Brief biography of Lisa Glinka. Doctor Lisa and Gleb Glinka
Lisa was born on February 20, 1962 in Moscow. Her father was a military man, and her mother was a TV presenter. Graduated in 1986 medical school and received the specialty “reanimatologist-anesthesiologist”. In 1990, she emigrated with her husband to the United States of America. There she received her second medical education. While living in America, Lisa became acquainted with the work of hospices. Then in Kyiv she opened the first hospice, and also took part in the creation of a fund to help hospices in Russia.
Doctor Lisa returned to Moscow in 2007 due to her mother’s serious illness. After death loved one, Glinka created the fund “ Fair help». This organization provided medical care and financial support to dying cancer patients, homeless people, and low-income non-cancer patients.
In 2010, Lisa collected financial aid for victims of forest fires, and two years later a collection of things and food was organized for the benefit of flood victims in Krymsk.
With the beginning of the armed conflict in Ukraine, Doctor Lisa began to provide assistance to those living in the Donbass. She received support for humanitarian actions Russian authorities. Glinka’s personal project to transport wounded children and sick people from the war zone became a state project.
Since 2015, Lisa has visited Syria several times on humanitarian missions. She was involved in organizing the provision of medical care to Syrian citizens, delivery, and distribution of medical supplies.
With Lisa in her charitable foundation Numerous monetary donations were received, including from major Russian officials.
Doctor Lisa died on December 25, 2016 in a plane crash near Sochi. She accompanied a shipment of medicines to Syria. She was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.
Personal life
Doctor Lisa's husband is Gleb Glinka, an American lawyer of Russian origin. The family has three sons: Konstantin and Alexey live in the USA, and Ilya, Foster-son, lives in Saratov.
Dr. Lisa had a special passion for blogging and gardening. She actively maintained her page on in social networks: I wrote about my foundation, shared photos and videos. She also loved stylish handbags and telling jokes. Moreover, she did not hide the fact that she is a rather conflicted person. Lisa could smash both an inactive official and an arrogant ward to smithereens.
In December 2016, Glinka received the State Prize of the Russian Federation for her contribution to human rights activities. Then she admitted in her speech that she was never sure that she would return home from another trip to the combat zone.
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Elizaveta Petrovna Glinka “Doctor Lisa” Russian public figure and human rights activist. Philanthropist, resuscitator by training, specialist in the field of palliative medicine, executive director of the International public organization “Fair Aid”. Member of the Russian Presidential Development Council civil society and human rights.
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Biography Elizaveta Petrovna Glinka (widely known under the pseudonym Doctor Lisa) was born on February 20, 1962 in Moscow into a military family. In 1986, Elizaveta Glinka graduated from the Pirogov Second Medical Institute, receiving a diploma in the specialty “pediatric resuscitator-anesthesiologist.” During my studies I worked in intensive care unit one of the Moscow clinics. In the same year, Glinka emigrated to the United States with her husband, a successful American lawyer with Russian roots, Gleb Glinka, and 3 sons, one of whom was adopted.
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In America, Glinka, on the initiative of her husband, began working in a hospice and, according to in my own words, was shocked by the human attitude towards hopeless patients in these institutions (“These people are happy,” Glinka later recalled. “They have the opportunity to say goodbye to their relatives and get something important from life”). In 1991, Glinka received a second medical education in the USA, graduating from Dartmouth Medical School with a specialty in " palliative medicine": doctors of this specialty provide symptomatic care to incurable patients, primarily with oncological diseases. In 1999 in Kyiv she founded the first hospice at the Kyiv Cancer Hospital.
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In 2007, when her mother fell ill, Glinka moved to Moscow. In July of the same year, she founded the Fair Aid charity foundation and became its executive director. The organization was engaged in helping low-income patients and other socially vulnerable categories of the population, including people without specific place residence. Since 2007, every week on Wednesdays, the foundation’s volunteers went to the Paveletsky railway station in Moscow, where they distributed food, clothing and medicine to the homeless, and also provided them with medical care. In 2012, more than 50 low-income families were under the care of Fair Aid.
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In August 2010, the Fair Aid Foundation organized a collection of assistance for victims of forest fires that engulfed various regions countries. In the winter of 2010-2011, for freezing people, the foundation founded by Glinka organized heating points for the homeless and collected tens of kilograms of humanitarian aid. In 2012, help from Dr. Lisa’s foundation went to flood-stricken Krymsk.
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When the conflict began in Donbass, Elizaveta Glinka, of course, did not stand aside. In fact, from the very beginning of the conflict in south-eastern Ukraine, Elizaveta Glinka has been constantly visiting this region on humanitarian missions - donating medicine and food to hospitals, and also evacuating sick children.
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In total, from March 2014 to the present day, Dr. Lisa has visited Donbass 16 times. During this time, about 160 children were taken away. At the end of August 2015, Glinka opened a “House of Mercy” in Moscow for families with children who have already undergone treatment but need rehabilitation.
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Since 2015, during the war in Syria, Elizaveta Glinka has repeatedly visited the country on humanitarian missions - she was involved in the delivery and distribution of medicines, and organizing the provision of medical care to the civilian population of Syria.
On passenger lists castaway Elizaveta Glinka, better known as Doctor Lisa, was located near Sochi Tu-154, according to data published by the Ministry of Defense. Later, information about this was confirmed by the Fair Aid Foundation, which was headed by Glinka. How Doctor Lisa ended up among the passengers on board the Ministry of Defense - in the RBC material
Flowers near the building of the Fair Aid Foundation, which was headed by Elizaveta Glinka (pictured) (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC)
Since Sunday morning, there have been conflicting reports about whether Elizaveta Glinka was on board the liner. The Ministry of Defense named the public figure among the 92 people who were on the plane. The fact that Glinka flew to Syria on board the Ministry of Defense was confirmed by the organization “Fair Aid”, which was headed by Doctor Lisa, and her husband, lawyer Gleb Glinka. However, there has still been no official confirmation of the death of Doctor Lisa.
At the same time, a source from the Interfax agency said that Glinka got off the plane during refueling in Sochi and was no longer heading to Syria. The publication Life, citing a source, claimed that Glinka did not pass pre-flight control and was removed from the list of passengers.
“Tomorrow I’m flying to Donetsk, and from there to Syria”
In early December, at the presentation of the state award for outstanding contribution to human rights activities, Elizaveta Glinka announced in her speech her intention to fly to Syria. “Tomorrow I’m flying to Donetsk, and from there to Syria, just like dozens of other volunteers who are engaged in humanitarian work,” said the public figure. “We are never sure that we will come back alive, because war is hell on Earth, but we are sure that kindness, compassion and mercy work stronger than any weapon.” Glinka also called for remembering Russian doctors who died in Syria and Donbass, as well as children who did not survive shelling in war-torn regions.
Dr. Lisa became the first laureate of the state prize for human rights activities. At the presentation ceremony, President Vladimir Putin recalled that Glinka sought a ban on the imposition of sanctions relating to medicines and medical equipment, because of which patients in military conflict zones could suffer.
“Elizaveta Petrovna is known by hospital patients, people in trouble, children of Donbass and Syria. I would like to once again support the position of Elizaveta Petrovna: of course, neither medicines nor medical equipment, because as a result, people are deprived of basic medical care, including in military conflicts, when those who suffer first of all civilian population— and often, unfortunately, children,” Putin emphasized then.
The head of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov, also spoke about Glinka’s plans to further help those affected by the fighting in Syria. “We knew that she had to fly to Syria, to the Khmeimim airbase, to take medicine to the university hospital in Latakia. In the fall, she and I were in this hospital, talking with doctors and patients who complained about an acute shortage of medicines and Supplies for medical equipment due to war and sanctions. Upon returning to Moscow, Lisa purchased with her funds charitable organization“Fair Aid” provided all the necessary medications and almost daily bombarded me with questions: “When will there be an opportunity to go to Latakia?” - Fedotov said in a statement on the HRC website.
"Great Ascetic"
Elizaveta Glinka was born on February 20, 1962 in Moscow in the family of a military man and a nutritionist. In 1986, Glinka graduated from the Second Medical Institute. Pirogov, specializing in pediatric resuscitation and anesthesiology. In the same year, she emigrated to the United States with her lawyer husband. In America, Glinka, on the initiative of her husband, began working in a hospice, and also received a second medical education in the specialty of palliative care.
In the late 1990s, Glinka and her husband moved to Kyiv, where she organized a service palliative care and the first hospice rooms in a cancer center. The family returned to the United States after Glinka's husband's contract expired, but she continued to periodically visit the Kiev hospice. The physician and philanthropist also “stood at the origins of the hospice movement in Russia” and was a close associate of the first head physician of the First Moscow Hospice, Vera Millionshchikova, according to the website of the Vera Hospice Fund.
In 2007, she moved to Moscow, where she founded the “Fair Help” charitable foundation, which helped low-income patients and socially vulnerable categories of the population, including people without a fixed place of residence. During this period, Glinka became famous on the Internet: she hosted popular blog on LiveJournal under the nickname doctor liza.
Elizaveta Glinka gained all-Russian fame after she organized a collection of aid for the victims during major forest fires in the European part of Russia. In 2012, the Doctor Lisa Foundation organized a collection of humanitarian aid for flood victims in Krymsk ( Krasnodar region). Together with TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, Elizaveta Glinka organized a charity auction, which raised more than 16 million rubles for flood victims.
After the outbreak of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, Glinka took part in providing assistance to people living in the war zone. She repeatedly traveled to Donbass and brought from there to Moscow children in need of treatment, and also donated medicines and humanitarian aid. In total, since March 2014, Doctor Lisa has visited Donbass almost 20 times.
During the trial in the case of the death of Russian journalists in the Donbass, Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko repeatedly visited the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko in a Russian pre-trial detention center, who was taken to Russia and accused of complicity in murder. In particular, Doctor Lisa convinced the Ukrainian soldier to stop her multi-day hunger strike and delivered medicines that allowed her to maintain her life and health.
“The saying “no one is irreplaceable” is not about her. She always helped those who right now no one else wants to help and will not help. She called herself Doctor Lisa. And I heard something from Mother Teresa in this name. For me, Lisa Glinka will forever be a great ascetic. Same as Anna Politkovskaya. Unfortunately, such people almost always die,” said Zoya Svetova, a member of the board of the Vera Foundation, journalist, in a conversation with RBC.
During the war in Syria, Glinka traveled to the country on humanitarian missions: she was engaged in the delivery and distribution of medicines, and organizing medical care for the civilian population.
“Dr. Lisa was everyone's favorite. And there was a reason: for many years, she provided palliative medical care almost every day, fed the homeless, clothed them, and gave them shelter. It was she who took sick and wounded children from Donbass under bullets so that they could get help in best hospitals Moscow and St. Petersburg,” the head of the Human Rights Council Fedotov said in a statement.
The human rights activist also recalled that Elizaveta Glinka founded a rehabilitation shelter for children with amputated limbs, helped sick prisoners, and sought to improve funding for hospices and hospitals. “Saving the lives of others was her mission everywhere: in Russia, in Donbass, in Syria,” Fedotov concluded.
With the participation of Maria Istomina, Egor Gubernatorov
Elizaveta Glinka (Doctor Lisa) biography, family, children, photos and videos. This morning it became known that Elizaveta Glinka, known to many people in our country as Doctor Lisa, was on the plane that crashed over the Black Sea in Sochi. Until recently, her work colleagues refused to believe that Elizabeth was on board and was flying on that ill-fated flight to Syria. However, the sad news was confirmed and Glinka is no more.
She was the head of the Fair Help charity foundation, a palliative medicine doctor, a philanthropist, a well-known public figure, and a board member of the Vera hospice fund. Sick children simply called her: “Doctor Lisa.” And they knew her firsthand. How many children did this brave woman endure from whistling bullets in the Donbass? How many did you help in Syria? How many have you placed in the best clinics in Moscow and St. Petersburg? She didn’t know how, couldn’t refuse, she helped just like that, for free..
Elizaveta Glinka (Doctor Lisa) biography, family, children, photos and videos. Elizaveta Petrovna was born into a military family on February 20, 1962. In 1986, the girl graduated from the 2nd Moscow State Medical Institute named after Pirogov and became a pediatric resuscitator. Then she got married and immigrated to the USA.
In America, Elizabeth received a second medical education in palliative medicine. There she began working at a hospice and was shocked by how well these institutions treated hopeless patients.
In the late 90s, she and her husband moved to Kyiv. There she organized the first hospices in a cancer center. In 2007, Elizabeth’s mother fell ill and she moved to Moscow. The Fair Aid charity foundation was founded here. The organization provided assistance to low-income patients, as well as other socially vulnerable categories of citizens. Glinka gained all-Russian fame after she conducted a charity campaign to raise aid for those affected by forest fires in 2010.
Elizaveta Glinka (Doctor Lisa) biography, family, children, photos and videos. During the armed conflict in Donbass, she provided assistance to people living in the DPR and LPR.
Doctor Lisa’s husband is the son of the famous Russian poet Gleb Glebovich Glinka. He is a successful American lawyer. Gleb Glebovich and Elizaveta Glinka have three sons, one of whom is adopted.
Elizaveta Glinka- Russian public figure, human rights activist and philanthropist. Also known as Doctor Lisa.
Biography of Elizaveta Glinka
Elizaveta Glinka born on February 20, 1962 in Moscow. Elizabeth's father Petr Sidorov- military man, and mother - Galina Poskrebyshev a - nutritionist, culinary specialist and TV presenter. Elizabeth’s family also included two of her cousins, who were left without parents.
After graduating from school, Elizaveta entered the 2nd Moscow State Medical Institute to major in pediatric resuscitation and anesthesiology. In 1986 she graduated from college, after which she married Gleb Glebovich Glinka and in 1990 she left for the USA. In the USA, Elizabeth received a second higher education specializing in palliative medicine. While living in the USA, Glinka became acquainted with the work of hospices and began collaborating with them.
In the mid-1990s, Elizaveta returned to Russia, where, together with her husband, she took part in the opening of a doctor Vera Millionshchikova First Moscow Hospice. In 1999, Elizaveta and her husband went to Ukraine, where they opened a hospice at the Kyiv Cancer Hospital.
In 2007, Elizabeth founded the international public organization in Moscow under the name “Fair Aid”, sponsored by the party “ Just Russia" The organization's activities are to provide material support and medical care to people suffering from cancer, the poor and the homeless.
In 2010 Glinka collected financial assistance victims of forest fires.
In 2012, she organized a collection of donations for flood victims in Krymsk. With its help, we managed to collect more than 16 million rubles.
In 2014, with the beginning of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, Elizabeth took part in providing assistance to citizens living in the territories of the DPR and LPR. In the same year, together with the All-Russian People's Fund, Glinka organized the “We are United” rally, which took place in the center of Moscow.
Since 2015, Dr. Lisa has repeatedly visited Syria on humanitarian missions.
On December 25, 2016, Elizabeth tragically died in a plane crash near Sochi. She accompanied the party on board the plane medicines to Syria and for the Tishreen University Hospital in Latakia. She was identified by DNA testing in early 2017.
After her death, Elizaveta Glinka was awarded the medal “25 Years of the Federal Customs Service of Russia” for active interaction with customs authorities and the medal “For Purity of Thoughts and Nobility of Deeds” for her invaluable contribution to the triumph of Goodness and Peace on earth.
In 2018 it became known that the director Oksana Karas plans to make a film about Elizaveta Glinka called "Doctor Lisa", main role in which actress Chulpan Khamatova will perform.
Personal life of Elizaveta Glinka
Elizaveta Glinka was married to Gleb Glebovich Glinka. Gleb's father is a Russian poet and literary critic Gleb Alexandrovich Glinka. Grandfather Gleb was a Russian journalist, publicist, literary critic Alexander Sergeevich Glinka, who published under a pseudonym Volzhsky. Gleb Glebovich lives in the USA, where he practices law.
Elizaveta and Gleb have three children: sons Konstantin, Alexei and foster Ilya. On this moment Konstantin And Alexei live in the USA with their father, and Ilya- in Saratov.
Elizaveta Glinka adhered to the Orthodox religious beliefs. I have always been against euthanasia.