THE MEDICAL FACULTY OF THE VILNIUS UNIVERSITY I/N V. KAPSUKAS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 9, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR (Lithuanian SSR) REPORT
SUBJECT The Medical Faculty4of the Vilnius DATE DISTR. 9 January 1959
University i/n V. Kapsukas
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the Medical Faculty of the Vilnius University i/n V Kaneukas
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The report con aixinformation s on location, instructors, ,number and nation-
ality of students, curriculum, andParty activity.
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COUNTRr: ,USSR (Lithuanian SSR)
SUBJEOT: The Medical Faculty of Mnyus University
Stefama, Batorego) occupied several buildings at 29 Clur2lads,
Street on the corner of Sirakauska Street. 7he school trained
only general practitioners, and not specialistas in its xiz~
year course of study.
2. More were about 70 students in each class. 7he fol2orwing
subjects were included In the cumicu2m:
First Year
a. History of the Party
b. Anatomy
ME
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d. Analytical chemistry
Physics
f.. Biology and parasitology,
g. Latin
h. Lithuanian
Second Year (First Half)
1. Anatomy
J. Histology
k. lkbryology
1, Political economy
M. Physiology
n. Biological chemistry
o. Colloidal pbysical chemistry
3. The a tudent body of the medical faculty was about one-third
Russian and two-thirds Lithuanian. Since the 3357/1958 academic
year instruction has been exclusively in Lithuanian, whereas
previously about 25 of the total 70 first-year students took
the special Russian-language course. The Lithusnione
nationalistic and discrixinated against the Russians as
Students were to receive practical tradnin at a clinic which
was under construction in the Antokol quarter in 1957.
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5. The Komsomi at Vilriyus University was headed by a committee
which directed the faculty committees and the bureaus of the
various courses. Candidates for offices in the Komsomol were
proposed in general meetings, and elected by secret ballot.
Frequent organizational meetings were hold to encourage am-
bers to greater activitys but most students were 4prepared
to devote their free time to the organization. Moreover,
students regarded the educational activity of Komsomol With
contempt. Oay a minority of the students, mostly Russians,
were faithful to Komsomol ideology. The organization hM
only a few political meetings and limited Itself to lectures
of general interest to medical students, 9.ig.p reports an
Soviet doctors and their sacrifices. Bodkin, a preclabovik
pb7d.cian, was a favorite topic. Sports and arts hod virbually
supplanted political activity.
6. 2he Komsomol annually mobilized youth to help with the harvest,
and groups of students Ovolunteerod", after being threstAwd.
with the loss of their scholarship@, to @oz. the now land*
program for a month.
7. Most of the students were opposed to the Soviet action in
Hungary in late 1956. When a lecturer fromoutside of the
university attempted to satpound am the official line, a
lively debate ensued, which was continued In Party courses.
However, no students were known to hav* been wr*sW.
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8. The Profsayuz call (Profkam) at the univeraity supervised the
material needs of the students, such as scholarships, hostels,
restaurants, and vacations.
9* The following persons were knownt
was the rector of VibVus University.
b. Finidelbrand lectured in histology
at the medical faculty.
C. Markulia (fm) was a lecturer in anatcoy at the VnjWup
University ifw
d. Pavilonig a physician, had bow the doan of the medical
faculty since 1956.
1. ~~Ccmimqnt: This was but we aspect of the derussification
of.Lithusnia. The Lithuanian language was gradually replacing
Russian, even in films, and Russiansiers, returning to the RSFSR
or to settle in the Kasash SSR.
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