in march of 1947 , the 15th congress of the central committee of the komsomol republic began its work in minsk. it declared the construction of the minsk tractor plant of the komsomol. and this was a completely justified decision. a lot of young people worked at the enterprise. literally from all over the republic, she began to arrive for its construction immediately... personnel were supplied from technical schools, gomel, mogilev, they did not come here, began to work, settle in and continued to work at the plant all the time. young men and women worked on the construction of the enterprise buildings, many mastered new professions for themselves and such important for the country, turner. training at stalingrad, chelyabinsk, kharkov, at other enterprises. personnel of turners, fitters, milling machine operators, electric welders, began to prepare craft school, which opened at mtz. the plant was replenished with personnel and at the expense of the local population. from all over the union to the enterprise. he headed the plant during the most difficult time, from the beginning of its

in march 1947 , the 15th congress of the central committee of the komsomol of the republic began itsk in minsk. announced the construction of the minsk tractor plant komsomolskaya. and this was a well-founded decision. many young people worked at the enterprise. settle in continued to work at the plant all their lives. young men and women worked on the construction of the enterprise buildings, many mastered new professions for themselves and such important professions for the country: turner, mechanic, milling machine operator. together with the enterprise , a new elite of the working class of the republic was born. life was not yet quite wonderful, after the war there were. survey and i, having finished nine grades, decided to go to work, came to the minsk tractor plant, the cutting shop, after a certain apprenticeship, i began to work as a turner and at that time processed a cast-iron cover for a skidding tractor, we have a dynasty from our family at the plant worked one. person, i counted these years, how many of these 11 people worked, somewhere comes out to 180 years, our total

the central committee of the komsomol adopted a decree on the call-up of young people from all over the republic to the construction of the minsk automobile plant. according to the decree, it was necessary to organize the assembly of imported domestic trucks in the fourth quarter of 1944. and the task not only did they fulfill it, they overfulfilled it, they worked in three shifts, some of the trucks were sent straight from the workshops to the front, others to the needs of the national economy. from september 1944 to october 1946, here at our plant they repaired broken equipment, and also assembled cars, units and parts of which came to us from america under the "lentlist" agreement. these were macs, studebakers, chevrolets. about 500 cars were sent to the front from our plant, in total , more than 18 thousand cars were assembled and repaired during this time. by the end of the war, there were more than 10 thousand american cars alone were assembled. this is essentially how the history of the minsk automobile plant began. you can't drive american cars all the time, this was stalin's verdict at

the central committee of the komsomol adopted a decree on the call-up of young people from all over the republic for the construction of the minsk automobile plant. according to the decree, it was necessary to organize the assembly of imported domestic trucks in the fourth quarter of 1944. and the task was not simply fulfilled, it was exceeded, they worked in three shifts, some of the trucks were sent straight from the workshops to the front, others to the needs of the national economy. from september 1944 to october 1946, here at our plant they repaired broken equipment, and also assembled cars, units of parts of which came to us from america under the lentlist contract, these are macs, studebakers, chevrolets. after the defeat of the fascists at stalingrad, we need our own car, it should become the basis of the country's truck fleet. create such a car was entrusted to the yaroslavl automobile plant. the new yaas-200 car was demonstrated to the ussr leadership already in 1945 after the victory parade. stalin liked the car. an order was given to begin its serial production. the yaroslavl residen