A brief history of the department

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was formed in August 2004 by order of the rector №242-p on the basis of the Department of Special Natural Sciences Disciplines. The department is an educational and scientific structural unit of the Faculty of Medicine of KRSU, carrying out educational, methodological and research work.

From the day of the founding of the department until September 2016, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was headed by Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Enver Mamudovich Kuchuk. Since September 2016, the department has been headed by Natalya Sergeevna Matyushchenko, Ph.D., Associate Professor.

By order №74-p dated April 29, 2096, the Department of SEND Head was formed within the Faculty of Medicine. department, associate professor E.M. Kuchuk. The department provided teaching in the following disciplines: biology with ecology, higher mathematics and biophysics, general, bioorganic and biological chemistry. Due to the lack of a laboratory base, classes in these subjects were conducted on the basis of KSMA.

• C May to September 1996 employees of the department organized a chemical laboratory in building №6 KRSU. Most of the equipment, instruments, apparatus and chemical reagents were acquired through the efforts of department employees.
• In 1999 the department was allocated premises in building №7, where laboratories of biophysics, biology and clinical biochemistry were organized. The material and technical support of these laboratories was carried out by Associate Professor E.M. Kuchuk, Associate Professor A.V. Chekhovsky, Ph.D. T.E. Kuchuk, A.E. Kuchuk, Ph.D. senior teacher A.A. Plishkin and Professor V.N. Kobzar.
• 1.09.04 (pr. №242-p) department «General and Medical Chemistry» reorganized on the basis of the SEND department. In building №11, premises were allocated for conducting classes in chemistry and biochemistry. Logistics support for conducting classes   organized by employees of the department (NI). Chevgun, S.T. Kupreeva, I.N. Vasyatina et al.).
• By order №284-p  dated September 27, 2011, the Department of General and Medicinal Chemistry was renamed the Department of  Chemistry and Biochemistry. The department still operates under this name.

Sector Activities

1. Round Table «The role of European scientists in the study of the countries of the Middle East and Central Asia» - KRSU, November, 2019.
2. Webinar of Iran Allameh Tabatabaei University and KRSU on the topic «Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Regional Opportunities» - KRSU, December 14, 2021.
3. Visit of the Iranian Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic state. Saida Kharrazi at KRSU, opening of an exhibition of books, photographic materials and folk art products – KRSU, March, 2022.
4. Student quiz on Iranian studies within the framework of «Iran Week» at universities in Kyrgyzstan - KRSU, March, 2022.
5. Round table «History of diplomacy of the countries of Europe and the Middle East» - KRSU, March, 2022.
6. Signing of a memorandum of cooperation between KRSU and the Cultural Representation of the Iranian Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as on the renaming of the Iranian Studies Center to the Omar Khayyam Iranian Studies Center – KRSU, June 17, 2022.
7. Round Table on the topic «Omar Khayyam - the great mind» - KRSU, April, 2023.
8. Meeting of the Director of the Cultural Representation of the Iranian Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic, state. Abuzar Tugani with the leadership of KRSU - Vice-Rector of International, Scientific and Innovation Activities I.A. Kolpakov, Director of the Institute of World Languages L.S. Sulaimanova, Acting Dean of the Faculty of International Relations R.A. Allahverdiev-KRSU, December, 2024.
9. Visit of the Iranian delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Ali Najafi, as well as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to the Kyrgyz Republic Gholamhossein Yadegari to the Kyrgyz Republic-February, 2025.

Scientific articles and publications

• Article - Mamedova M.Sh.: «Centers for Iranian Studies in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)» - «Bulletin» KRSU, October, 2020
• Article - Mammadova M.Sh: «Prominent Iranian Poets «of the New Style» and Their Creative Quest» – «Bulletin» KRSU, February, 2021
• Article - Features of interstate relations between Persia and the Ottoman Empire and European states.//KRSU Bulletin. T. 22, № 6 - Bishkek, 2022.
• Modern Iranian prose. Collection of stories. Translation from Farsi. Part one. Special issue of the magazine of the Cultural Representative Office of the Iranian Embassy «Muras» - №June 28, 2022, Bishkek.
• Modern Iranian prose. Collection of stories. Translation from Farsi. Part two. Special issue of the magazine of the Cultural Representative Office of the Iranian Embassy «Muras» - №February 36, 2023, Bishkek.
• Article -Classical literature of Iran and Turkey in the works of European orientalists. Journal of the Cultural Representation of the Iranian Embassy «Muras» - №50, April, 2024, Bishkek.

Presentations

• Book - «Catalog of early printed Persian books and manuscripts from the collection of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic». Compiled by Mrs. Z. Sagafi, translated into Russian by M. Mamedova - National Center «Manasa» named after. CH. Aitmatova – January 2021.
• Book - Abdol Hossein Zarrinkoub. «Sufism in Iran». Translation into Russian Mirzoeva N., translation editor Mamedova M. - National Center «Manasa» named after. Ch. Aitmatova – January 2021.