Natalia Gellert, mechaniser of collective farm named after Amangeldy of the Tselinograd region, the Kazakh SSR, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and delegate of the XXVII CPSU Congress.26.02.1986#421958
Valentina Golubeva, delegate of the XXVII CPSU Congress, member of the CPSU Central Committee, member of the Supreme Soviet Presidium of the RSFSR, twice Hero of the Socialist Labor, Director of weaving factory named after Sergei Kirov.25.02.1986#422017
Valentina Golubeva, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, weaver, with pupils in workshops of Ivanovo worsted factory named after Vladimir Lenin.01.01.1986#422043
Maria Poleshchuk, a weaver at the Shcherbakov Moscow Silk Integrated Work and a deputy of the Moscow City Soviet / Council of People's Deputies, stands near her car.15.11.1985#5849211
Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Andrei Gromyko, center, and First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Vasily Kuznetsov, right, sitting, with the winners of the USSR State Awards for the achievements in the labor, science and culture fields.01.11.1985#3041413
Maria Poleshchuk, a weaver at the Shcherbakov Moscow Silk Integrated Work and a deputy of the Moscow City Soviet / Council of People's Deputies, relaxes at a resort.20.07.1985#5849210
The Amur Region. The city of Tynda. Builder foreman at the Baikal-Amur Mainline construction Vasily Donskoy.01.07.1985#3319484
Construction of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydropower Plant on the Yenisei River. Chief Engineer Kirill Kuzmin, right, presents a commemorative pennong to concrete finisher Vladimir Stepanyuk.11.10.1984#8767677
Twice Hero of Socialist Labor Yegor Drozdetsky, miners team leader at the second mining plant, Nagornaya mine, Gidrougol Production Association, with his son, a member of his team. Kuzbass coal basin in southwest Siberia.01.07.1984#801718
Twice Hero of Socialist Labor Yegor Drozdetsky, miners team leader at the second mining plant, Nagornaya mine, Gidrougol Production Association. Kuzbass coal basin in southwest Siberia.01.07.1984#801717
Painter and builder of the Baikal-Amur Mainline Alexei Skriplev in the Irkutsk Region.14.06.1984#8365780
The Lena - Nizhny Angarsk road under construction parallel to a section of the Baikal-Amur Mainline in the Irkutsk Region.14.06.1984#8365779
Ceremonial laying of the "golden link" at the junction dedicated to Soviet hero Viktor Miroshnichenko that interlocked the tracks of the Central and Eastern sections of the Baikal-Amur Mainline on April 17, 1984. Construction of the Eastern section of BAM was completed ahead of time. Traffic opened on April 28 for trains between Tynda and Komsomolsk-on-Amur.17.04.1984#8771730
Ceremonial laying of the "golden link" at the junction dedicated to Soviet hero Viktor Miroshnichenko that interlocked the tracks of the Central and Eastern sections of the Baikal-Amur Mainline on April 17, 1984. Construction of the Eastern section of BAM was completed ahead of time. Traffic opened on April 28 for trains between Tynda and Komsomolsk-on-Amur.17.04.1984#8771732
Ceremonial laying of the "golden link" at the junction dedicated to Soviet hero Viktor Miroshnichenko that interlocked the tracks of the Central and Eastern sections of the Baikal-Amur Mainline on April 17, 1984. Construction of the Eastern section of BAM was completed ahead of time. Traffic opened on April 28 for trains between Tynda and Komsomolsk-on-Amur.17.04.1984#8771733
Ceremonial laying of the "golden link" at the junction dedicated to Soviet hero Viktor Miroshnichenko that interlocked the tracks of the Central and Eastern sections of the Baikal-Amur Mainline on April 17, 1984. Construction of the Eastern section of BAM was completed ahead of time. Traffic opened on April 28 for trains between Tynda and Komsomolsk-on-Amur.17.04.1984#8771734
Construction of the Smolensk NPP on the right bank of the Desnogorsk reservoir. Specialists from Poland participated in the construction of the nuclear power plant. Zbigniew Ohmanski is a truck driver.01.03.1984#8374367
Smena's seamstress-minder Larisa Sharova, candidate for deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.22.02.1984#8209453
Smena's seamstress-minder Larisa Sharova, candidate for deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.22.02.1984#8209450
Nikolai Makhonin, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR and a turner with the tool-making department of Lenin Komsomol Moscow Automotive Plant (AZLK), now the Moskvich Moscow Automotive Plant, at a footwear store.29.10.1983#8399295
Nikolai Makhonin, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR and a turner with the tool-making department of Lenin Komsomol Moscow Automotive Plant (AZLK), now the Moskvich Moscow Automotive Plant.29.10.1983#8399294
Nikolai Makhonin, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR and a turner with the tool-making department of Lenin Komsomol Moscow Automotive Plant (AZLK), now the Moskvich Moscow Automotive Plant, visits the AZLK History Museum that was demolished in 2022.29.10.1983#8399293
Second right: Nikolai Makhonin, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR and a turner with the tool-making department of Lenin Komsomol Moscow Automotive Plant (AZLK), now the Moskvich Moscow Automotive Plant, speaks with the Plant's Director Valentin Kolomnikov, right.29.10.1983#8399292
A driver of a heavyweight truck during a break, at the construction site of a railway hub at the Kichera station on the Baikal-Amur Mainline in the Buryatian ASSR.07.09.1983#8492476
One of the best workers of the Lvov shoe manufacturing association, "Progress" Irina Savchuk.01.07.1983#801438
A statue of miner Nikita Izotov outside the Cultural Center on Lenin Avenue in Gorlovka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine. The statue was created by sculptor V.Kostin and architect N.Yakovlev. Izotov Movement, a form of Socialist competition in the Soviet Union was named after Izotov in 1932. The idea behind the movement was that achieving ultimate performance is possible by both mastering advanced production methods and sharing experience with less skilled workers.28.07.1982#6707932
A workers' town of Zvyozdny in the Ust-Kutsky District of the Irkutsk Region. It was founded in 1974 by construction workers of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). The first station of the western section of BAM, Zvyozdnaya, was built in the town. The town infrastructure was built by ArmBAMstroi (Armenia).02.07.1982#6711317
Yulya Litvinova, 9, from the village of Zvyozdny in the Irkutsk Region founded by construction workers working on the Baikal–Amur Mainline.15.06.1982#6629728
Moscow Likhachev Automotive Plant - ZIL manufacturing association. An automatic line for carriage spring production and thermohardening.01.01.1982#6675508
The western section of the Building Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). Physics, mathematics and natural sciences students of the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University, members of the Rovesnik international construction team, in their camp.01.08.1981#6694488
The western section of the Building Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). Physics, mathematics and natural sciences students of the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University, members of the Rovesnik international construction team, build railroad tracks.01.08.1981#6694485
"Portrait of Shock Worker of Communist Labour Mikond Factory Glassblower Mansur Umarbekov" by painter Zhavlon Umarbekov. Reproduction.01.01.1981#553267
The Tajik SSR. Photo: Kakha Kvartselia, builder of the Nurek hydropower plant and recipient of the Lenin Komsomol Prize.29.06.1980#5863174
T. Abdurazakov, veteran of the construction of the Nurek hydroelectric power plant on the Vakhsh River in the Tajik SSR.01.06.1980#8248301
Construction of the Nurekskaya Hydropower Plant on the Vakhsh River in the Tajik SSR. General workers' meeting.15.07.1977#6634910
The Baikal-Amur Mainline under construction in the Far East, Yakutian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Installing a bridge span.01.07.1977#6521693
The Baikal-Amur Mainline under construction in the Russian Far East. Serge poles on the border between the Yakutian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Amur Region.01.07.1977#6521692
The Baikal-Amur Mainline under construction in the Russian Far East, Yakutian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Workers of the Yakutian Komsomolets brigade lay tracks.01.07.1977#6521690
Left: Elena Markavichene, Deputy of Supreme Soviet of Lithuanian SSR, Hero of Socialist Labor and weaver, walks with her colleagues.01.07.1977#8933436
Cotton grower Zamina Sardar kyzy Aslanova, a team leader of the collective farm named after 26 Baku Commissars, Sabirabad district, Azerbaijan SSR. The farm's fleet of cotton harvesters.27.04.1977#6499783
Kazakh SSR. Miner Zhaken Urstemov, Hero of Socialist Labor, head of section 3, Kostenko mine (currently ArcelorMittal Temirtau), Karaganda coal basin, is seen here visiting his son Mukhamedya, his wife and grandchildren.19.03.1977#6491524
Kazakh SSR. Hero of Socialist Labor, miner Zhaken Urstemov's son Mukhamedya Urstemov and his wife, center, are seen here in the Miners' Culture House ahead of a theater show.19.03.1977#6491522
Kazakh SSR. Miner Zhaken Urstemov, Hero of Socialist Labor, head of section 3, Kostenko mine (currently ArcelorMittal Temirtau), Karaganda coal basin19.03.1977#6491519
Kirov collective farm in Zimovnikovsky district, Rostov Region. Vyacheslav Konarev is one of the best combine harvester operators in the farm.25.08.1976#5785729
Building the Baikal-Amur Mainline near the town of Mogot in the Tynda District. Photo: Installing a railway embankment.01.07.1976#6747397
Rustaveli Street in Niya-Gruzinskaya (Niya), the village of Baikal-Amur Railway construction workers in the Irkutsk Region, created by workers of the Tbilgorproyekt Institute in the Georgian SSR.09.04.1976#8409585
Building the Baikal-Amur Railway between the village of Zvyozdny and Niya-Gruzinskaya (now Niya) in the Irkutsk Region.09.04.1976#8409199
The Mayak [Beacon] mine, an ore deposit and the All-Union shock construction site staffed by Komsomol [Young Communist League] workers in Talnakh in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory.01.06.1974#543211
A meeting of workers, socialist-emulation participants and advanced workers from the Rostselmash and Taganrog harvester plants.01.06.1973#5976936
Center: Pyotr Kolesnikov, a planing-machine operator with the Rostselmash Harvester Plant, a deputy of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament) and an honorary citizen of Rostov-on-Don, meets with local young people.01.06.1973#5976927
Representatives of the Rostselmash and Taganrog Harvester Plants sign a socialist emulation agreement between their workforces.01.06.1973#5976926
A meeting of workers, socialist-emulation participants and advanced workers from the Rostselmash and Taganrog harvester plants. Center: Pyotr Kolesnikov, a planing-machine operator with the Rostselmash Harvester Plant, a deputy of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament) and an honorary citizen of Rostov-on-Don.01.06.1973#5976924
The Rostselmash Harvester Plant. Photo: Advanced worker and innovator Pyotr Nikolayev.01.06.1973#5976921
The Rostselmash Harvester Plant. Photo: Advanced worker and innovator Pyotr Nikolayev discusses his achievements.01.06.1973#5976919
Alma-Ata Region, Kazakh SSR. Fellow villagers and the farm's managers congratulate an advanced worker on the successful completion of the sowing campaign.18.04.1973#5980463
