Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Yaroslavl State Medical University" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation
https://ysmu.ru/
About the educational institution:
The medical university in Yaroslavl was established during the years of the Great Patriotic War. At that time, many doctors and faculty members from medical institutes evacuated from the western regions of the USSR — primarily from Belarus — were located in Yaroslavl. To train medical personnel who were in high demand both at the front and in the rear, the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR issued a decree on May 22, 1943, establishing the Belarusian Medical Institute in Yaroslavl. The institute was formed on the basis of the Minsk and Vitebsk medical institutes. Professor Z.K. Mogilevchik from the Minsk Medical Institute was appointed as the director. In the summer of 1944, the government decided to re-evacuate the Belarusian Medical Institute. At the same time, the Council of People’s Commissars issued directive No. 16 725-r on August 15, 1944, establishing a new institution in Yaroslavl — the Yaroslavl Medical Institute (YMI). Many faculty members who had worked at the Belarusian Medical Institute remained at YMI — including I.M. Perelman, I.M. Vertkin, A.A. Lipmanova, S.A. Botvinnik, I.M. Turetsky, and others. Many students who had begun their studies in 1943 at the Belarusian Medical Institute also continued their education in Yaroslavl. On October 2, 1944, the first classes at YMI officially began. The first rector of the Yaroslavl Medical Institute was Doctor of Medical Sciences Vladimir Georgievich Ermolaev (1899–1972), author of dozens of scientific works. He had to lead the institute through extremely difficult times. Under his leadership, the academic and scientific foundations of the institute were built virtually from scratch, a teaching staff was assembled, and numerous everyday challenges were addressed. Despite the hardships of its early days, scientific research work began at the university from the very start. In 1946, the first academic conference of YMI faculty was held, and in 1947, the first student research conference took place. V.G. Ermolaev headed the institute until 1949. In 1963, the university established a Dissertation Council for awarding the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences. Since 1994, the institution has borne the name Yaroslavl State Medical Academy. In November 2014, it was granted university status.