Activity of N.A. Semashko during the evacuation of the 1st Moscow Order of Lenin Medical Institute to Ufa (1941–1942)

Abstract

An attempt is made to systematize the main directions of N.A. Semashkos activity during the evacuation of the 1st Moscow Order of Lenin Medical Institute (MOLMI) during the Great Patriotic War to Ufa (October 1941 March 1942) is undertaken. The significance of its results for the Bashkir State Medical Institute (now Bashkir State Medical University) is evaluated. It is shown that the joint work of N.A. Semashko with the teaching staff of the 1st MOLMI and Bashkir medical institute improved the pedagogical and scientific qualification of teachers at Bashkir medical institute, improved the existing forms of teaching, scientific and educational work during the period of war and created new ones. Professor N.A. Semashko actively worked in several directions during complicated conditions of evacuation. Besides pedagogical and scientific activities, he was occupied with the training of scientific-pedagogical personnel, took part in advanced training of physicians and medical workers, organized educational work with the population, delivered brilliant lectures to the crowded halls. In addition, as the first Peoples Commissar of Health of the RSFSR, he helped the Peoples Commissariat of Health of the Bashkir ASSR in organizing the work of evacuation hospitals and rendering assistance to health care institutions located on the territory of the Bashkir ASSR.