Education
In 1834 the family left to Germany where Nikolay went to classical grammar school and graduated from it in 1846 with a gold medal. After the graduation from school young Gurvich was quite independent, he was a tutor and suppported his mother.
In 1847 Gurvich came to St.-Petersburg and entered the St. Petersburg Medical Academy. He Graduated in 1852 and got a title of doctor.