Bukovinian State Medical University is one of the largest institutions of higher education in the city of Chernivtsi, Ukraine. It is a modern multidisciplinary institution of higher medical education, included in the general register of the World Health Organization, the Great Charter of Universities, the European University Association, which trains applicants for higher education according to a step-by-step system of education Formation and development of BSMU is connected with names of famous scientists and organizers. Graduates of BSMU successfully realize themselves in medical, pharmaceutical, economic, educational, scientific, social and cultural sphere of activity. BSMU is proud of its graduates, many of whom have reached significant heights in professional and public life. The university provides training of candidates for higher education at primary, first (Bachelor's), second (Master's) and third (Educational-Scientific) levels in the branches of knowledge "Healthcare" ("Medicine", "Pharmacy") and "Biology" 24 specialties. Training of foreign citizens is conducted in English and Ukrainian. Postgraduate education is provided at internatura (25 specialities), postgraduate course (27 specialities), doctorate course (6 specialities), clinical residency (14 specialities), at pre-certification cycles of studies, cycles of thematic improvement, specialization and internship. The university has 49 departments within 6 faculties. Three medical colleges are subordinated to the university: Chernovtsy, Novoselytsia and Vashkivtsy. There are preparatory departments for admission to higher educational institutions for national and foreign citizens. The educational process is supported by modern information and communication Internet technologies through a distance learning server. On-line lectures of leading scientists both from Ukraine and abroad are given at the university. The digital repository of BSMU has been functioning since 2011, which is an institutional electronic archive that accumulates documents of scientific, educational and methodological purposes, created by employees of the university, as well as providing permanent free full-text access through the "Internet". Brief historical background In 2014 the Bukovinian State Medical University celebrated its 70th anniversary, and in 2011 the university celebrated its 80th anniversary as a higher educational institution. It so happened that the capital institution of higher medical education - the 2nd Kyiv State Medical Institute - was neglected by researchers of the history of medicine in Ukraine. The institution is mentioned neither in encyclopedias, nor in reference books, nor in the National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine. By the way, the state archive of the city of Kiev contains the Passport of the 2nd Kiev State Medical Institute dated December 1939, and the archives of the