in 1880 , nikolai gomaleya from odessa graduated from the natural sciences department of the physicshematics faculty of novorossiysk university. after that, he entered the st. petersburg military medical academy, where he was immediately enrolled in the third year. after graduation, he returned to odessa, worked as a supernumerary resident at the city hospital, and set up a laboratory right in his apartment. years later. having become an outstanding doctor, an infectious disease specialist, he will make a real revolution in vaccination. in 1885, louis pasteur made the first successful vaccination against rabies. nikolai fedorovich, on the recommendation of ilya mechnikov, was sent to paris to study the experiment. he worked for pasteur for 5 years. despite the offer to stay in france, gomaleya thanked the teacher for his trust and refused, explaining that he was very much needed in his homeland, where thousands of people die every year from infectious diseases. in 1886, in odessa, gomaleya opened the first bacteriological station in russia and the second in the world, where he began