page_title: Odessa National Medical University
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Odessa National Medical University / History
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Фото корпусів лікарень при Одеському медичному інституті (нині Одеський національний медичний університет): Фото з фотоальбому "Виды Одессы", початку XX ст. English: This is photo view of Odessa from Souvenir Photo Album published in Odessa circa early XX century. Русский: Это фотография из фотографического сувенирного альбома «Виды Одессы», изданного в Одессе в начале ХХ века.
context_page_description: The Odessa National Medical University is a renowned government university in the city of Odessa, Ukraine.
context_section_description: The institution started in 1900 as the medical faculty of the Novorossiyskiy State University in Odessa. The medical faculty soon became one of the most prestigious medical faculties in the Russian Empire. Many famous medical scientists, including Nobel laureate and professor I. I. Mechnikov, worked here.
  The medical faculty managed to survive the difficult and turbulent period of the early years of the Russian revolution and in 1922 it was transformed into the independent and autonomous Odessa State Medical Institute.  After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it became Odessa State Medical University in an independent Ukrainian Republic.
  Autumn 2018: Odessa National Medical University was seized by ousted former rector, Valeriy Zaporozhan.
  Valeriy Zaporozhan, who was an aide to disgraced former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was fired from his post by Health Ministry of Ukraine in July.
  In January 2019 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to merge the University with the Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky of Vernadsky CFU to create a new Odessa National Medical University.
caption: A view of the medical university in the early 20th century.
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