Not far from Ryazan, on the very road, an old tractor stands on a pedestal. Tractor - a monument reminds that during the Great Patriotic War people performed feats not only at the fronts, but also behind enemy lines - these were labor feats.
Biography
Daria Matveevna Garmash was born in December 1919 in 1919. The girl’s birthplace is a small village Staroe in the Kiev region. She was born in a poor peasant family. Parents - Matvey Ivanovich and Oksana Filippovna had two daughters and three sons. Dasha's father died early from the wounds he received in the First World War. Mom raised her children alone, working around the clock. Dasha from an early age knew the price of labor. She grew up an active, cheerful, hardworking child. She loved to sing, went to a singing club, where she sang Ukrainian folk songs with pleasure. In those difficult years, when Dasha grew up, the people lived very poorly. It was hard for the girl’s family. Children had to get a job and serve the rich. It was not possible to attend school. But, despite all the difficulties, Daria always wanted to study. Thanks to her hard work and great desire, she managed to finish four classes. It was in Ukraine.
Start of work
In 1932, when famine came to the country to save children, Dasha’s mother moved to the Ryazan region with her eldest son, who had gone there in 1920. They all began to live together at the state farm Glebkovo-Divovo. Then the girl graduates from six classes and immediately goes to work at her link farm. Then he works as a team leader.
During these years, the country began to equip state farms and collective farms with tractors. Seeing the first tractor that was sent to the state farm, she decided that she would certainly become a tractor driver. He completes the courses that opened at Rybnovskaya MTS and immediately sits down on the tractor. Soon, she organized a female tractor brigade.
Labor career
The Great Patriotic War of 1941 found Daria Matveevna driving a tractor. This year she was appointed senior mechanic of MTS (machine and tractor station). Throughout the war, a female team of tractor drivers worked in the fields, not knowing the rest. The girls, led by Daria, worked 20 hours a day. She has always been a model for her friends.
The first tractors lacked cabs. It was very cold to work on them in the fall and early spring, but the tractor drivers steadily withstood all the difficulties. And it is no coincidence that the tractor on which the girls worked with Daria Matveevna became a symbol of the great labor feat of women during the war.
Awards of the famous tractor driver
For her heroic work, Daria Matveevna Garmash was awarded many USSR awards. Among these awards are the Stalin Prize (1946), two orders of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of Lenin, medals and prizes. The famous tractor driver is the Hero of Socialist Labor.
