On November 29, 2023, a ceremonial council and concert program dedicated to the 89th anniversary of the founding of VSMU took place at the Vitebsk Concert Hall.

The event was attended by honored guests: Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies Vladimir Terentyev, Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Health of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Nikolai Kaspirovich, Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Health Workers Vladimir Plytkevich, First Secretary of the Vitebsk Regional Committee of the Public Association "Belarusian Republican Youth Union" Vladimir Babichev, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee Viktor Glushin, Head of the Administration of the Oktyabrsky District of Vitebsk Yuri Panfilov, Deputy Head of the Administration of the Oktyabrsky District of Vitebsk Tatyana Ignatkova, General Director of the Vitebsk Trade and Production Republican Unitary Enterprise "Pharmacia" Ekaterina Boriseevich , Chairman of the Oktyabrsky district branch of Vitebsk of the Belarusian Party “White Rus'” Elena Matveeva.

At the Solemn Council, the Head of the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Igor Generalov, was awarded a Certificate of Honor from the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies.

Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Health Care of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Nikolai Kaspirovich awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Main Directorate for Health Care of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee to Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Natalya Konovalova, Dean of the Faculty of Pediatrics Tatyana Ryabova, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Svetlana Kozlovskaya, Assistant of the Department of General and Orthopedic Dentistry with a FAT course and Retraining Denis Afanasyev, head of the department of faculty surgery Vyacheslav Stanovenko, dean of the faculty of training of foreign citizens Vyacheslav Pobyarzhin, head of the educational, research and production center “Pharmacia” Valentina Kugach.

Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee Viktor Glushin presented the Certificate of  Honor of the city executive committee to the rector of the Vitebsk State Medical University Alexey Chukanov, and the vice-rector for international relations and organizational and legal work Denis Litsu. The gratitude of the chairman of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee was declared to the head of the department of medical biology and general genetics Vladislav Bekish, the head of the department of pathological physiology Lyudmila Belyaeva, the head of the department of general and clinical biochemistry with a course of the faculty of advanced training and retraining Galina Fomchenko.

The gratitude of the Head of the Administration of the Zheleznodorozhny District of Vitebsk is expressed to the inspector of the department of clinical work and postgraduate training of VSMU Victoria Voiko.

The head of the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Vitebsk, Yuri Panfilov, presented a letter of gratitude to the Head of the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Vitebsk

Associate Professor of the Department of Oncology with the course of FAT and Retraining Lidia Lud and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Training of Foreign Citizens Natalya Yankovskaya.

The head of the department of hospital therapy and cardiology with the course of physical education and training Vladislav Podpalov, the head of the campus Anatoly Kondratovich, the head of the personnel department Sergey Geut, the head of the industrial practice department Valeria Olshannikova were awarded a certificate of honor from the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Vitebsk.

The Certificate of Honor of the Presidium of the regional committee of the Vitebsk regional organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Health Workers was awarded to Natalya Dubina, senior inspector of the clinical residency and internship sector of VSMU.

The gratitude of the Presidium of the regional committee of the Vitebsk regional organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Health Workers was announced to Elena Asiryan, vice-rector for scientific work of the educational institution "Vitebsk State Order of Peoples' Friendship Medical University", Viktor Rednenko, head of the educational center for practical training and simulation training of VSMU.

The diploma of participation in the Star Trek project was awarded to Randeniya Devin, a student at the Faculty of Training for Foreign Citizens.

The gratitude of the Vitebsk Regional Committee of the Public Association of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union for close cooperation and support in the implementation of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union projects was declared to Vera Navitskaya, methodologist of the department for educational work with youth, Olga Batukhina, teacher-organizer of VSMU, Ilya Nogach, the 5th year student of the Faculty of Pharmacy.

General Director of the Vitebsk Trade and Production Republican Unitary Enterprise "Pharmacia" Ekaterina Boriseevich presented the Gratitude of the Vitebsk Trade and Production Republican Unitary Enterprise "Pharmacia" to Natalya Kuzmicheva, Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Botany, Alexander Bedarik, Senior Lecturer of the Department of General and Organic Chemistry.

The Certificate of Merit of the Vitebsk Trade and Production Republican Unitary Enterprise "Pharmacy" was awarded to the head of the department of pharmaceutical technologies with a course of FAT and Retraining Olga Khishova, the head of the department of general and clinical pharmacology with a course of FAT and Retraining Marat Konorev, associate professor of the department of pharmacognosy and botany Lyudmila Lyubakovskaya.

VSMU Rector Alexey Chukanov addressed those present with words of congratulations, expressed gratitude to the veterans for their invaluable contribution to the development of the university, and wished them good health, success and prosperity.

In connection with the 89th anniversary of the founding of the educational institution “Vitebsk State Order of Peoples’ Friendship Medical University” and in accordance with the Order signed by the rector of the university Alexei Chukanov for many years (more than 40 years) of conscientious work to reward the following veterans:

ADASKEVICH Vladimir Petrovich, head of the department of dermatovenereology and cosmetology;

BATALKO Tatyana Aleksandrovna, laboratory assistant of the first category of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Chemistry;

Vladimir Andreevich BORISOV, Associate Professor of the Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology;

BURAK Ivan Ivanovich, professor of the military department;

VASILENKO Nadezhda Ivanovna, laboratory assistant of the first category of the Department of Public Health and Healthcare with a course of FAT and Retraining;

VASILIEV Margarita Vyacheslavovna, senior teacher of the Department of Foreign Languages;

VYSOTSKAYA Faina Ivanovna, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Training of Foreign Citizens;

GLUSHANKO Vasily Semenovich, head of the department of public health and healthcare with the course of FAT and Retraining;

GRENKOV Gennady Iosifovich, Associate Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine and Ultrasound Diagnostics, Faculty of Advanced Training and Retraining;

GURINA Lyubov Viktorovna, laboratory assistant of the first category of the Department of Clinical Microbiology;

EGOROV Konstantin Nikolaevich, Associate Professor of the Department of General Medical Practice;

ELENSKAYA Natalya Semyonovna, laboratory assistant of the second category of the Department of Human Anatomy;

ESIPOVA Larisa Vasilievna, methodologist of the first category of the educational and methodological department;

ZHELEZNYAK Natalya Vasilyevna, Associate Professor of the Department of Clinical Microbiology;

ZELDIN Eduard Yakovlevich, Associate Professor of the Department of Faculty Surgery;

Vladimir Mikhailovich KOZIN, professor of the department of dermatovenereology and cosmetology;

Natalya Yuryevna KONEVALOVA, vice-rector for academic affairs;

Vladimir Ivanovich KUZNETSOV, professor of the department of normal physiology;

GRASSHOPPER Alla Viktorovna, laboratory assistant of the 1st category of the research laboratory;

KUZMICHEVA Natalya Alekseevna, Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Botany;

LUDA Nikolai Grigorievich, professor of the department of oncology with a course of FAT and Retraining;

Elena Vladimirovna MAKARENKO, professor of the Department of Internal Medicine and Ultrasound Diagnostics, Faculty of Advanced Training and Retrainng;

Tatiana Nikonorovna MATSUGANOVA, Associate Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology;

MOTUSOVA Lyudmila Valentinovna, laboratory assistant of the first category of the Department of Hospital Surgery with a course of FAT and Retraining;

Oleg Daniilovich MYADELTS, head of the department of histology, cytology and embryology;

NOVIKOVA Valentina Ivanovna, professor of the Department of Pediatrics;

OKOROKOV Alexander Nikolaevich, professor of the Department of Internal Medicine and Ultrasound Diagnostics of the Faculty of Pedagogical Education;

ORLOVA Lyudmila Gerasimovna, associate professor of the department of general and clinical biochemistry with a course of FAT and Retraining;

KUZNECHIK Alla Viktorovna, laboratory assistant of the 1st category of the research laboratory;

KUZMICHEVA Natalya Alekseevna, Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Botany;

LUD Nikolai Grigorievich, professor of the department of oncology with a course of FAT and Retraining;

Elena Vladimirovna MAKARENKO, professor of the Department of Internal Medicine and Ultrasound Diagnostics, Faculty of Advanced Training and Personal Education;

Tatiana Nikonorovna MATSUGANOVA, Associate Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology;

MOTUSOVA Lyudmila Valentinovna, laboratory assistant of the first category of the Department of Hospital Surgery with a course of FAT and Retraining;

Oleg Daniilovich MYADELTS, head of the department of histology, cytology and embryology;

NOVIKOVA Valentina Ivanovna, professor of the Department of Pediatrics;

OKOROKOV Alexander Nikolaevich, professor of the Department of Internal Medicine and Ultrasound Diagnostics of the Faculty of Pedagogical Education;

ORLOVA Lyudmila Gerasimovna, associate professor of the department of general and clinical biochemistry with a course of FAT and Retraining;

Sergei Ivanovich PIMANOV, Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Ultrasound Diagnostics of the Faculty of Advanced Training and Retraning;

PISHIKOVA Natalya Vladimirovna, specialist of the dean’s office of the Faculty of Overseas Student’s Training;

RADETSKAYA Lyudmila Evgenievna, professor of the department of obstetrics and gynecology;

RODIONOV Vladimir Yakovlevich, associate professor of the department of anesthesiology and resuscitation with a course of  FAT and Retraining;

RODIONOV Yuri Yakovlevich, professor of the Department of Pathological Physiology;

SAZONOVA Galina Sergeevna, accountant of the first category;

SEDLYAROVA Elena Nikolaevna, laboratory assistant at the Department of General and Clinical Pharmacology with a course of FPK and PK;

SEMENOV Valery Mikhailovich, head of the department of infectious diseases with the course of FAT and Retraining;

SEMENOVA Olga Vasilievna, Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics No.1;

STANOVENKO Vyacheslav Valentinovich, head of the department of faculty surgery;

TIKHANOVICH Natalia Ulyanovna, Associate Professor of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities;

Alexander Konstantinovich USOVICH, professor of the Department of Human Anatomy;

Ivan Alekseevich FLORYAN, head of the department of Russian as a foreign language;

KHARLENOK Valentina Ivanovna, Associate Professor of the Department of Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Advanced Training and Retraining;

KHEIDOROV Vasily Petrovich, professor of the department of general and organic chemistry;

CHERNYAVSKAYA Lyudmila Gavrilovna, senior teacher of the Department of Foreign Languages;

Konstantin Sergeevich SHABASHOV, Associate Professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology;

SHARKOVA Lyudmila Ivanovna, Associate Professor of the Department of Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy;

Alexandra Pavlovich SHMAKOVA, Associate Professor of the Department of Hospital Surgery with a course of FAT and Retraining;

ETINGOF Liliya Aleksandrovna, laboratory assistant of the first category of the Department of Hospital Therapy and Cardiology with a course of FAT and Retraining;

YURCHENKO Galina Vladimirovna, laboratory assistant of the first category of the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases;

YURCHENKO Natalya Matveevna, laboratory assistant of the first category of the Department of Hospital Therapy and Cardiology with a course of FAT and Retraining;

Irina Ivanovna STUPAKOVA, director of the public catering association;

BOGDANOVA Anna Antonovna, cook of the fifth category of the catering association;

LAVROVA Tatyana Vasilievna, cook of the fifth category of the catering association.

Award and present a certificate:

In the nomination “For significant contribution to the organization of educational work”:

GAIDUKOVA Anzhelika Vasilievna, head of the educational and methodological department;

BELYAEV Lyudmila Evgenievna, head of the department of pathological physiology.

In the nomination “For significant contribution to the organization of scientific work”:

LEBEDEV Elena Ivanovna, Associate Professor of the Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology;

SABODINA Maria Nikolaevna, Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Chemistry.

In the nomination “For significant contribution to the organization of medical work”:

Pozharitskaya Anastasia Alekseevna, chief physician of the separate unit “University Dental Clinic”;

SEMENOV Valery Mikhailovich, head of the department of infectious diseases with the course of FAT and Retraining.

In the nomination “For the development of international and organizational and legal activities”:

VYSOTSKAYA Faina Ivanovna, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Training of Foreign Citizens;

PCHELINTSEVA Anna Aleksandrovna, head of the international relations department.

In the nomination “For the development and strengthening of the material and technical base of the university”:

In the nomination “For significant contribution to the organization of educational and ideological work”:

KUKHAREVA Tatyana Vladimirovna, social teacher of the socio-pedagogical and psychological service;

TALYBOV Arsen Muzafeddinovich, senior lecturer of the military department.

For fruitful cooperation and great personal contribution to the organization, carrying out ideological, educational and military-patriotic work, support of youth projects and initiatives of the university, award the VSMU Certificate of Honor to:

Mikhail Leontievich VISHNEVETSKY, head of the main health department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee;

Vladimir Timofeevich PLYTKEVICH, Chairman of the Vitebsk regional organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Health Workers;

Andrey Vladimirovich KLISHEVICH, colonel, head of the military education department of the Armed Forces;

SHKODINA Ruslan Nikolaevich, colonel, military commissar of the Vitebsk region;

SAFONOV Vladimir Vasilievich, colonel, commander of the 103rd Vitebsk Separate Guards Airborne Brigade of the Guard.

For fruitful cooperation, great personal contribution to the provision of medical care to the population of the Vitebsk region and the training of highly qualified specialists, award the VSMU Certificate of Honor to:

ZASKO Sergei Robertovich, Deputy Chief Physician for the Medical Department of the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary;

Mikhail Petrovich ZHIGALKIN, head of the department of surgical dentistry at the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Dental Center;

BORISEEVICH Ekaterina Stanislavovna, General Director of the Vitebsk Trade and Production Republican Unitary Enterprise “Pharmacia”;

SINKEVICH Vladimir Alekseevich, chief physician of the state institution “Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health”.

For conscientious work, high professionalism and responsible performance of their duties, award the VSMU Certificate of Honor to:

Irina Vladimirovna GORODETSKAYA, dean of the faculty of advanced training and retraining in pedagogy and psychology;

Olga Arkadyevna EVDOKIMOVA, head of the quality management system sector;

Natalya Matveevna BOLDIN-VORONTSOVA, head of hostel No. 1;

DUBINA Natalya Vasilievna, senior inspector of the clinical residency and internship sector;

KUZMENKOVA Angelina Vladimirovna, senior teacher of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics with a course of FAT and Retraining;

NAZAREV Sergei Mikhailovich, teacher-organizer of hostel No. 5;

KORABLEVA Lyudmila Vladimirovna, teacher of hostel No. 8;

PUZANOV Denis Stanislavovich, head of the legal department;

KUZHEL Dmitry Konstantinovich, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Training of Foreign Citizens;

FOUNDATION Dina Mikhailovna, commandant of the “Medical Unit”;

Svetlana Viktorovna KORNIENKO, head of hostel No. 6;

Irina Ivanovna STUPAKOVA, director of the public catering association;

Igor Alexandrovich LYATOS, head of the military department;

GIMRO Olga Georgievna, head of the educational unit - deputy head of the military department.

The concert program was opened by the national amateur group of the Republic of Belarus “VSMU Student Choir”, performing the anthem “GAUDEAMUS”.

One of the most famous songs about doctors, “Men in White Coats,” was presented to those present by the vocal ensemble “Panacea.” Ulyana Zherdetskaya read the lines about her beloved Belarus soulfully and sensually.

The festive concert was continued by the winner of the 1st degree diploma in the nomination “Folk Vocal: Solo” of the XV All-Russian Festival of Arts for Medical Students. workers with international participation, winner of the special prize “Youth Capital” Anastasia Demina with the composition “PAHAL ZAKHAR AGAROD”.

The folk dance ensemble "Millennium", the pop song studio "Tandem", the modern choreography group "Expression", the sports ballroom dance ensemble "Quickstep", the group "MIXFEEDS" and the "INFINITY DANCE GROUP" performed their bright dance and vocal numbers.

The celebration ended with the composition “The Best University in the World” and the VSMU Anthem, which, without exaggeration, was sung by the entire hall.