The Chita State Academy of Medicine (russian: Читинская Государственная Медицинская Академия) is an institution of higher education in Chita,

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. It was founded on 23 July 1953 as the Chita State Institute of Medicine. The institute was composed of the lecturers of the Perm Dentist Institute evacuated to Chita during

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. Following the collapse of the

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, the Chita State Institute of Medicine was renamed in 1995 when it was granted the new status becoming the Chita State Academy of Medicine.

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