[The high-pressure chemistry, barophysiological chemistry, comparative enzymology of cholinesterase the 100th anniversary from the birth of A. P. Brestkin].

There are exposed the main landmarks of the scientific biography of Professor Aleksandr Pavlovich Brestkin, connected with his investigations in the field of chemistry of high pressures, physiological chemistry of caisson disease, kinetics of esterase catalysis, and in comparative enzymology of cholinesterases.