Study in Russia

KIROV OBLAST (formerly VYATKA PROVINCE), western Russia

Kirov oblast (formerly Vyatka province) covers an area of 46,650 square miles (120,800 square km) and occupies almost the entire basin of the Vyatka River. It is a rolling morainic plain rising from the broad, central valley of the Vyatka to the dissected limestone uplands of the Severnye Hills in the north and the Vyatsky Hills and Verkhne (Upper) Kama upland in the east. Nearly all the oblast lies in swampy forest, or taiga, of pine, fir, spruce, and birch; in the extreme south deciduous species such as oak begin to appear. Floodplain meadows flank the Vyatka river. In the forested areas timber industries are highly developed. There are extensive areas of peat bog and swamp.

Most of the population live in the Vyatka River valley. The Vyatka is a major tributary of the Kama, the Volga's largest tributary. Timber working is a major element in the economy. Iron deposits near Omutninsk, which have been worked since the 18th century, are the base, together with Urals ore, for the oblast's metallurgical industries. Phosphorite is mined at Rudnichny. Much peat is cut for fue.

The climate of Kirov oblast is of the continental type. Winters are cold and long (average January temperature, 14° F [-10° C]); summers are short and mild (average July temperature, 64° F [18° C]). The moderate (23 inches [582 mm]) annual precipitation occurs predominantly in the summer months, often in brief, heavy downpours.

KIROV, formerly (until 1934) VYATKA, or VIATKA, is an old Russian city and the administrative centre of Kirov oblast (formerly Vyatka province). The city's area is 150 square km. The population (1999 est.) is 502,000.

The city is located in western Russia about 986 km northeast of Moscow and 1200 miles (1940 km) east of the Polish border. The city lies in the broad, shallow valley of the Vyatka River, a tributary of the Kama and thus of the Volga.

The city of Kirov has a large concentration of educational institutions, and its centres of higher education draw students from throughout Volga-Vyatka region. The city is one of the most important Russian centres for education. It contains Vyatka Teacher-Training University, Vyatka State Agricultural Academy, Vyatka State University and Kirov State Medical Academy.

The Administration of the city of Kirov

Currently, Kirov is a major centre of Russian manufactures. The city's once-renowned handicraft industries have been replaced by large-scale, modern industries, particularly production of armaments, metals, nonferrous metalworking, engineering, agricultural machinery, machine tools, electrical and precision engineering, timber-processing industries, including saw milling, pulp making, paper, hard-board, and plywood, tire making, electronics, furniture-making, timber-working equipment, food processing, processing of agricultural products, chemicals, fertilizers, footwear, leatherworking, shoemaking, furs and fur preparation medical supplies, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, various light industries producing linen, lace, and a wide range of other consumer goods.

Modern Kirov is a major junction centre. The city is a focus of rail routes to almost all Russian cities. Kirov is the centre of the country's rail network, on which freight transport is heavily dependent. Trunk rail lines radiate from the city in all directions to major Russian population and industrial centres. Passenger trains connect to destinations throughout Russia. Today, railways radiate from Kirov to Perm, Kotlas, Vologda, and Nizhny Novgorod. Electrified suburban lines serve the metropolitan area.

Kirov is also a major river port. Bus, trolleybus and streetcar are the principal means of local transportation.

Kirov was once the centre of the country's airline network; the Pobedilovo airport, 25 km west, handled national flights. Currently, the flight schedule includes only several «Moscow-Kirov» flights a week.

A BRIEF REVIEW OF KIROV STATE MEDICAL ACADEMY: FACTS AND FIGURES

• Foundation as an Affiliation of Perm State Medical Academy: April 2, 1987.
• Status of Kirov State Medical Institute : May 3, 1994.
• Status of Kirov State Medical Academy : 1999.
• The latest certification and accreditation by the Education Ministry and Health Ministry of the Russian Federation: February 2004.
• Rating: 16, of 51 higher medical schools of Russia (est. 2004)
• Faculties: 7:
1. the Faculty of Internal Medicine
2. the Faculty of Pediatrics
3. the Faculty of Pre-College Education
4. the Faculty of Social Work
5. the Faculty of Further Professional Postgraduate Education
6. the Faculty of Higher Medical Nursing Education
7. the Faculty of Expertise and Economics.
• Pre-clinical majors: Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, Data Processing, Mathematics, Anatomy, Physiology, Pathological Anatomy, Pathological Physiology, Microbiology, General and social Hygiene, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, History of Medicine, Social disciplines, etc.
• Clinical majors: Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Surgical Diseases, Psychiatry, Psychology, Neurology, Otorhinolaryngology, Gastroenterology, Pulmonology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, Ophthalmology, Urology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Pediatric Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Rheumatology, Dermatology, Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Public Health, etc.

Igor V. Sheshunov, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Head of Kirov State Medical Academy

• Two-year clinical residencies: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oncology, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Gynecology and Obsterics, etc.
• Three-year research post graduate courses: Physiology, Pathological Physiology, Pathological Anatomy, Biophysics, Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Cardiology, Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oncology, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Gynecology and Obstetrics, etc.
• Electives: over 100.
• Students: over 3,500.
• Graduates: over 3,000.
• Graduates with Diplomas with Honors: over 250.
• Origin and/or citizenship of KSMA's students: residents of Kirov region, residents of Kirov region's neighbors, residents of federal areas of Russia, citizens of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Middle East and African countries.
• Educational departments: 43.
• Location of educational clinical departments: 23 teaching hospitals of the city of Kirov.
• Educators and clinical instructors: 269. Professors: over 40. Associate Professors: 144.
• Senior Instructors and Assistant Professors: over 80.
• Percentage of Professors and Associate Professors: about 80%.
• Affiliations: Komi Affiliation of Kirov State Medical Academy. Foundation: 1996. Courses: first-, second-, third-, fourth-, and fifth-year students.
• Hospital beds: 7,300
• the Faculty of Further Professional Postgraduate Education: Educational Departments: 4: the Department of Internal Medicine; the Department of Surgery; the Department of Anesthesiology; the Department of Pediatrics and Gynecology.
• Educational Curricula of the Faculty of Further Professional Postgraduate Education: 26.
• Physicians certified by the Faculty of Further Professional Postgraduate Education (est. 2003): 1594.
• Up-to-date computers: over 300.
• Regular access to the Internet and free electronic resources.
• Data processing centers: 4.
• Library: 130,000 books and text books.
• CD-ROM banks: over 300 foreign CD-ROMs of 1999-2006.
• Student hostels: 4.
• Surgical operations performed by KSMA's surgeons in 2006: over 5,000.
• Consultations of patients performed by KSMA's clinical instructors in 2006: over 10,000.
• Scientific practical conferences (2006): 85.
• Scientific practical conferences organized by KSMA's educational departments (1987 - 2006): over 600.
• Monographs (1987-2006): over 100.
• Methodological books and booklets (1987-2006): over 550.
• Articles in central scientific journals and collections of scientific works (1987-2006): over 1,500.
• Abstracts of reports at national and international scientific meetings: over 3,200.
• Patents: over 100.
• Introduction of new diagnostic and treatment methods and techniques: over 80.
• Methodological newsletters under the supervision of the Health Ministry: over 10.
• Methodological text books: over 60.
• Participation in student research work: over 400 students annually.
• Long-term international programs: «Hannover - Vyatka», «Alabama - Vyatka», «Oklahoma - Vyatka», «Atlanta - Vyatka», «London - Vyatka».
• Visits of KSMA's students and educators to foreign countries: over 400 (from 1992 to 2006).
• Visits of foreign students, educators, researchers and scientists to KSMA: over 700 (from 1992 to 2006).
• International conferences held at KSMA (1993-2006): over 40.
• Major medical and research areas of the above international conferences: Family Medicine, Surgery, Endosurgery, Hepatosurgery, Transplantation, Ophthalmology and Ophthalmosurgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, Oncology, Hematology, Leukemias, Non-Hodgekin's Lymphomas, Experimental Medicine, Management of Research Institutions, Perspectives of International Collaboration, Medical Education, etc.
• Pre-college courses for foreign students: Russian; Biology; Chemistry.
• Location of KSMA: the city of Kirov, the capital of Kirov region, 986 km northeast of Moscow
• KSMA's official address: 112, Karl Marx Street, Kirov, 610027, Russia
• Phone/fax: +7 (8332) 64 07 34
• E-mail: ivc@kirovgma.ru

Deans' Office of Additional Admission of Students

Address:
610027, Kirov City, Karl Marx Street 112, Room 104
Tel.: (8332) 374868
Fax: (8332) 640734
E-mail: spp@kirovgma.ru

Razin Maxim Petrovich

The Dean of the Additional Admission of Students office, Tutor of the Learnt Society of Young Scientists and Students of Kirov State Medical Academy, assistant professor of the Chair of Children's Surgical Diseases, candidate of medical science.

Graduated from pediatrics faculty of Kirov State Medical Institute in 1995, clinical residency in children's surgery in 1997.

Published about 150 scientific and works on methodology. At present supervising 2 candidate dissertations.

Poet, prose writer, playwright. Editing the third collection of his poems.

Yatsenko Vera Nikolaevna

Specialist of the Additional Admission of Students Office.

Graduated from Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry named after S. M. Kirov in 1989, Faculty of the Social Work of Kirov State Medical Academy in 2002. Dean's Office of Additional Admission of Students was opened in Kirov State Medical Academy in 2004. At different times the deans were A. B. Kashin, E. N. Kasatkin. Since 2006 the dean is M. P. Razin. The Dean's Office includes Russian students, learning at the Therapeutical and Pediatric Faculties for fare as well as foreign students (learning is conducted in the Russian language). For the period of the Dean's Office existence there have studied students from the Ukraine, Siberia, Syria, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Georgia, Palestine, Armenia, Peru, India, Japan and other states.

Payment for the study:

Kirov State Medical Academy Pre-College Preparation Centre
Tel: 8 (8332) 374833

Pre-College Faculty was organized in 1993 and presents career guidance work and preparation of students for entrance examinations to medical educational institutions. Pre-college preparation is the first step in the system of the continuous medical education.

Since 2005 the Faculty is in close cooperation with the Federal Institute of the Pedagogical Researches (Moscow) and «UNIKUM - Centre» of the Russian University of the United Nations. (Moscow).

In October 2006 Pre-College Faculty of KSMA entered the Association of Pre-College Structure of RF.

In accordance with the decision of the KSMA learnt board #12 from December, 22, 2006 from 01.02.2007 to reorganize Pre-College Preparation Faculty into Pre-College Preparation Centre (PCPC).

Since 2007 the centre expands the sphere of activities in conjunction with the introduction of the Unified State Examination for admittance to the higher educational institutions. Alongside with the traditional forms of preparation there will be presented multi-leveled preparation of the applicants for the USE in mathematics, biology, chemistry, Russian.

There has been worked out a document «About the Open Inter-regional Subject Olympiad of KSMA of Russian Health Service among 11^th Form Students».

PCPC has a web of affiliated departments in Kirov region, Komi Republic and Republic of Mariy-El:

• two-year day lyceum for 10-11 Form students with the support of KSMA and Kirov Secondary Schools #37, 58;
• one-year evening chemical -biological class for 11^th Form students and secondary school leavers;
• one-year evening preparation courses (October-April);
• one-year preparation courses by correspondence with weekly Sunday consultations based on the entrance tests program;
• 4-month evening preparation courses (January-April);
• summer three-week short-term courses;
• affiliations (lyceums and consulting centers) and PCPC representative agencies in Vorkuta and Uhta (Komi Republic), Ioshkar Ola (Mariy El Republic), the town of Sharya of Kostroma region.

PCPC is:

• the Ministry of Education of the Russian federation licence of Higher Education granting KSMA the right to perform education activities in higher education, post graduate and additional professional education;
• positive assessment of the PCPC activities by the Education Board of Kirov Administration;
• over 600 students;
• effective structure of the educational process administration: the dean - the learnt board of PCPC - methodological union of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Foreign languages, Russian and Latin departments;
• highly qualified pedagogical staff: 12 instructors graduated from prestigious universities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, 4 instructors are graduates of Nyzhny Novgorod, Perm and Bryansk Universities, 11 instructors graduated from Vyatka State Pedagogical University, 9 instructors are graduates with Honors of Medical Academies and Universities, 14 instructors have secondary schools working experience;
• high scientific and pedagogical rating of the PCPC educators and instructors: 6 associate professors, 10 assistant professors, 4 senior instructors, 14 educators with over 20-year teaching experience;
• Over 600 scientific and methodological works;
• 4 instructors with long-term probation period of working abroad, in France, Algeria, South-East Asia, Cuba;
• 12 educators with long-term probation in European countries: France, the USA, Ireland, Germany;
• 7 instructors with certificates of «Family Medicine and Methods of Education Guidance in Medical School of the USA» courses;
• 70% instructors with certificates of high qualification programs «Pedagogic and Methods of Higher and Secondary Education Abroad», «Actual Problems of the Modern Pedagogic»;

• over 200 methodological books for the PCPC listeners;
• editorial and publishing activities: 25-30 text books for the PCPC listeners and high school students published annually;
• lessons in Biology, Anatomy, Organic and Non-organic Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Russian and Literature, Foreign languages (English, German, French);
• test papers, examinations;
• competitive examinations and/or interview for the day and evening departments applicants of PCPC in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Foreign languages;
• annual preliminary examinations for the listeners, graduating from PCPC in Biology, Chemistry, Russian and Literature (May 15-30);
• high percentage of enrollment to KSMA (90-95%) and other higher educational institutions of Kirov and Russian federation;
• high percentage of enrollment of evening and correspondent courses listeners (by 35% higher in comparison with those not studying in PCPC);
• high quality (good and excellent grades in all the subjects) knowledge of 1-3 year students in 2000-2006, twice as high in comparison with the students not studying in PCPC;
• successful creating the distant corresponding education system via Internet.

PCPC guarantees entering KSMA and other prestigious higher educational institutions for the hard-working, clever and industrious!

Tel: (8332) 374833; Fax (8332) 640734
http://www.kirovgma.ru
e-mail: fdp@kirovgma.ru

Methodical Materials

PCPC offers corresponding courses for all wishing to enter KSMA from far away parts of Kirov region and other regions of the country. For this purpose the listeners by correspondence are supplied with the specially worked out methodical books and booklets containing the tests requirements and tests in Biology, Chemistry, Russian and Literature.

Regime of work: 50% of the tests should be completed during the first term, 50% of the test should be completed during the second term. The tests are worked out according to the materials necessary for the entrance examination to KSMA. The statistics shows high effectiveness of the courses by correspondence that has been proved by the recent 3 years practice. Over 80% of corresponding listeners enter KSMA.

Consultations: October, 1 - April, 30

On our site you can receive information, answers to any questions about the Academy, Pre-College Preparation Center or about the examination subjects. Your questions should be sent by e-mail fdp@kirovgma.ru

Pre-College Preparation Center Principal

Kudryavtsev Vladimir Alexeevich, 1950, Assistant Professor in Physics and Mathematics. Novozybovsky State Pedagogical Institute graduate, 1973. After graduation worked as engineer, then junior research assistant in Kirov Polytechnic Institute. In 1985 defended the dissertation.

Since 1987 has been a senior tutor, then Assistant Professor of KSMA, since 1992 has been the Chief of the Medbiophysics and Computer Instruction Department. 1993-2006 - the Dean of the Faculty of Pre-College Education, in December 2006 was appointed the Principal of the PCPC.

Kudryavtsev is the author of over 130 scientific and methodical works. The main scientific direction is «Photobiology». At present accomplishing the Associate Professor dissertation work.

Abdalla Magdi, Sudan
a 5-year-student of the Internal Medicine Faculty:

I like to study at the Kirov State Medical Academy very much. I like the teachers' attitude to us. They are very kindly, ready to help. When we don't understand the material, they are ready to explain us after the lessons. We also have very good relations with our Dean Razin Maxim P.

Of course, at first it was difficult with the Russian language. Now all the problems with the language are over.

After graduation I want to become a traumatologist. Now I am having practice at the Kirov Traumatology Hospital.

My cousin also wants to come to Kirov to enter the Kirov State Medical Academy.

Prepared by V. Golovin