[Professor Veniamin Vasilievich Volkov (to the 100th anniversary of his birth)].

The article presents the main stages of the career of Professor V.V. Volkov - the Hero of Socialist Labor, USSR State Prize Laureate, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR, Honorary Doctor of the Military Medical Academy, and describes his scientific and practical contribution to the development of modern ophthalmology. The authors reviewed his life journey, clinical, scientific and educational activities.