Due to Krivorotov V. I. 80-year anniversary. in the publication it is told about its vital and labor way, since a student’s bench.
A lot of things was possible to this remarkable person, the head of the well-known collective farm "Russia", from recovery of agricultural industry before collective farm blossoming. It is one of the best collective farms of the former USSR, taking the eighth place among more, than seven thousand collective farms of the country.
A material to anniversary In
On January 26, 2009 Vladimir Ivanovichu Krivorotov is 80 years old!
Sincerely and warmly we congratulate Vladimir Ivanovicha on fine vital anniversary! To the true peasant we wish kind health for many years, wellbeing, heat and a cosiness in a family and the house, courage, pleasure of life. We express words of the highest gratitude, low to the earth we bow for long-term work for the benefit of people, for knowledge and experience, for respect and attention for people of the village, for all good invaluable deeds, for great personal modesty and decency! Thank you, our dear hero of the anniversary! Honor and praise, honor and merits!
From the biography: The hero of the Socialist Work, the Deserved agriculturist Ukrainian the Soviet Socialist Republic, the deputy of the Supreme Council of USSR, the gentleman of three awards of Lenin, an award of October revolution, an award Honour Sign and many labor medals. Vice-chairman of Allied Council of collective farms. The chairman of an award of Lenin of collective farm "Russia" of the Krasnogvardeysky area from 1967 to 1992.
About this person if you know it personally, and thirty years, it is possible to tell infinitely and only all good. Today it – a live legend of our history, our Crimean village, our time.
80 years full by various events and experiences for favourite business, for people, companions and friends, for last, real and future are lived. To Vladimir Ivanovichu is what to remember, about what to tell, share impressions, to state an objective assessment to a past tense and the real, especially agricultural industry of the Crimea. To tell about people of the Crimean village. To tell about itself.
Vladimir Ivanovich! On the eve of your anniversary it will be very interesting to much krymchanam to learn firsthand about your life, about a labor way, that you wish to tell how you it are able.
Century. And. – I arrived to the Crimea in 1948. Arrived to study in agricultural institute. Now in memory of difficulty of that post-war time which endured agricultural industry, especially difficulties of restoration of the village. And nevertheless, we, young, correctly estimated all undertakings directed on constant increase in production of fields and farms, development of agricultural industry, mastering by new progressive knowledge and achievements of a science.
I remember the youth, friends and companions, the years of the study which have given to me rich knowledge. I kept special gratitude in the memory to Lenin Komsomol. All years of study at institute it was elected the secretary of the Komsomol organization of agronomical faculty. It was the great school of knowledge and communication with people.
After the termination of institute worked in MTS. Saw what importance gave to development of agricultural industry the state. It is necessary to note that without continued state support it was very difficult to collective farms to develop after military ruin. In collective farm "Leninets" where I began to work as the agriculturist, productivity of agricultural cultures, especially grain gradually raised. Already then the economy started to develop gardening, vegetable growing, wine growing. The Crimea began to turn into the region of blossoming gardens and vineyards. And from the state very great attention was paid to this direction.
The Crimea becomes the main supplier of grapes, fruits and vegetables. Specialized trusts on management of branches are created: a vegetable – dairy, wine-making, a risoseyaniye and irrigated agriculture.
With water arrival on North Crimean channel to droughty steppes new blossoming of the Crimean village began. Collective-farm and state-farm production "becomes independent", intensively develops. Canning production began to develop. The specialized enterprises for processing of fruits and vegetables were under construction, is especially active – in collective farms.
Among these farms there was also a collective farm "Russia" of the Krasnogvardeysky area where I was translated in 1958, in connection with the decision of Council of ministers of the USSR on MTS elimination, to a position of the main agriculturist and worked in this position nine years. So I personally had to develop processing branches in an economy, being the vice-chairman of collective farm on production. The big merit in my formation as organizer of production belongs to my teacher – to the chairman of collective farm Peter Semenovich Pereverzev, the Hero of Socialist Work, the person who was devoted by all the soul and heart to socialist agricultural industry.
In 1966 the collective farm was awarded the order Lenin.
It is history, and the history needs to be respected and appreciated. Today, unfortunately, rule ball other values.
Vladimir Ivanovich! To you the progressive tense was necessary to work and live with many known people of those times. Such as Ilya Abramovich Egudin, Vasily Leontyevich Semenchuk, Nikolay Kuzmich Serdyuk, Ivan Nikolaevich Gichkin, Valentin Ivanovich Cherfas, Nikolay Ivanovich Bernatsky, Alexander Mefodyevich Roschupkin which, unfortunately, died, and also nowadays well: Boris Ivanovichem Samsonov, George Ivanovich Kapshuk, Grigory Pavlovich Martyntsom and still the very many. As though you estimated these people?
Century. And. – First of all, all of them are people of my generation who is a little more senior who is younger. These are people who devoted all the labor life to agricultural industry of the Crimea, the earth mother. People of the highest level of responsibility for the business charged by the state, professionals of the highest category, the master and specialists of management and the organization of agricultural production. It were experts of the business. At everyone was to that to study, be gathered knowledge and experience. I am grateful to all of them. Honor and praise to these people!
In days of blossoming in collective farm "Russia" the net profit for many years exceeded on the average 10-15 million Soviet rubles in a year. How the economy income was distributed in those days, what help was from the state in questions of social development of the village?
Century. And. – It is necessary to remember not only blossoming of "Russia". In the Crimea in those days there were four collective farms millionaires – Friendship of the people and "Russia" Krasnogvardeysky, Krupskaya Nizhnegorskogo’s name and "Russia" Dzhankoysky areas. On informal statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture of the USSR of those times, in social and economic development of an award of Lenin the collective farm Friendship of the people took the sixth place in the country, and our "Russia" – was the eighth. And it in number more, than seven thousand collective farms of the country! As to the help of the state at the solution of questions of development of a social base of an economy and its settlements, special problems wasn’t, as generally the economy conducted capital development at the expense of own means. And them was then in prosperity. In those days on bank accounts of collective farm it is less, than 20 – 22 million rubles wasn’t registered. And to us was for what to build. In 1966 the state decision on construction of agrogorodok, especially dwelling stock and the social sphere was made. The collective farm constructed the regional hospital fortunately still working, a big sports complex, the swimming pool, two schools on 1800 pupils, kindergartens on 1000 places and a lot of things is many other things for our people and future generation.
At my management in collective farm nearly 3,5 thousand people worked. Then middle age of members of collective farm made 37 years. It is the most high-efficiency working age of the person. And we to these people, especially young families, created a maximum of conditions and conveniences to normal life and work. More than 1000 well-planned apartments with all conveniences were constructed. Construction was conducted on special projects.
It is a pity that today all this came to full worthlessness, everything is left to the mercy of fate, to anybody and any power all this became not necessary. Bitterly and to depth of soul disappointingly to see this ruin, this terrible injustice and irresponsibility. And it would be desirable to shout: People, what you do? What will you leave to descendants? Stop! Be reasonable!.
On this background the question arises. How you treated reforms in agricultural industry of Ukraine? When and with what village decline in the Crimea began?
Century. And. – That made with the village and agricultural industry for the last 15 years to the normal analysis doesn’t give in. I and now consider that hurried with universal reforming of collective farms and state farms, without looking at their economic condition and a level of development. Very much it wanted to someone to get rid quicker of socialist system of managing on the earth. There were weak KSP which quickly "died" and "safely" disappeared. Many farms were divided into specific principalities and also gradually died. That people needed to give the earth – is conclusive. But all this was made hasty, up to the end isn’t thought over. Now also we reap the fruits of reforming, and "state machinery" it is from outside indifferent behind it observes. It is necessary to hope for the best only.
I know that you, have Vladimir Ivanovich, fine memory on figures. You and can call and comment today on many indicators?
Century. And. – The collective farm had 12,5 thousand hectares of the farmland, including 8 thousand hectares of an arable land. Gross collecting grain made to 26 thousand t, about 8 thousand t of fruit, 7-8 thousand t of fresh grapes, nearly 12 thousand t of vegetables, 17 thousand t of milk, 1,5 thousand t of meat. The number of cattle reached 17 thousand heads. One only cows were 4 thousand. It is less, than a year from one cow of milk we didn’t receive 4 thousand liters. And in all this a merit of our collective farmers and experts.
One more important indicator. In an economy there were ten settlements and nine offices. All were among themselves connected by the good asphalted roads in total length to 120 kilometers.
About agricultural machinery separate conversation. But with it in an economy of problems wasn’t – neither with operation, nor with repair, with storage. Presumed to buy any new equipment. For machine operators all conditions for high-grade work were created.
About shots. I always was proud of our experts. Many of them became then skilled heads of other agricultural enterprises. I will call only some. Ivan Feofanovich Opatsky – the vice-chairman of collective farm on production in those days, and then – the director of a large-scale specialized farm of EPH "World". Evgeny Vasilyevich Shevchenko – the most experienced economist, in a consequence headed collective farm of a name of Lenin and state farm "Guards" of the Simferopol area. Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Koloskov – the main agriculturist of collective farm, then – the chairman of collective farm "Victory" of the Dzhankoysky area. Leonid Vasilyevich Kolesnik, Nikolay Vasilyevich Dymshevsky and Vladimir Alekseevich Radchenko, working as secretaries of Communist Party committee of collective farm, in the subsequent the first two became the chairman and the vice-chairman of executive committee of Krasnogvardeysky regional council of deputies, and Radchenko – the director of state farm "Bolshevik". The big contribution in development of plant growing, gardening and wine growing of an economy was brought by the main agriculturist of collective farm Vladimir Ivanovich Fedortsov in the period from 1977 to 1992.
More than 200 members of collective farm were awarded by the state and government awards. Among them ranks of the Hero of Socialist Work Gabriel Grigoryevich Lysenko and Mikhail Pavlovich Koloskov – combine operators are awarded. Especially I want to note a dynasty of brothers of Tereshchenko which worked as machine operators and for the work are awarded Lenin’s awards and the Labour Red Banner. Ivan Tereshchenko’s son – Anatoly Ivanovich, nowadays Voskhodnensky rural the head inherited profession of the machine operator-foreman of a tractor brigade. The mechanized link Anatoly Barkhatov for high indicators at cultivation of a soya was awarded by Zvenyeva of the State award of USSR. The collective farm for more than 30 years was the constant participant of VDNH USSR and USSR, for what received big moral and material awards, collective farmers awarded cars and other valuable presents. Here to you example of an assessment of work!
Our Crimean scientists-landowners constantly carried out scientific researches on the basis of collective farm, and then all this found the application directly in production and brought notable efficiency.
At present Crimean agrotechnological university which we always called and we will call precisely Crimean awards Honour Sign agricultural institute of M.I.Kalinina, in a lobby there are portraits of krymchan-landowners – Heroes of Socialist Work, including yours. I always with big pride, sincere respect looked to you in a trace when you many times, in ideally white suit with a gold star of the Hero and a badge of the deputy of the Supreme Council of the USSR on a jacket lapel, harmonous, a sure gait came into our institute for a meeting with teachers and students. It were open occupations, direct talks with future experts of the village, manual in application of received knowledge. Was such?
Century. And. – Was! Well I remember these days! Our collective farm had in those days the equipped branch of chair of the organization of agricultural production of our institute. And my meetings, or as them called – public lectures, had not only educational and informative character, they were directed on causing in students love to the chosen profession, to the earth, to people of the village, to bring up them in the spirit of responsibility and discipline, to put in their consciousness of a basis of relationship of people in society. I think, completely these lessons didn’t pass and brought the practical help not one year. It is a lot of and to our youth studied at the expense of collective farm at institutes and technical schools, and after study came back to work to the native village.
By the nature of my work, then in regional management of agricultural industry, and then in agroindustrial committee of the Crimea, I repeatedly had to bring to your economy of delegation from various regions of the Union and from – for a boundary on studying of the best practices, introduction in production of achievements of a science, etc. Sami Vy also repeatedly happened abroad in many countries of a socialist camp, and also in the United States of America concerning studying of cultivation of a soya and other agricultural cultures. How such visits helped with economy work?
Century. And. – Our economy always was in the public eye and we were obliged to maintain reputation. Numerous delegations practically from all republics of the former Union visited at us. Always was what to show, than to share, than to help. On the basis of collective farm such large-scale events, as All-Union seminars on agriculture, animal husbandry, social development were held. Certainly, it were additional pleasant efforts, certain costs of the organization and carrying out. But all this brought huge advantage not only to their participants, but also farms where they, having come back from seminars, introduced the best practices. And here foreign guests wondered, how it is possible to operate such huge collective, such advanced production to receive such high income? There were cases when leaving an economy, foreign experts true kissed plants and the collective farm earth "Russia". Represent, what was pride of collective farm, of people, of the country!
Vladimir Ivanovich! Summing up our conversation, it is impossible to hold back the most expensive and sacred, about personal, about your noble family.
Century. And. – My family made me by that whom I am! I bend a knee and to the earth I bow to my beloved – to spouse Anna Filippovna. With it we are already unseparable 57 years! It is an era of our life! The wife has two higher educations – agronomical and pedagogical. Nearly 40 years it worked only at school. Now, as well as I, on the deserved rest. We grew up and brought up two fine daughters – Lyudmila and Natalia. Senior – the medical worker, and younger – the economist. They have fine families. And at us with the spouse our pleasures – granddaughter Annushka, the teacher of mathematics, Anastas’s granddaughter – the student of economic university, grandson Dimochka – the beginning farmer, and his wife also to call Annushka. And still we have great-grandsons. To the senior – 11 years, and the smallest on a year and five months. This is Maksimka and Victoria. Our son-in-law, Vladimir Ivanovich Fedortsov – the head of agricultural enterprise in the Krasnogvardeysky area. The second son-in-law, Valery Ivanovich Konovalov works as the doctor. Family our very amicable and solid. I am proud of the family and is grateful to it for everything that it for me made!
Here so, dear reader! About itself – only some words. And there is a lot of – about companions, colleagues, about affairs. He it lives and today!
Let all your noble thoughts, dear Vladimir Ivanovich, will be embodied in our real life! Good luck also take care! With anniversary! With a holiday of your interesting life! Thanks for conversation!
Conversation carried out and Vladimir Kutsevich, the Ministry of an agrarian policy of the Autonomous Republic Crimea wrote down.