Odezhkin Nikolai Maksimovich ( November 24, 1900 , ulus of Sagir-Kaya, Markovsky (now Ust-Abakan ) district of Khakassia - October 21, 1964 , Abakan ) - the first [ unknown term ] Khakass doctor , ophthalmologist , honored doctor of the RSFSR ( 1958 ), awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor ( 1961 ).
He graduated from the courses of accountants and bookkeepers in Minusinsk ( 1917 ), courses for out-of-school workers at the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Public Education ( 1922 ), rabfak Irkutsk Institute of Public Education , Tomsk Medical Institute ( 1931 ).
He was in charge of the Askiz district health department ( 1931 - 1941 ), organized a population survey on trachoma in Askiz, Beisk, Tashtyp, Ust-Abakan regions: in 1933, 1189 patients were identified and treated, 41 were operated on; in 1936 the number of treated trachomatous patients was about 8 thousand.
Drafted into the army as a staff medical officer, appointed head of evacuation hospital No. 987, served in Kansk (1941-1942). Head of the eye department of the NKVD military hospital in Tallinn ( 1945 ). Optometrist of the Abakan city hospital (1946-1948), chief physician of the regional anti- traumatic dispensary (1948-1964).
Founder of the ophthalmological service in Khakassia. His name was given to the Khakass Republican Ophthalmological Hospital (1980).