Caesar Korolenko

Caesar Petrovich Korolenko (Russian: Це́зарь Петро́вич Короле́нко; 3 October 1933 – 14 July 2020) was a Russian psychiatrist. His scientific work was mainly on addictive disorders.

Caesar Korolenko
Born	(1933-10-03)3 October 1933 Brest-on-the-Bug, Polesie Voivodeship, Poland (now Belarus)
Died	14 July 2020(2020-07-14) (aged 86) Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Citizenship	Russia
Awards
Scientific career
Fields	Psychiatry
Institutions	Novosibirsk State Medical University

Biography

During the period of 1964–2006 Caesar Korolenko held the chair of psychiatry in the Novosibirsk Medical Institute.^[1]

Christian Faith

Caesar Korolenko (far left) meeting with Evangelical Christian leaders in Novosibirsk to discuss matters of faith. (2017)

During the latter years of his life Caesar became friends with an American evangelical pastor and through this relationship, became a believer in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

Death

He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia and was buried at the Zayeltsovskoye Cemetery.^[2][3]

Membership in scientific societies

• The New York Academy of Sciences, a full member
• Anthropology & Medicine, a member of the editorial board^[4]

Awards

Professor Korolenko held the title of Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation (ru).

Publications in English

Books

Segal, Bernard E.; Korolenko, Caesar, eds. (January 1991). Addictive Disorders in Arctic Climates: Theory, Research and Practice at the Novosibirsk Institute. Drugs and Society Series. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-56024-036-5Has also been published as Drugs & society, volume 4, numbers 3/4, 1990 – T.p. verso. Includes papers translated from the Russian.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

Papers

• Korolenko, C.; Dikovsky, A. (1972). "The Clinical Classification of Alcoholism". Anаli Zavoda Za Mentalno Zdravlje. 1: 5–10.
• Korolenko T. P. (1992). "Addictive Behavior: Its General Traits and Regular Development". Bekhterev Review of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press, Inc. pp. 5–9. ISBN 978-0-88048-667-5.
• Korolenko, Caesar; Kensin, Dennis (2002). "Reflections on the past and present state of Russian psychiatry". Anthropology & Medicine. 9 (1): 51–64. doi:10.1080/13648470220130017. PMID 26953493. S2CID 34122656.