Biography of Michail Tschumakow

Michail Tschumakow (* 1. November 1909 in Yepifan; † 11. June 1993 in Moscow) was a soviet microbiologist, virologist. He was 83 years old. He was married to Marina Konstantinovna Vorosjilova. His education included Medical faculty of Moscow University, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Lomonosov Moscow State University. He worked at 48th Central Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitis. He received 7 awards, including Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour. He was buried at Troyekurovskoye cemetery.