The article is devoted to the early years of life, which he spent in Odessa, an outstanding scientist, the founder of modern Ukrainian anatomical school, professor Vorobiyov Volodimir Petrovych.
Volodimir Vorobiev was born 15 (28) July 1876 in a large family merchant. The boy had an inquiring mind, an excellent memory from childhood showed a special interest in science, the study of natural phenomena. Great influence on the election of the profession did his uncle — Theophil Vdovikovskiy — a doctor of the Odessa City Hospital. Due to the lack of Medical faculty in Novorossiysk University, V. P. Vorobiyov has moved to Kharkov, where he spent his most productive years of becoming and growth as a scientist, anatomist, teacher.