1. FIRST MOSCOW ORDER OF LENIN MEDICAL INSTITUTE I/N SECHENOVA 2. PUBLIC HEALTH IN ASHKHABAD

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• Publication Date: July 7, 1959
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY
USSR (Moscow
and Ashkhabad Oblasts)
REPORT
SUBJECT
1.
First Moscow Order of Lenin
DATE DISTR.
JUL '353
2.
Medical Institute i/n Sechenow
Public Health in Ashkhabad
NO. PAGES
1
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
Three reports on to First Moscow Order of Lenin Medical Institute i/n
Sechen0v and a report on public health and medical-facilities in Ashkhabad
evaluation of VJZ training. Attachment 2 also includes a memory sketch 25X1
the site layout.
Data on the medical institute concerns curriculum,, military training, and
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FIRST MOSCOW ORDER OF LENIN MEDICAL
INSTITUTE
General Information
the First Moscow Order of Lenin Medical Institute
(Perovyy Moskovskiy Ordena Lenina Meditsinskiy Institut located
on Pirogovskaya ulitsa number 6, Frunze rayon, Mosco
The Institute had only one facul known as the DDepartme n of
Medicine and Health. However, after six years of study, in addition
to doctors of medicine the Institute graduated health officers,
doctors who were employed by factories to supervise and enforce
health programs. All graduate doctors were appointed senior 25X1
lieutenants in the medical corps of the Soviet Army Reserve.
s total, approximately 15 percent were foreigners which in- 25X1
cluded Chinese and many from the satellite countries, as well as
Spaniards. Student enrollment was limited to those applicants who
had completed the tenth grade of secondary education, had passed
the entrance examination for the Institute, and had fulfilled the
prerequisites in cb try, pbysics, Russian language, and Russian
literature. Farther, according to the plan., only a limited number
and the best of the applicants were accepted. The medical institute
maintained close liaison with the Academy of Science and other scientific
institutions and was under the jurisdiction, of the Ministry of Health.
The best professors taught at this Institute and were members of the
Academy of Science.
Class Schedule and Vacations
2. The school term began in September and ended in June of the following
year. However, beginning in the third year, during the sir months,
students worked in hospitals or polyclinics, treating patients,
assisting in operations, and doing practical work in therapy, surgery,
and gynecology, up to the fifth year When they had to attend a special
si r military training camp. A two-week vacation in January followed
first semester examinations. Classes were held six days weekly, and
were scheduled from 0800 until 1+00 or 1500 hours. The two-hour
class periods for each subject were broken by 15-minute intermissions
in the middle of the period. No special hour was designated for lunch,
but snacks or sandwiches were eaten between classes.
Student Stipend
Spanish medical student received a 500-ruble
stipend monthly which was paid by the end of each month and never in
a lump sum for a year at a time. This amount did not vary during the
entire six years of the course. Salaries for other foreign students
were also 500 rubles monthly, plus varying amounts from their embassies.
The Soviet student received 25)rubles monthly as an initial salary;
this was increased every succeeding year and varied for each student
according to his scholastic achievement and. length of time. Further,
Soviet students also received incentive bonuses for outstanding
scholarship and for parti773o in certain phases of research.
From the monthly stipend wn writing paper, paid
15 rubles monthly for living quarters and approximately 120 rubles
for food. Books were supplied by the library.
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Curriculum
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4. The six-year curriculum w rmined with the exception of an
elective foreign language db Each 25X1
course required at least one to two hours of utside t
this varied according to one's application. spent
from four to five hours of outside study daily and rece ve ex-
cellent grades. Access to school equipment and laboratories was
permitted at all hours and students were encouraged to use these 25X1
facilities.
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some of the following school subjects which were
required the institute during the six-year course:
First Year
Anatomy
Physics
Chemistry, organic and inorganic
Colloidal chemistry
Marxism and Leninism
Latin
Sports (Physical Education)
Second Year
Histology
Anatomy
Chad stry
Biology
Latin
Marxism and Leninism
Biochemistry
Physical Culture
Third Year
Therapy
Surgery
Biochemistry
Marxism and Leninism
Pathological Anatomy
Surgical AnatomW
Physical Culture
Latin
Fourth Year
Therapy
Surgery
Infectious Diseases
Health
Political Economics
Diseases of the Eye
Marxism and Leninism
Pathological AnatomQr
surgery
Facial Surgery
Military training
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Fifth Year
Therapy
Pediatrics
Eye, ear and nose
Surgical Anatomy
Forensic medicine
Marxism and Leninism
Political Economics
Stcamatology
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Sixth Year 25X1
In addition to a year of internship, specialized field 25X1
by attending conferences in therapy and surgery and also pe ormed
autopsies..
Military Training
a militar department existed at the Institute 25X1
for military vrevaration and all institutes had such
a department. I military subjects which were not 20x]
listed in the curriculum were also taught at the Institute curing
the six years of the medical Bourse. These subjects were mandatory
and were taught twice weekly by military personnel. In addition to
these subjects, in the summer of the fife year, all students were
compelled to attend a military summer camp in uniform where they
were given field experience (Polevaya EhLrurgiya) in the military
subjects and were also instructed in organizing front line and second
line hospitals, surgical practices in battlefield, and means and 25X1
the following military subjects or skills at
Firing a rifle.
Firing a pistol.
Firing a machine gun.
Firing a Revolver.
Hand Grenade Throwing.
Conventional Map Symbols.
Map Reading.
Close Order Drill.
Chemical Warfare.
Atomic Warfare.
Military Regulations.
After completion of the fourth year, all male students were given the
privilege of volunteering for the military acadr in Leningrad where
they would complete the medical studies wider military personnel and
would be retained by the Soviet Army following graduation. Because
few volunteered for the Academy, some were ordered to attend.
Extra-Curricular Activities
7. There were many student clubs but membership was not compulsory.
These clubs ranged from social to political to work-type groups
such as the Surgery Club, Therapy Club, Scientific Club, Choral
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Sports were also encouraged for leisure activities, but experimental
study on one's own was encouraged mostly, especially for those students
who were so inclined. In the evenings, some students volunteered to
assist in operations and treated hospital patients.
all was compelled to attend
political conferences two to three times weekly. These conferences
mainly consisted of discussion o Marxism and Leninism, or a student
topic on Communism.
Club, and Dancing Club.
Evaluation of V Z Training
the medical course and training were well organized.
The course was difficult as eciall in the be innin
The curriculum was
thorough, sufficiently specialized, and offered opportunities for practi-
cal application. The laboratory facilities and technical equipment were
ample and in good condition and the library was well stocked. The written
and oral examinations required a thorough under d' of the subjects
studied. all the professors were
well versed in their fields and were known to be the best.
Medical Research
priority medical research was being conducted at the Institute on e
following:
Endarteritis Obretirante (sic)
Techniques in Lung Operations
Operations at low temperatures (Hipotermia)
Personnel
10. Following are the top medical personnel
the Institute:
chief surgeon of the Soviet Army.
b, Vasilenko (fnu), professor of therapy.
c. Kogan (fnu), professor of therapy,
d. Lvanov (fnu), professor of therapy.
e. Vishnevskiy (fnu), professor of surgery.
f. Dumbrovskaya (fnu), professor of children's diseases.
g, Nlyasnikov (fnu), professor of therapy.
h. Salishchev (fnu), professor of surgery.
i. Archyvyshev (fnu), professor of physics.
a. Lt. Colonel Nikolai Nikolaevich Elanskii, professor of surgery and
Vinogradov (fnu), professor of therapy.
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FIRST MOSCOW MEDICAL INSTITUTE IMPNI SECHENOVA, MOSCOW
Location and Identification
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the First Moscow Order
o , now xnown as =ein enova. The name of the
institute was changed from imeni Pirogova to Sechenova in 1956. The
other above mentioned designations of the institute remained unchanged. Both
Pirogov and Sechenov, had been students of the institute during the
Czarist times who later served there as professors. The institute was 25X1
located on Bolshaya Pirogovskaya ulitsa in the Frunzenskiy rayon of Moscow.
sketch of the institute and its inmed3.ate surround- 25X1
ings (page 6 based on the Moscow City Plan unclassified,
scale 1:35,000. The following legend identifies numerically designated
points on sketch: 25X1
(1)
a number of laboratories activities unknown
Main (Tsentralnyy ko s). This was a large brick building,
five or six stories high. All administrative offices, including those of
the director and other leading personalities of the instite, were
located on the ground floor. There were also a pharmacological laboratory
and a library on the; same floor. The second and third floors each had
one large auditorium with a seating capacity of approximately. 3000
students. These auditoriums were also used for concerts, meetings, dances,
and for other mass gatherings. Offices and studies of the professional
staff, of which there was a great number, were located on every floor of
the building. In this building thew were also many study rooms which
were utl 31 zed the students. With exception of the auditori 25X1
building.
There was also
on several floors of the
(2) Clinic (Kiinika). This was also a brick building, four stories high,
which was used as an infirmary and had many wards for male and female
patients suffering from internal diseases. Number of wards unknown. This
building also contained an X-ray room, a clinical laboratory, a
lecture hall, and other auxiliary facilities. Students conducted
practical work and attended lectures on the subject of internal diseases
in this clinic.
(3)
Large Mess Hall.
A two-story, wooden construction, seating capacity
unknown.
(4)
Childrens'
Home or Nursery. Although this area did not belong to the
institute,
nursery.
many children of married students were cared for at this
(5) Playgrounds, belonging to the nurse:ry.
(6) Pathological Anatomy Building . A four to five-story, massive
construction. Students, in their third year course and upwards, attended
lectures and did practical work in this building. re were e
rooms, laboratories, a lecture hall, and a morgue. 25X1
these studies as, "Sudebnaya medits:Lna", or, "Krimtnologiya , court or
crime medicine). Practical work on autopsy and dissection analysis
were the main subjects taught in this building. Cadavers from the various
hospitals located within the area of the institute and from city
hospitals were used as subject material for these studies.
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(7) Hospital Wards. A number of two-story, wooden structures. Students
performed practical work in these wards.
(8) Similar structures used as described in point (7) above, containing
wards, "Palaty".
(9) Club. This was a one-story, wooden building, which housed the institute's
ppar kcm, profsoyuz or profkom (professional organization), a students'
club, and other political functions.
(10) Dispensary. This four to five-story building served as the dispensary
and hospital for the students. The institute's central library was
located on the ground floor.
(il) Area outside of the institute. In the center was a statue of Pirogov.
Behind the statue was an oval-shaped building, use unknown.
(12) Hospital Building. Four-story building similar to point (7) above. 25X1
(13) Building for Medical Doctors Faculty (Feldsp *-aIr; v sa->