in the process viktor osipovich safronov, the director of the plant under construction, who had extensive experience in the optical industry of the ussr, intervened. he did not simply begin to explain how best to process glass, grind optics, build a system for arranging glass, but he himself stood at the machine. in practice, it was necessary to test what had recently been at the level of a hypothesis. the plant was preparing to release its first products. in those early years, this was truly a masterpiece. when unique products were manufactured on the simplest machines, the simplest the machines did not have contact devices, they were adjusted manually to the device, to the goneometer, and then gradually, gradually we began to manufacture a contact device, the workers of the then still under construction enterprise often demonstrated miracles of ingenuity. the construction of a new plant in minsk began in 1954 and was carried out at an accelerated pace, an enterprise of defense significance. at the same time, work began on the release of the first, so necessary for the country products,