The story
History
In October 1944 the Second Kyiv State Medical Institute was transferred for further work to the city of Chernivtsi. Without receiving a new name, the capital institute relocated to Chernivtsi continued to operate for a month and a half as the 2nd Kyiv State Medical Institute in Chernivtsi. Only at the end of November 1944 the 2nd Kyiv State Medical Institute was given the name "Chernivtsi State Medical Institute".
Bukovinian State Medical University (BGMU) was created by reorganization of the Bukovinian State Medical Academy on the basis of the Order of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 02.03.2005 46-p and Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine from 15.03.2005 110 "About reorganization of the Bukovinian State Medical Academy.
Academy (BGMA) was created according to the Decree of KMU from 04.04.1997 312 on the base of Chernivtsi State Medical Institute (CMI) which was founded in 1944 and functioned till April 1997. Chernivtsi State Medical Institute was founded on 20 October 1944 based on 2nd Kyiv Medical Institute after its redeployment to Chernivtsi city.
In 2014 the Bukovinian State Medical University celebrated its 70th anniversary, and in 2011 the university celebrated its 80th anniversary as a higher educational institution.
Educational-recreational complex in the village of Repuzhyntsi, Zastavna District
On the Bank of the Dniester River near the village of Repuzhintsy, Zastavnivsky district, Chernivtsi region (70 km from the city of Chernivtsi), there is a sports and recreation camp for students and university staff for 250 vacationers. The health camp was founded in 1958 on the initiative of the then head of the Department of Physical Education Konstantin Vladimirovich Mironov. For the first time, the Camp accepted students and employees of the then Chernivtsi Medical Institute on vacation in 1958. Vacationers were placed only in tents provided by the military unit, with which the Medical Institute maintained close patronage relations. Only the dining room was located in a wooden house.
In the early 60s, at the initiative of the rector of the Institute A. D. Yukhimets, brick and wooden cottages, pavilions for board games, a summer theater, and sports grounds were built for vacationers of various types. In the 60s, the famous satirist people's artist of the USSR Arkady Raikin liked to relax in the institute's camp.
Currently, the Recreation Center "Zdorovye"/»Health», on the Dniester River, with restored, overhauled, equipped with modern furniture cottages hospitably receive visitors — guests, students and employees of the university.
Traditionally, at the Recreation Center "Zdorovye"/»Health», the medical and psychological center of Bukovinian State Medical University conducts psychological intensive courses that invite everyone. The intensive courses feature the best Ukrainian and foreign trainers, various areas of psychotherapy, trainings, psychological games, master classes. The place gives a proven opportunity to find friends, colleagues and partners, interesting and fun leisure time.
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Sport, leisure, recreation
Physical education and the formation of a healthy lifestyle is carried out at the university in accordance with the target comprehensive program "Physical education — health of the nation".
In order to form a healthy lifestyle in 2006, the measures of Bukovinian State Medical University for the Prevention of drug addiction and substance abuse were approved, which defined the terms of introduction into the educational process of the program for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and the prevention of drug addiction and substance abuse; mentors of academic groups of the first year systematically highlight issues related to the prevention of drug use and their harmful impact on the mental and somatic state of a person.During the academic year, sports competitions in the main Sports dedicated to the day of the Physical Culture student of Ukraine, traditional sports contests of courses, inter-course competitions, championships among faculties and dormitories are held. The university's Sports Base hosts the city and regional competitions of various levels — the city and Regional volleyball and basketball championships. PE teachers conduct training work with the university's national teams in basketball, volleyball, table tennis, wrestling, and track and field events. The university has created conditions for recreation, rehabilitation and professional-applied classes during the working day, preventive Physical Culture and Sports classes, including the organization of sports and recreation tourism. On the basis of the Department of Disaster Medicine and Military Medicine, there are sports and recreation sections for students, teachers and staff in volleyball, basketball, table tennis, chess, tourism, athletics, athleticism, judo, wrestling, Sambo, calisthenics, aerobics. In summer, students have a rest in the summer sports and recreation camp of Repuzhintsy village, Zastavnivsky district, Chernivtsi region, where entertainment and sports competitions and themed holidays are held.
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Palace of Culture and Recreation "Academichnyi"
The building, which was transferred by the local authorities for BSMU, houses the 700-seat Academic Palace, which provides excellent conditions for holding diverse student evenings, art events, creative meetings, and classes in amateur art circles. The university has a wonderful historical and medical museum, which is located in the building of the Academic Palace.
Historical and medical museum
The museum was founded in 1968. He started its work with a small exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Chernivtsi State Medical Institute in Bukovina. The exhibition was located in the small conference hall of the administrative and educational building (Teatralnaya Square, 2). The museum-room worked on a voluntary basis under the supervision of associate professor of the Department of Health Organization Boris Yakovlevich Drobnis until 1982. In 1987, the museum resumed its work as a full-time division of the Medical Institute and worked under the supervision of associate professor of the Department of Anatomy Grigory Grigoryevich Fischer until 1992. To accommodate the museum, a special hall was allocated in the reconstructed building of the Department of Medical Biology and Genetics on Yu. Fedkovich Street. In 1992–1993, the duties of the head of the museum were performed concurrently by Senior Laboratory Assistant of this department Natalia Aleksandrovna Vysochina.
In 1993, V. I. Belous, assistant of the Department of Social Medicine and Health Care, was appointed director of the museum. In connection with the preparations for the 50th anniversary of Chernivtsi Medical Institute in Bukovina, a new permanent exhibition of the museum was created, which reflected only the beginning of the formation and activity of the second Kiev State Medical Institute (2nd KSMI) after its relocation in October 1944 to Chernivtsi. Part of the exhibition was dedicated to outstanding scientists of the Institute and its glorious graduates. Since 1995, for the first time, a thorough study of the history of the foundation and activities of Chernivtsi Medical Institute and documents of the State Archive of Ukraine, the State Archive of Kiev, and the State Archive of the Chernivtsi region began.
Collected during 1995–1998, numerous and interesting historical documents, objects, and photographs needed a larger area for their placement and display to visitors. Therefore, in 1998, three halls with a total area of more than 300 square meters were allocated to accommodate the museum in student dormitory No. 5. In 1999, the museum staff included a researcher (0.75 rates) and a laboratory assistant (0.25 rates), a cleaner. After the restoration and repair of Academic Palace it was transferred to the Bukovina State Medical Academy, and in 2004 the museum was transferred and placed in the basement of the palace building. Since 2004, the museum has 5 halls with a total area of 320 m2 and auxiliary rooms, a computer and audio and video equipment. Allocated premises and material and technical equipment allow you to create proper conditions for preserving, studying and exhibiting the museum collection.
The museum receives scientific and methodological support from the Chernivtsi Museum of Local Lore. The museum is included and has been a member of the European Association of Museums of the history of Medicine and Pharmacy since 2002. Every year, the museum is visited by more than 5,000 people — students, schoolchildren, university guests, participants of scientific conferences, university graduates during their meetings, residents and guests of the city.
The museum is open daily from 9.00 to 17.00. Days off: Saturday, Sunday. Guided tours are available on request on all days of the week.
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