Working in a Factory Town

Who knew in 1954 by DOP restless and lively Valya Skurat? Who does not know and still working in their 64 Valentina? 'Sturdy' – say about her. And this is perhaps the surest opredelenie.Pravda, age, Valentina Mikhailovna do not guess. The very Skurat, one of the adorable big-eyed girls with old photographs (fourth from left in top row) and is energetic and youthful. When asked about the secret of youth, laughing, replies: "We see the factory so I steeled. All run, run. No time to grow old …

'In Olenegorsk Valentine' fate threw 'came from the Kursk region. Received the plant, and it was at this time a group of girls were sent to courses in Manganese Dnepropetrovsk region – learn otsadchits and kontsentratorschits. Trained specialists to work in a factory town .- Olenegorsk just built, the plant would rise to their feet – and we are at one with him – says Valentina. – I lived first with her sister in barracks, and then gave place in a dormitory on the street Bardina.Rabotala for enrichment. Equipment is new, a lot went wrong. Professionals on the move had 'brought to mind' designing flaws. – We povkalyvali – oh, they had to sometimes tight! Permanent obstructions – from sumps pumps with buckets, shovels slurry pumped … But always helped each other: if the tape conveyor rose – no one will leave until the fix.

… Shower was not. Dirty, wet – and go on paths on foot to the house. Overalls – huge, not in size – zaindeveyut, rustling in the wind. And – strangely enough – we have not caught cold: by arriving in the evening, leaning odezhu to the stove, the steam from her and knocks. Sometimes, now get together with friends, with whom misery and joy shared in half – Nina Semenova Valentina Kotlova, Lydia Mironov think about the past and wonder: how could overcome everything? .. And much, much remember with a smile, a special kind of time! Training of those years and remained in me, apparently forever – never sit down to dinner, always eat standing up – so as not to miss anything. Have run a lot. Units impressive, the distance between them are large. Sometimes, 12 hours shifts and not prisyadesh – afraid to miss Dam or a stop … If in 1954 the 58th was difficult due to the fact that all new neobkatannoe, but now another problem at the factory – all decayed I present: repairing the lat, and yet the old is old … – Oh, and do not know whether the wait for better days – notes Skurat cheerful, and her large eyes grustneyut. Much was lacking in her life, not spoiled by prosperity and happiness, and that's what has always been a slide – so it works. During all the years sorokapyati … FIFTY YEARS of Mount DEER