The history of Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after professor V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky originates in severe years of the Great Patriotic War. Our University knew many examples of labour exploits and self-sacrifice in those times, when such outstanding organizers of public health services, as N.I. Ozeretsky, P.G. Podzolkov, B.S. Grakov, V.I. Prokhorenkov. We'll always remember, that great Russian surgeon V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky, who was canonized not so long ago delivered his lectures to the future doctors just in our University. Now the University carries his name with pride.

For years of its existence the University has prepared more than 35 thousands of specialists of different profiles for medical establishments of Siberia and the Far East, and has strongly taken the leading position among medical Universities in our country.

Nowadays more than 4 thousands of students are trained at 6 faculties of the University, and hundreds of medical workers from all over Krasnoyarsk krai, from republics of Khakassia, Tiyva and Yakytia, Evenkyisky and Taymyrsky autonomous regions raise their medical qualification at the Institute of postgraduate education.

During existence of the University we not only have mastered the Russian market, but also actively cooperate with experts from Japan, USA, Germany, Australia, France. And we are not going to stop it, because international cooperation gives us a key to success in preparation of experts and to rendering medical help to the population.

We will also develop the traditions, incorporated by our predecessors, so that to study at the University would be prestigious and profitable, so that "The Siberian Mark of Quality" of preparation of medical experts would be rated highly in the world.

Rector KrasSMU, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor Ivan Pavlovich Artyukhov

Krasnoyarsk State Medical University exists since the 21st of November 1942, when according to the Order of All-union Committee on affairs of the High School at the Soviet People's Commissariat of the USSR and of the People's Commissariat of the public health services, evacuated to Krasnoyarsk the Voronezh Stomatologic Institute, parts of the first Leningrad Medical Institute and the second Leningrad Medical Institute, Leningrad Pediatric and Leningrad Stomatologic Institutes have been incorporated in the Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute.

Professor N.I. Ozeretsky became the first rector. Then the University was headed by professors P.G.Podzolkov (1945-1978), B.S.Grakov (1979-1994), V.I.Prokhorenkov (1994-2004). Nowadays Professor, Doctor of Medical Science, Ivan Pavlovich Artyukhov heads the University.

From the moment of its foundation there were people with world names among lecturers of the University. Thus prelate, surgeon, Professor V.F.Voino-Yasenetsky was not only archbishop of the Krasnoyarsk diocese in the years of the Great Patriotic War, but he also taught the first students of our University, remaining thus the main consultant of all Krasnoyarsk evacuated hospitals. Here he collected the materials from practice of doctoring of wounded people; here he finished his famous monograph "The sketches of purulent surgery", which was awarded the Stalin's Prize in 1944. This unique educational textbook is very important for surgeons nowadays.

And now the Krasnoyarsk surgical school is known all over the world. Thus well-known professor A.M. Dyhno was head of the faculty of hospital surgery in 1951-1957 and he educated many talented disciples: N.Dralyuk, A.Kokorina, V.Krasovskaya, M.Arkhipenko, A.Orlov and many others, whose names were included in the World Medical Encyclopedia. The name of a founder of the Krasnoyarsk Pediatric School professor Zh.Zh.Rapoport is called among 500 most famous physicians of the 20th century.

M.G.Dralyuk became the student of the First National Prize "Recognition" in nomination "For carrying out the unique operation, which rescued life of the patient"; he was awarded with the Golden Scalpel "To the best surgeon of Russia". The Krasnoyarsk orthopedists were recognized the best in Russia among four finalists in nomination "For creating the new method of treatment". The heads of department of traumatology, orthopaedy and field surgery, Professors V.N.Shubkin, A.A.Laka, R.R.Gitiatulin, V.S.Lapinskaya were marked for creating a unique instrument for treatment of S-shaped scoliosis in children.

The University includes the Institute of postgraduate education, where doctors from all over the region are trained. Every year the University holds students' scientific-practical conference, where students from 1st to 6th courses present their works for public review, preparing to scientific-pedagogical and practical activity.

KrasSMU is constantly developing. During the last five years eight new faculties were founded: morphological centre, laboratory of anthropology, institute of nutrition, intercathedral biochemical research laboratory, linguistic centre, new interesting joint projects of international level are realized jointly with the Siberia Federal University and with other universities of the Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Japan, France, Italy, German and other countries.

Our University has given the start in life to more than 30 thousands specialists - to therapists, to pediatricians, stomatologists, managers and organizers of healthcare. Even those of them, who leave medicine, are pride of the University. Among the graduates there are talented poets and writers: L.Taran, N.Eryomin, E.Rusakov, O.Korabelnikov, G.Arutyunyan and others.

In 2008 the State Certifying Committee appreciated all trends of work of KrasSMU. According to this appreciation the Academy was reorganized to the University.

Today KrasSMU is a leading higher medical school in Siberia and in the Far East, and one of the leading high medical schools of Russian (it holds the 10th place among 47 medical Universities of the Russian Federation and the second place - among medical Universities of Siberia and the Far East). The 21st of November KrasSMU celebrates "the Day of the University". On this day the work is summed up, and according to the results of rating the best students, employers and faculties are awarded. The Krasnoyarsk State Medical University is impetuously developing, having a great potential and using uncontestable experience of a number of generations of doctors.

Hippokrates - studying at the University you will hear this name once and again at different faculties. Earlier people thought that diseases are spent by wicked spirits or by witchcraft. Hippokrates was the first man, who laid scientific bases of medicine.

Valentine Voino-Yasenetsky is a famous surgeon (author of essays about purulent surgery, which nowadays are used by doctors from all over the world in their practice), archbishop. Since 2006 our University has carried his name.

Gaudeamus, the hymn of students

"Gaudeamus" - an ancient students' song of an unknown author. It's present name - "De brevitate vitae" ("on rapidity of life"), and in the first half of the 18th century it was a university song in Germany.

Later on, though little is spoken on the academic themes, many universities of Europe and the world began to use it as their hymn on great celebrations.

The original song is in Latin language, and as it is known, it is considered language of all doctors of the world, that's why we suggest you to begin elements of learning of this complex and beautiful language write now - with a hymn of all students:

While we're young, let us rejoice,
Singing out in gleeful tones,
After youth's delightful frolic,
And old age (so melancholic!)
Earth will cover our bones.

Long live our Academy,
Teachers whom we cherish,
Long live all the graduates,
And the undergraduates;
Ever may they flourish.

Long live our Republic and
The gentlefolk who lead us;
May the ones who hold the purse
Be always ready to disburse
Funds require to feed us.