Mykola Sklifosovskyi is a well-known physician of the second half of the 19th century, a scientist and professor. Student and follower of the famous M. Pyrogov.
Several apoplexy strokes interrupted the activities of the famous surgeon. For the last four years he has lived in his Poltava estate "Yakivtsi". Mykola Vasyliovych died on November 30, 1904. He was buried in the cemetery, which was later demolished, leaving only the grave of Mykola Sklifosovskyi and his son Volodymyr.
On a marble slab in Latin and Russian it is written: "Shining on others, I burn myself". For more than 80 years, no one cared for the burial place of the great scientist.
In 1966, during the international forum of surgeons in Poltava, a park was laid near the grave.