties, as well as for the scientific and cultural elite. The second post deals with the composition of patients. Their own lists or "nomenclatures" institutionalized the political and cultural elites, as well as the circle of political friends of the USSR. The authors reveal the mechanism of including and excluding candidates from the circle of the chosen ones, who were guaranteed a decent old age and longevity with all the power of modern medicine. At the same time it is shown how the participation of Kremlin medics in big politics, their wide possibilities not only to get rid of illnesses, but also to decide the fates of patients undermined the trust of contemporaries to the Kremlin medicine.