Nikolay Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital (Russian: Главный военный клинический орденов Александра Невского, Ленина и Трудового Красного Знамени госпиталь имени академика Н. Н. Бурденко) is the main military hospital of the Russian Armed Forces.
[5] The main building of the hospital, which has survived to this day, was built in 1798–1802 according to the project of the architect Ivan Egotov[6] In 1756 it was expanded to 1000 seats.
[11] In February 2003, at the occasion of the Fatherland Defender's Day, President Vladimir Putin made a visit to the hospital.
[12] In 2014 Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu made a surprise visit to the hospital where he complained about inefficient management, yet promised to allocate more funds for modernization.
[13] As institution of the Russian Armed Forces, it plays role to provide and develop specialized military-medical expertise, scientific research in the field of military medicine, training of doctors and medical personnel.
The hospital has the largest blood collection and transfusion station in Russia, as well as the only flying Scalpel resuscitation laboratory in the country based on the Il-76 aircraft.