Background
ODEZHKIN, Nikolay was born in 1900 in village Uybat, now Kakhass Autonomous Oblast.
ODEZHKIN, Nikolay was born in 1900 in village Uybat, now Kakhass Autonomous Oblast.
1920-1923 studied at Non-School Department, Krasnoyarsk Institute of Public Education. 1924 studied at Irkutsk Workers’ Faculty. 1931 graduate Tomsk Medical Institute.
From age 12 worked as farmhand. 1923-1924 distr librarian, Charkov former small rural district. From 1931 head, Medical Centr in Askiz, where he combatted trachoma and other diseases.
Also trained numerous oculists, nurses and orderlies. During World War 2 served at front. From 1948 chief physician, Khakass Oblast Trachoma Dispensary, Abakan.