Nikolai Nikolaevich Pevtsov is a Soviet railway worker who worked during the Great Patriotic War as an inspector for the safety of train traffic of the Moscow-Donbass Railway. He was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor.
Childhood, youth
Nikolai Pevtsov was born on December 18, 1909 in Moscow. He grew up in the family of a railway employee. The family lived in the city of Yelets. Nikolai's father worked at the local railway station. Nothing is known about the mother of the future Hero of Socialist Labor. The family lived poorly. When Pevtsov was only 15 years old, his father died, leaving him an orphan.
Nikolai finished 9 classes. He did not go on to study, since he had to support himself on his own. He worked as an accountant in the Lace Union, and then completed short-term courses and was promoted to accountant. In 1930, Nikolai entered the Yelets College of Railways. On the Yelets railroad, he completed a practice, was a repair worker, and then a road foreman.
Career
In 1935, Nikolai graduated from a technical school and was sent to work in East Kazakhstan. His first job in the specialty was the Rubtsovsk-Ridder line. In 1937-1939, Pevtsov worked as the head of the repair and maintenance convoy of the Valuyki station of the Moscow-Donbass railway. The position was very responsible, but Nikolai Nikolaevich coped with all the tasks. In 1939 he was awaiting promotion. He was appointed the district inspector of the Kastornoye-Novoye station track service.
With the outbreak of war, work on the railroad became not only difficult but also dangerous. In 1941, the road, which was controlled by the Singers, became front-line. It took him tremendous efforts to achieve trouble-free sections of the Stary Oskol and Kastorn lines. For these sites he was responsible.
When the line was occupied, he showed courage and heroism. Pevtsov held the defense and left the site last, after the evacuation of all workers. He returned only with advanced troops. Nikolai Nikolaevich personally participated in the restoration of the Kastornoye site. This section of the road was badly damaged. In order to establish a railway connection, all the workers had to go on the line and work for almost 24 hours. Restoration work was sometimes carried out under enemy fire. The singers tirelessly followed the line after its restoration. In 1943, he was transferred as a road assistant to Kashira.
The country's leadership praised the work of Pevtsov. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 5, 1943, he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor "for his special merits in providing transportation for the front and the national economy and outstanding achievements in restoring the railway industry in difficult wartime conditions."
Pevtsov also received awards:
- The order of Lenin;
- Sickle and Hammer medal;
- sign "Honorary Railway Worker".
Until the end of the war, Pevtsov was responsible for traffic safety on the Moscow-Donbass road. In May 1945, he entered the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers for engineering courses and successfully completed them.
Having received a new qualification, Pevtsov was able to achieve promotion. But in his memoirs, he admitted that he went to study not only because of a desire to get additional opportunities in his profession. He already achieved a lot, but felt that he lacked theoretical knowledge and education.
After completing the courses, he was appointed deputy chief of the railway service of the Moscow-Ryazan Railway. In 1958, the Moscow and Kalinin lines were combined. Pevtsov was appointed head of the Moscow enlarged mechanized distance of the track and structures. He was responsible for the stretch of road from Moscow to Kalinin and did the work very conscientiously. In 1963, the post of department of the track and construction of the Moscow branch of the October Road was vacated. Pevtsov was appointed to her. In those years, reconstruction work began. They began to build new jointless roads with reinforced concrete foundations, to prepare roads for express trains. Nikolai Nikolaevich took an active part in the reconstruction. In 1966, a lot was done in this direction, but due to health reasons, the Singers were relieved of their posts.
In the last years of his life, Nikolai Nikolaevich spent with his family. He died on February 2, 1974.
