SHORT HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF HISTOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY OF BOGOMOLETS NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Summary. Department of Histology and Embryology appeared at our university through the work of anatomists. Volodymyr Betz has made an important contribution to the development, so he is fairly called “godfather”. Originally, department located in two classrooms of anatomical corps on Fundukleivska str. (now it is called Bogdana Khmelnitskogo str., 37), but then department was placed in a one-story house nearby. During the evacuation (1941?1943) department had to be moved into Chelyabinsk. Fortunately, the buildings in Kyiv have been preserved and department has returned in its previous location. When morphological building of the Kiev Medical Institute in Brest-Litovskiy highway 82 (now Peremogi Avenue, 34) was ended, department moved to a new building and is still located there. Everyone who headed the department made an enormous contribution to its development. Only through their efforts the department has become a model, one of the best. Famous histologists: Petro Peremezhko (1868-1891), Yakiv Yakymovych (1891-1904), Fedir Lomynskiy (1905-1924), Olexandr Chernyakhivskiy (1925?1929), Semen Shahov (1930-1953), Mykola Zazybin (1954?1975), Kostyantin Kabak (1976-1992) were heads of the department. Since 1992 until now, the department has been being managed by the Corresponding member of NAMN of Ukraine, Professor, MD Yuriy Bogdanovich Chaikovskiy. New scientific discoveries is being made at the department, neyrohistological school continues its life in the works of students and followers. The study of nervous system is continuing, but other systems is being studied too; new embryological research is being held.