the first graduates of the minsk industrial college were hosted by grodnoazot.up of guys who arrived, eight people, were all sent to the catalyst workshop under construction. i did my first swim pulp synthesis catalyst. the specialty of chemical technologist was then becoming fashionable and prestigious. with a reward for nitrogen, young people demonstrated their knowledge in practice. the equipment was mastered at the stage of its installation, simultaneously with the construction of the enterprise, especially since at that time it was from leading foreign companies. the main equipment of the mesakotini company and air separation units were french. we had to set up this equipment for installation, carried out everything together with foreign specialists under their control setup, configuration, finishing everything. fine-tuning it to the perfect condition so that it would all spin and work, they worked at an accelerated pace and without regard for time, when no one considered their personal time, something broke somewhere, it took 12 hours to set up, and no one