[75 years in the service of Karelia: to the anniversary of the State Medical Institution of the Republic of Karelia Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination].

The article is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Republic of Karelia «Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination». The history of the formation of the forensic medicine service in the Republic of Karelia is briefly described. The data on the heads of the service and well-known forensic experts, the organizers of the forensic medical examination in Karelia, the course of forensic medicine of Petrozavodsk State University, the role of its employees in the work of the State Medical Institution of the Republic of Karelia «Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination» are presented. In addition to available literature sources, archival materials of employees and veterans of the forensic medical service of Karelia were used.