The Olympiad Student Surgical movement historically arose from the activities of student scientific societies at the surgical departments of medical universities and, foremost, departments of operative surgery with topographic anatomy. This is the first department where students are taught future surgical manual skills of a medical specialist. The history of the largest Moscow (All-Russian) Student Olympiad in surgery named after an academician M. I. Perelman, held under the authority of First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, is more than 30 years. Olympiad Student Surgical movement at Voronezh N. N. Burdenko State Medical University appeared in 2008. A long and difficult path has been covered since then. The teams under the guidance of various lecturers and student leaders experienced ups and downs, repeatedly won victories in the qualifying stages of the All-Russian Olympiad and took prizes in the Finals of the All-Russian Olympiad. In 2015, the tradition of holding an intra-university student Olympiad in surgery was started. Since then, 6 intra-university Olympiads have already been held. This allows annually updating the staffing of the team and encouraging students to even better results. The Olympiad surgical movement has a great pedagogical and educational potential and, undoubtedly, is an important stage in training future medical specialists of a surgical profile.