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Old Photos: A Day in Life of a Soviet Medical Student

These photos are interesting to me because my Father was going through the medical school about the same time (1963) and some of the situations are similar to what I have in our own photo albums.

Medical student Nelya Spiridonova standing beside bust of Nikita S. Khrushchev exhibit in Irkutsk.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman

Medical student Nelya Spiridonova examining blood specimen in Irkutsk.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Medical student Nelya Spiridonova (R) examining patient under supervision of teacher.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Medical student Nelya Spiridonova (R) listening to patient’s heart in Irkutsk.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Evdokia Nelnikova teaching class at Neurological Clinic in Irkutsk.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Medical student, Nelya Spiridonova, at theater.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Medical student Nelya Spiridonova (R) waiting to buy candy in Irkutsk.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Medical student Nelya Spiridonova waiting to buy candy.
Nelya Spiridonova (C) lunching w. other Russian medical students.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Medical student Nelya Spiridonova shopping in Irkutsk.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Medical student Nelya Spiridonova buying a lottery ticket in Irkutsk.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Nelya Spiridonova and other medical students watering plants in dorm room.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Dorm.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Medical student Nelya Spiridonova cramming for mid-term exam in study hall at Irkutsk Medical College.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Nelya Spiridonova (L) w. Valeri Shipiov (R) at art exhibit museum in Irkutsk.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
Medical student Nelya Spiridonova (C) strolling w. other medical students along the Angara River.© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
© Time Inc. Stan Wayman
© Time Inc. Stan Wayman