Healthcare organizers of the arkhangelsk region – graduates of the arkhangelsk state medical institute: to the 100th anniversary of their birth

Relevance. In 2025, it is 100 years since the birth of a number of outstanding healthcare organizers of the Arkhangelsk region – graduates of the Arkhangelsk State Medical Institute (ASMI), who made a significant contribution to the development of medicine and healthcare in the European North of Russia. Preserving the historical memory of physician-organizers of the wartime and post-war generations is an important task of modern medical education and science.

The aim of the study: perpetuation of the memory of outstanding healthcare organizers of the Arkhangelsk region – graduates of the Arkhangelsk State Medical Institute of 1948, born 100 years ago.

Material and methods. The methodological basis of the study consisted of a systematic approach based on the principles of historicism, objectivity and scientificity, as well as general scientific methods (generalization, analysis, synthesis, induction). The materials included documents from the State Archive of the Arkhangelsk Region, newspaper publications, books, scientific articles, and interviews with contemporaries.

Results. Biographies of seven healthcare organizers born in 1925 and graduated from ASMI in 1948 are presented: L.A. Kupsik (Karmanova), M.I. Gornushkina, Yu.V. Shneyveys (Panova), K.N. Grosheva, Z.I. Kosheva, A.V. Spasennikova (Korovina), G.G. Shubina. During the Great Patriotic War, all of them were home front workers or participants in military operations. After graduation, they worked in various areas of healthcare: chief physicians of hospitals and maternity hospitals, heads of district and city health departments, deputies of the regional health department, deputies at various levels. Two heroines of the article lived to celebrate their 100th anniversary. L.A. Kupsik supervised rehabilitation treatment, working as chief freelance specialist in physiotherapy. M.I. Gornushkina headed the Koynas district hospital for 53 years. Yu.V. Shneyveys created the Central Basin Hospital for Water Transport Workers named after N.A. Semashko and headed the Northern Water Transport Health Department. K.N. Grosheva was deputy head of the Arkhangelsk Regional Health Department, engaged in the distribution of graduates and development of scientific medical societies. Z.I. Kosheva was the only representative of ASMI in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, chief freelance therapist of the city, participated in creating the sanatorium "Belomorie". A.V. Spasennikova headed the city children's clinical hospital, developed pediatric services and the sanatorium-resort system of the region. G.G. Shubina – participant of the Great Patriotic War, awarded the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Patriotic War of the II degree, headed the maternity hospital named after K.N. Samoilova. All heroes of the article were awarded the title "Honored Doctor of the RSFSR" and decorated with orders and medals.

Conclusion. Healthcare organizers of the Arkhangelsk region – graduates of ASMI of 1948 demonstrated professional loyalty to their chosen cause and readiness to take responsibility in the difficult conditions of the post-war period. Under their leadership, thousands of medical specialists were trained, hospitals were built and modernized, and the sanatorium-resort system and rehabilitation service of the region were developed. While working in practical healthcare, they made a significant contribution to the development of higher and secondary medical education in the European North of Russia. Their destinies and achievements are the heritage of the North and an example for the modern generation of healthcare workers. 

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