Saint Petersburg State Medical University
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The Saint Petersburg State Medical University named after I.P. Pavlov
(in Russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет имени академика И. П. Павлова, СПбГМУ or SPbGMU) was established in 1897 in St. Petersburg, Russia
, as the first Russian medical college for women. After its 110 years of history, it has become one of the leading medical colleges in Russia and the world.
SPbGMU is often called the First Medical Institute in St. Petersburg because of its re-naming in 1936, relative to Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy
named after I.I. Mechnikov
, which is called the Second Medical Institute.
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a famous Russian physiologist. Although he made significant contributions to psychology, he was not in fact a psychologist himself but was a mathematician and actually had strong distaste for the field....
(in Russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет имени академика И. П. Павлова, СПбГМУ or SPbGMU) was established in 1897 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, as the first Russian medical college for women. After its 110 years of history, it has become one of the leading medical colleges in Russia and the world.
SPbGMU is often called the First Medical Institute in St. Petersburg because of its re-naming in 1936, relative to Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy
Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy
The St. Petersburg I. I. Mechnikov State Medical Academy is a public university located in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The SPSMA is one of the oldest and largest Russian Higher Medical Schools. Over its 100 years of history, the Academy remains a leading institution of Russia in medicine...
named after I.I. Mechnikov
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov was a Russian biologist, zoologist and protozoologist, best remembered for his pioneering research into the immune system. Mechnikov received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1908, shared with Paul Ehrlich, for his work on phagocytosis...
, which is called the Second Medical Institute.