Semko, Valentin Vladimirovich

He was born on September 19, 1937 in the village of Klinovo in the city of Uritsk ^[1] . Russian.

In the Navy since 1955 . In July 1961 he graduated from the faculty of training doctors for the Navy of the S. Kirov Military Medical Academy , having been assigned to the Northern Fleet : from August 1961 to September 1962 - head of the medical service of medium submarines "S-232", "S -375 "- from September 1962 to June 1964 ," S-197 "- from June 1964 to February 1966 and from July 1966 to October 1967 . In July 1966 he graduated from advanced training courses for the medical staff of the S. Kirov Military Medical Academy.

From October 1967 to September 1969, military doctor Valentin Semko served as the flagship doctor of the submarine brigade of the Red Banner Northern Fleet, and from September 1969 he continued to serve at the State Research Institute for Emergency Rescue, Diving and Deep-Water Operations of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

In this research institute, the military doctor Semko held various positions: from September 1969 to January 1970, he was a senior researcher in the 33rd department, then until November 1973, the 311st laboratory; from November 1973 to March 1979 he was the head of the same laboratory; from March 1979 to April 1985 - head of the 31st department; from April 1985 to January 1987 - head of the 21st research department; from January 1987 to March 1988 - head of the 33rd research department; from March 1988 to November 1993, head of the department of research management. In 1976, V.V. Semko was awarded the title of " Senior Researcher ."

On July 12, 1979, Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service Semko V.V. was awarded the military rank “Colonel of the Medical Service”.

In 1984, he defended his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences . From September to November 1991, Colonel of the Medical Service Semko V.V. completed advanced training courses at the faculty of retraining and advanced training of the S. Kirov Military Medical Academy in the cycle “ Oxygenobarotherapy ”.

As the head of the medical service, the submariner V.V. Semko did a great job of observing the requirements of sanitation and hygiene in submarines. He repeatedly participated in long trips, timely providing medical care to patients, gained experience in surgical operations at sea. He prepared and published two scientific papers related to service in submarines.

At the research institute, he actively participated in the development of problems of the subjects of departments and successfully supervised the conduct of a large complex of physiological and biochemical studies to study the issues of a person's prolonged stay under high pressure and habitability of deep-sea equipment. Based on modern scientific methods, he personally performed a significant amount of research. Their results were reflected in the candidate, and then in the doctoral dissertations, defended by V.V. Semko.

In studies to improve the long-stay method for work at depths of up to three hundred meters, V.V. Semko developed a “quick compression” method, which allowed in emergency cases to reduce the time for divers to dive from 10-12 hours to 30 minutes while maintaining a completely satisfactory mental and the physical performance of divers.

From 1971 to 1976, V.V.Semko was the scientific secretary of the Scientific and Technical Council section, and from 1976 to 1979, the scientific secretary of the Scientific and Technical Council of the State Scientific Research Institute for Emergency Rescue, Diving and Deep-Water Operations of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

Being one of the leading specialists of the USSR and the Russian Federation in the field of physiology of dives by the long-stay method, V.V.Semko created the foundations of his own scientific school on the special physiology of diving dives. He headed a promising scientific direction for the development of 500 meters by man.

In the process of scientific research, V.V. Semko directed the unique experimental descents of aquanauts to great depths using various methods. During the dives, a record-breaking duration of the stay of the aquanauts under high pressure, corresponding to the maximum depths of the dives of the divers, was achieved. Thus, he made a significant contribution to the improvement of deep-sea diving equipment, methods of physiological studies of man.

By decree of the President of the USSR of January 24, 1991, for the great personal contribution to the development of medical science, the development of new highly effective methods for ensuring human life in aggressive ecological environments, Colonel of the medical service Semko Valentin Vladimirovich was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor with the award of the Order of Lenin and the gold medal “Sickle and Hammer".

July 30, 1993 VV Semko was awarded the academic title of “Professor” in the specialty “Aviation, Space and Marine Medicine”.

One of the outstanding scientists V.V. Semko published a large number of scientific articles in collections of the institute, in magazines, including foreign publications. He is the author of more than two hundred scientific works, one monograph; has twenty seven copyright certificates and one patent for an invention.

Since November 1993, Colonel of the Medical Service V.V. Semko is in stock. Since April 1994, he worked at the 1st Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

He died on January 3, 2007 . He was buried in St. Petersburg at the Novo-Volkovsky cemetery .

• Sickle and Hammer of the Hero of Socialist Labor medal (24.1.1991)
• Order of Lenin (24.1.1991)
• Order of the Badge of Honor
• medals
• Honored Worker of Science (1997).

• Valentin Vladimirovich Semko (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment August 22, 2014.

• Navy heroes of the underwater depths. - Kronstadt: Kuchkovo field, 2006.