VINNITSA MEDICAL INSTITUTE

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040515-6
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
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December 22, 2016
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July 21, 2011
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515
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Publication Date: 
September 22, 1953
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040515-6 LZ:)JI I -CLASSIFICATION-121 o A/F/DE//TgI_ --~ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT PLAC ACQI. ACQI~ DATE DISTR. Z kept 53 NO. OF PAGES .? NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION was located in the center o Vinnitsa and-had approxLmately 1 o s, each consisting of two or three floors. There wore From 10 to 80 rooms in the various school bui..'dings. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 2. This medical school was esta lished in 930. The city of Vinnitsa had two other schools, the Pedagov L Teacher's] Institute, and the Agricultural Institute. 3. The medical school buildings were scattered throughout the city and it took the students 15-20 minutes to walk from one buildirAg to another to attend classes. In 1937 the size of the school and its enrollment increased. The school was Brats control ed as are all universities in the USSR. 4. It was compulsory to have 10 years of elementary and gymnasium education to enter the University. A special entrance examination was also required. Students with high honors or distinction could enter the University without taking the entrance examination. 5. The entrance examination consisted of the i'ollowing subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, zoology, botany, history, literature, Ukrainian, German, French, and History of the Communist Party. This examination lasted for four days. 6. The medical course was five years or 10 semesters. Each semester was four and one half months duration.a two week vacation after the winter semester, and a two and one ha moo vacation after the spring semester. Studies after classes were 6-8 hours and a six day week. Attendance for lectures was obligatory unless the student had a very good legitimate ex(suse to , e absent, 7.0 c mar es cens!eted-eftheoretical lecturesand practical work. Lectures were conducted b _professorsbut_the practical work was br their assistants.. In order to receive better inetrmotions the students were divided into groups 1-- irM i#' it WI I --. LAST PI GE FOR SWJJfCT i dl 440 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040515-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040515-6 CCIIFIDE1 rIa/sECURIT'i II' URI-ATIOII tftor completing each subjeot the student would take a theoretical and practical exandnation. This would be given by the professor who taught the subject. 15. After five years had been completed students had to pass a state examialation in order to receive an IfD degree. 16. Approximately 75% of the new doctors were sent out to practice in small villages in remote areas. Their equipment was crude, old fashioned, and state-owned. Only in very serious cases or in complicated operations would the doctor send a patient to a city hospital. Transportation was non-existent and. doctors had to walk. The more fortunate were able to borrow a horse from a local villager. Their area coverage, was about 2-3 villages. Their salary in the field was from three hundred to three hundred and fifty rubles per month. 17. The rewininC 25% of the new doctors were more fortunate. They were employed in city hospitals and also received excellent experience. Their salaries wer2 5 X 1 three hundred rubles per month for three years. Lproydmately c,%. of the students were memberr 4 4- of thth3 e o "Konsea , GCHFIMWTIAL/sECURsITY 3I FCRMATIO$ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040515-6 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040515-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040515-6