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The article presents the main trends of medical geographic researches in general. The experience of studying Siberia from the standpoint of medical geography at the V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS (IG SB RAS) is considered. The main branch directions of medical-geographic researches of Institute are discussed: medical-geographical zoning, biogeochemical, studying of geography of diseases with natural foci and zooparasitological. It is noted that medical and geographical research was the foundation for the formation of such areas in the Institute as recreational-geographical and anthropoecological. It is spoken about transformation of ideas of medical-geographical researches over time for various reasons, both external and inter nal, about change of research focus. It is noted that the IG SB RAS a powerful research center for multi-faceted multidimen sional study of the population of Siberia and neighboring territories of the sector of medical geography, sector of geography of the population and other units, which operates at the present time.