85-year-old Valentina A. Dureeva was on the operating table after an annual medical examination. A gynecologist urgently sent a woman for surgery. Valentina was lucky, she was in the hands of one of the best specialists. The resident of the besieged Leningrad was operated by the head of the gynecological department No. 2, Honored Doctor of TR Elmira M. Magomedova. Irina G. Bozhko assisted her, and the anesthesiologist resuscitator Vladimir G. Chigvintsev also performed his work qualitatively.