The timeline of formation and development of the Khabarovsk Research Institute of Epidemiology and
Microbiology of Rospotrebnadzor, one of the earliest research institutes of epidemiological specialty in
Russian Federation, are presented. The institute was found in 1925.
In more than 90-year history of the research institute activity were formed main priority research areas
relevant for the territory and country such as research on epidemiology, etiology, immunology of
anthroponosis and zoonosis concerning Russian Far East – HIV-infection and viral hepatitis, insectborne
and zoonotic infectious diseases, gelminthoses and parasitic diseases, intestinal bacterial and viral
infections, respiratory diseases. Research institute has made a considerable contribution in development
of vaccines and serum-based preparations, improvement of epidemiological analysis approach and
methods, diagnosis and prophylaxis of infectious diseases.
Late Holocene history of Tokotan Lake (Kuril Archipelago, Russian Far East): The use of lacustrine records for paleoclimatic reconstructions from geologically dynamic settings