Human Anatomy, Part 2 - K. A. Dyubenko, A. K. Kolomiysev, Yu. B. Chaykovsky 2008
Milestones in Ukrainian Anatomy
XII to mid-XIII century — the collections "Pchyola" (The Bee) and "Physiologus" were translated into Old Ukrainian.
XII century — Princess Yevpraksiya-Zoya, daughter of Prince Mstyslav Volodymyrovych (granddaughter of Volodymyr Monomakh), wrote a medical treatise in Greek consisting of 5 parts and 20 chapters.
1037 — Prince Yaroslav the Wise founded the first library and scriptorium in Kievan Rus at Saint Sophia Cathedral.
1073 — appearance of one of the first Slavic and Old Rus encyclopedic collections, "Svyatoslav's Izbornik" (Miscellany).
1481–1482 — Yuriy (Georgiy) Drohobych was elected rector of the University of Bologna. In 1483, Yuriy (Georgiy) Kotermak received his doctorate in philosophy and medicine.
1483 — Georgiy Drohobych published a Latin treatise titled "Prognostic Judgment", part of which is dedicated to various medical issues.
1594–1595 — the Academy in Zamość, founded by Jan Zamoyski, became the first higher medical school in the Ukrainian lands.
1632 — Petro Mohyla established the Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium (later Academy) on The basis of the Brotherhood and Lavra schools.
1658 — Ukrainian scholar Epifaniy Slavynetsky translated A. Vesalius's treatise on anatomy from Latin into Old Church Slavonic under the title "Medical Anatomy".
1661 — the University of Lviv was founded.
1773 — the "Collegium medicum" medical school was opened in Lviv.
1773 — a medico-surgical school for training military doctors was opened in Yelyzavethrad (now Kropyvnytskyi), where the renowned anatomist Ye. Y. Muchyn worked.
1783 — Professor N. M. Ambodik-Maximovich created the "Anatomical and physiological Dictionary" (in Russian, Latin, and French).
1784 — the Faculty of Medicine was opened at the University of Lviv. The Department of Human Anatomy was headed by Professor Henryk Kadyi.
1802 — Professor P. A. Zagorsky, an academician and professor at the Medico-Surgical Academy, wrote the first original student textbook, "Condensed Anatomy, or a Guide to the Knowledge of The Human Body" (Volumes I–II).
1802 — a special medical Class was established at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, headed by the prominent Ukrainian medical scientist Opanas Maslovsky.
January 17, 1805 — the Imperial University of Kharkiv was opened.
1811 — Professor I. D. Knyhin, a student of P. A. Zagorsky, delivered the first lecture on anatomy at the Imperial University of Kharkiv.
1813–1815 — Professor of Anatomy Ye. Y. Muchyn (an alumnus of the Yelyzavethrad Hospital School) wrote the textbook "A Course of Anatomy for Students of Medico-Surgical Science."
1834 — St. Volodymyr University of Kyiv was founded.
December 4, 1840 — a decision was made to launch the Faculty of Medicine at St. Volodymyr University of Kyiv.
1841 — Professor N. I. Kozlov, a student of Professor M. I. Pyrogov, delivered the first lecture on anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine of St. Volodymyr University of Kyiv.
1842–1843 — the outstanding surgeon and anatomist, trustee of the Odesa and later Kyiv educational districts, M. I. Pyrogov published the textbook "Complete Course of Applied Anatomy of the Human Body."
1871 — Professor O. P. Valter authored the textbook "Course of Practical and Applied Anatomy of the Human Body" (Kyiv).
August 18, 1873 — at the Vienna World Exhibition, Professor V. O. Betz demonstrated a collection of microscopic sections of the cerebral hemispheres, valued at 300,000 florins, and was awarded the "Medal for Progress".
1874 – Professor V. O. Betz discovered the giant pyramidal Cells of the Cerebral Cortex, laying the foundation for the cytoarchitectonics of the Brain, which is recognized as a national treasure.
1881 – V. O. Betz published the work "On the Fine Structure of the Cerebral Cortex", in which he identified 11 distinct areas of the brain.
1883 – V. O. Betz published the book "Anatomy of the Cerebral Surface", complete with an atlas and 36 plates.
1887 – Professor V. O. Betz published his monograph "Morphology of Osteogenesis".
1893 – Professor D. F. Lambl of Kharkiv University was awarded the P. A. Zagorsky Prize for his monograph "Spontaneous Spinal Dislocation".
1800 – Professor M. A. Tsyhomirov of St. Vladimir University of Kyiv authored the monograph "Variants of Arteries and Veins OF THE Human Body", which, according to prominent surgeons, remains of vital importance.
1900 – The Department of Anatomy was established at Novorossiysk University (Odesa).
1901 – Professor F. A. Stefanis prepared numerous specimens of the peripheral, central nervous systems, and Internal Organs, and founded the educational museum at the Department of Human Descriptive Anatomy of St. Vladimir University of Kyiv.
1902 – Professor A. V. Starkov of the Department of Anatomy at St. Vladimir University of Kyiv was awarded the P. A. Zagorsky Prize for his work "Anatomy of the Pelvic Fascia and Cellulitis. Spread of Abscesses (A Literary and Anatomical Study)".
1902 – Professor F. A. Stefanis of St. Vladimir University of Kyiv defended his doctoral dissertation "Lymphatic vessels of the Human Stomach", which brought him widespread acclaim.
1904 – Professor F. A. Stefanis of St. Vladimir University of Kyiv published the monograph "Lymphatic Vessels of the Human Liver".
1906 – O. K. Bilousov, a graduate of St. Vladimir University of Kyiv and professor at Kharkiv University, published his original "Synoptic Tables of The Nervous system".
1907 – Professor N. A. Batuyev published a course of lectures on anatomy (Odesa).
1907–1909 – Professor N. A. Batuyev, HEAD of the Department at Novorossiysk University (Odesa), translated volumes I, II, and III of Spalteholz's anatomical atlas into Russian.
1910 – The Women's Medical Institute was opened in Kharkiv. The Department of Anatomy was headed by Professor V. P. Vorobyov.
1914 – M. Ya. Radetsky, Associate Professor at the Department of Anatomy of St. Vladimir University of Kyiv, made the discovery regarding The connection between the human subarachnoid space and The Lymphatic system.
1916 – The Department of Human Anatomy was established at the Dnipropetrovsk Medical Institute, headed by M. S. Kakhiani.
1916 – The Women's Medical Institute was opened in Kyiv (based on the medical department of the Higher Women's Courses). The Department of Anatomy was headed by Professor P. I. Morozov, who simultaneously served as Head of the Department of Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy.
October 5, 1917 – The Ukrainian People's University was founded in Kyiv.
1918 – The Department of Anatomy of the Crimean Medical Institute was established (Simferopol). The department was headed by Professor R. I. Helvih. In 1925, the medical faculty was closed.
November 17, 1918 – The All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences was opened.
November 1918 – A higher education institution, the Clinical Institute for Advanced Medical Training, was founded in Kyiv.
1918 – Professor A. V. Starkov, Head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Kyiv, was elected a full member of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
1918 – The first medical faculty in Ukraine with Ukrainian as the language of instruction was opened in Kyiv, functioning alongside the three medical faculties of St. Vladimir University. 1919–1921 – Professor V. P. Vorobyov, a student of Professor O. K. Bilousov, established the Department of Medical Anatomy in Sofia, which was later named after V. P. Vorobyov.
1923 – The book "Human Anatomy in Everyday Life" by Kharkiv Professor V. P. Vorobyov was published.
1923–1925 – Kyiv anatomist Professor A. V. Starkov headed the Department of Biology at the Ukrainian Pedagogical Institute in Prague, where he published the textbook General Biology.
1925 – Professor F. A. Tseshkivsky, Head of the Department of Anatomy at the Kyiv Medical Institute, and O. H. Cherniakhivsky, Head of the Department of Histology, compiled the anatomical dictionary Nomina anatomika ukrainika.
1925 – Professor V. P. Vorobyov developed and introduced the macromicroscopic method for studying nervous elements into anatomy, which later entered morphology as the Vorobyov macromicroscopic method.
1925–1927 – Professor A. V. Starkov headed the Department of Anatomy at the University of Latvia in Riga.
1930 – The Department of Anatomy at the Donetsk Medical Institute (named after Maxim Gorky) was established, headed by Professor V. P. Vorobyov.
1931 – Professor Viktor Volodymyrovych Bobyn organized the Department of Anatomy at the Crimean Medical Institute, which he led from 1930 to 1971.
1931 – The Dental Institute was opened in Kyiv.
1932 – The Museum of Human Evolution was opened in Kharkiv through the efforts of V. P. Vorobyov.
1932 – The three-volume textbook Human Anatomy: A Guide and Atlas for Students and Physicians was published by Professor V. P. Vorobyov, Director of the Department of Normal Anatomy at the Kharkiv Medical Institute.
1934 – The Department of Human Anatomy was established at the Vinnytsia Medical Institute (named after M. I. Pirogov), headed by Associate Professor O. A. Pyvovonsky.
1937 – Professor A. Ivakin, Head of the Department of Anatomy at the Kyiv Medical Institute, published the textbook Human Anatomy with Elements of Histology and Embryology.
1938 – The first volume of the Atlas of Normal Anatomy was published, authored by Professor V. P. Vorobyov. The final, fifth volume of the atlas was printed in 1942 in besieged Leningrad.
1938–1939 – Kharkiv Professor V. P. Vorobyov published the Ukrainian-language textbook A Concise Textbook of Human Anatomy.
1940 – M. K. Lysenkov, Head of the Department of Anatomy at the Odesa Medical Institute, published A Concise Textbook of Human Anatomy with Elements of Histology.
1944 – The Department of Human Anatomy was established at Uzhhorod State University.
1944 – The Department of Human Anatomy was established at the Chernivtsi Medical Institute (currently Bukovynian State Medical University). The department was headed by Professor K. D. Filatova; from 1956 it was led by Professor M. H. Turkevych, and later by V. M. Krutsiak.
1945 – The Department of Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy was founded at the Kyiv Institute for Advanced Training of Physicians (currently Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine). The department was headed by K. I. Chyslovsky, a student of Professor B. V. Ognev, and from 1979 by Professor M. N. Umovist.
1946 – The Department of Anatomy was established at the Stanislaviv Medical Institute (currently Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University), headed by Associate Professor N. O. Zhuravska.
1950 – The Department of Anatomy was established at the Poltava Dental Institute (currently Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy), headed by Associate Professor N. S. Filonova.
1954 – The Kyiv Dental Institute was merged with the Kyiv Medical Institute.
1954 – The Department of Anatomy at the Kyiv Medical Institute created the Guide to the Dissection of Muscles, Ligaments, Joints, Vessels, and Nerves, authored by M. S. Spirov.
1955 – The State Medical Publishing House of the UkrSSR published a Ukrainian Translation of Professor V. M. Tonkov's two-volume textbook Human Anatomy.
1956 – The 2nd Ukrainian Conference of Anatomists, Histologists, Embryologists, and Topographic Anatomists took place in Kharkiv. The proceedings were dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Academician V. P. Vorobyov.
1956 – Associate Professor I. Y. Zhaikovska, a student of Professor M. S. Spirov, headed the Department of Human Anatomy at the Voroshylovhrad Medical Institute (currently Luhansk State Medical University).
1956 – Associate Professor O. A. Sushko of the Kyiv Medical Institute published the monograph Functional Anatomy OF Intraorgan Uterine Veins.
1957 – The Department of Anatomy was established at Ternopil Medical Institute (currently I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University), headed by Associate Professor A. A. Verisotsky.
1958 – The 6th All-Union Congress of Anatomists, Histologists and Embryologists was held in Kyiv, hosted by the Department of Human Anatomy.
1958 – Publication of the textbook "Uchebnik normalnoy anatomii cheloveka" (Textbook of Normal Human Anatomy) by Professor M. K. Lysenkov of the Department of Anatomy at Odesa Medical Institute.
1963 – The Department of Human Anatomy at Kyiv Medical Institute published the "Atlas of Diagrams in Human Anatomy" (Authored by Professor I. Ye. Kefeli).
1964 – The Department of Human Anatomy was founded at Zaporizhzhia Medical Institute (currently Zaporizhzhia State Medical University), headed by O. H. Yakhnytsia.
1965 – Publication of the book "Kyiv Anatomical School" by Professor M. S. Spirov.
1966 – At the Department of Human Anatomy of O. O. Bohomolets Kyiv Medical Institute, Associate Professor O. I. Svyrydov published the "Anatomical Atlas of Lymphatic Capillaries". 1966 – An alumna of the Kyiv Anatomical School, Associate Professor M. M. Suliak-Savytska, published the textbook "Human Anatomy" for the natural science faculties of pedagogical institutes in Ukraine.
1967–1975 – Professor I. Y. Chaikovska, an alumna of the Kyiv Anatomical School, served as Rector of Voroshilovhrad Medical Institute (currently Luhansk State Medical University).
1968 – Professor M. S. Spirov, Head of the Department of Anatomy at Kyiv Medical Institute, published the monograph "Bronchopulmonary Segments in the Light of The Doctrine of Lung Evolution"
1972 – D. Halytskyi Lviv Medical Institute published the Latin-Ukrainian Anatomical Dictionary (Compiled by M. A. Netliukh).
1973 – Associate Professors of Kyiv Medical Institute L. V. Chernyshenko and O. A. Sushko published the monograph "The Lymphatic System in Health and Disease".
1975 – Publication of the monograph "X-ray Anatomical Atlas of Blood Vessels" by Lviv Professor V. F. Vilhovyi.
1976 – The 2nd All-Union Conference of Anatomists, Histologists and Topographical Anatomists, dedicated to the memory of Academician V. P. Vorobyov, was held in Kharkiv.
1977 – At the Department of Human Anatomy of O. O. Bohomolets Kyiv Medical Institute, Professor I. Ye. Kefeli initiated The Study of the microhemocirculatory bed. Two thematic collections of research papers were published under his editorship.
1980, September 10–12 – The 1st Ukrainian Congress of Anatomists, Histologists, Embryologists and Topographical Anatomists was held in Vinnytsia.
1983 – At the Department of Human Anatomy of O. O. Bohomolets Kyiv Medical Institute, Associate Professor O. I. Svyrydov prepared a textbook for students of the Sanitary and hygienic Faculty titled "Anatomiya cheloveka" (Human Anatomy) (edited by E. I. Danylova).
1984, November 15–16 – The 8th Ukrainian Republican Scientific Conference of Anatomists, Histologists and Embryologists was held in Kyiv, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the prominent anatomist V. O. Betz.
1985 – The 2nd Congress of Anatomists, Histologists, Embryologists and Topographical Anatomists of the Ukrainian SSR took place. 1985 – The Department of Clinical and Topographical Anatomy at the Kyiv Institute for Advanced Training of Physicians published the "Morphological Dictionary of Medical Terminology" (Authors: O. V. Fedotov, O. M. Ochkurenko, K. M. Fenchyn).
1990 – Bukovinian State Medical Academy (Chernivtsi) hosted the 3rd Congress of Anatomists, Histologists, Embryologists and Topographical Anatomists of Ukraine.
1992 – The Department of Human Anatomy was established at the Medical Faculty of Sumy State University (headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor O. O. Shevchenko).
1994 – Ivano-Frankivsk State Medical Academy hosted the Congress of Anatomists, Histologists, Embryologists and Topographical Anatomists of Ukraine.
1994 – National Medical University published the textbook "Operative Surgery and Topographical Anatomy", edited by Professor K. I. Kulchytskyi.
1997 – Danylo Lviv Medical Institute published the study guide "Normal Anatomy" by Professor L. R. Mateshuk-Vatseba.
1997 – The first "Anatomical Dictionary-Handbook" was published by the National Medical University (Kyiv), compiled by Professor K. A. Dubenko.
1997 – The National Medical University (Kyiv) published the "International Anatomical Nomenclature with Ukrainian Equivalents", compiled by Professor K. A. Dubenko.
September 16–19, 1998 — The II National Congress of Anatomists, Histologists, Embryologists, and Topographic Anatomists of Ukraine took place in Luhansk.
1999 — Publication of the monograph "Morphological and Clinical Parallels of the Peritoneum in Health and Disease" by Associate Professor L. V. Chernyshenko and Professor T. V. Semyonova.
1999 — O. O. Bogomolets National Medical University hosted the scientific conference "Theoretical and Clinical Aspects of Lymphology," dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of the prominent lymphologist O. A. Sushko.
2000 — The Ukrainian translation of O. I. Svyrydov's textbook "Human Anatomy," edited by Professor I. I. Bobryk, was published for dental students.
2001 — On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of O. O. Bogomolets National Medical University, a trilingual edition of "Anatomical Terminology" was published, compiled by Professor K. A. Dyubenko.
2002 — The National Congress of Anatomists, Histologists, Embryologists, and Topographic Anatomists of Ukraine was held at the National Medical University in Kyiv.
2003 — The Department of Anatomy at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University published a fundamental textbook on human anatomy, "Functional Anatomy of the Cranial Nerves," authored by Associate Professor M. P. Zakrutok and co-authors.
2003–2005 — Vinnytsia National Medical University published a two-volume textbook "Human Anatomy" for students of higher medical educational institutions of levels III–IV of accreditation, authored by P. P. Shaparenko and L. P. Smolsky.
2004 — NMU published the first Ukrainian-language textbook intended for students, faculty, and practicing physicians, authored by Professors K. A. Dyubenko, A. K. Kolomiytsev, and Yu. B. Chaikovsky.
2004 — The Department of Human Anatomy at NMU hosted a scientific conference dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of the prominent lymphologist O. I. Svyrydov.
2004 — Publication of the second edition (Ukrainian adaptation) of F. Netter's "Atlas of Human Anatomy" (edited by Professor Yu. B. Chaikovsky; scientific translation from English by Associate Professor A. A. Tsegelsky). Lviv: Nautilus, 2004. 592 p.
2007 — A team of authors at NMU (K. A. Dyubenko, A. K. Kolomiytsev, Yu. B. Chaikovsky) prepared and published Volume II of the textbook "Human Anatomy."
Last update: 08/08/2026
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