Legendary man Nikolai Ryzhkov made a career, starting as a simple master, ending with a member of the Federation Council. The contribution of an influential politician and scientist to the development of the economic, economic and political life of the Russian Federation is enormous. A talented statesman has more than once been awarded orders and medals for 50 years of social and political life.
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov, a professional in public administration, is an active politician whose working life was inextricably linked with the solution of social problems. Thanks to his outstanding diplomatic skills, he always successfully emerged from conflict situations. The Soviet reformer was awarded prizes for assistance in emergency situations, for his contribution to the development of industry and the country's legislation.
Start of work
Nikolai Ryzhkov (09/28/1929) was born in Dyleevka, Donetsk region, Artemovsky district in Ukraine. The parents of the future politician belonged to the workers and peasants. Miners and miners worked all the men in the family of Nikolai, including his younger brother Eugene. In the post-war period, when the whole country was experiencing a terrible famine, the young man managed to enter the engineering college in Kramatorsk in 1946, located 70 km from the birthplace of Nikolai Ryzhkov. Classes were held in a dilapidated building, and students settled in the rooms of private homeowners because the dormitories were destroyed.
The future party leader spent years studying in a professional educational institution among former military personnel. They were an example for yesterday's schoolchildren. Students who returned from the war with a difference of 3-4 years of age with the younger generation comprehended science, becoming specialists in engineering enterprises. Nikolai Ryzhkov, who initially dreamed of serving in the Air Force, was trained by front-line teachers, many of whom were mining specialists.
The activity of the educational institution where Nikolai Ryzhkov was trained was based on the production facilities of the heavy engineering enterprise in Novo-Kramatorsk. The future politician was assembling bridge metallurgical cranes on the squares of the Sverdlovsk plant, popularly called the younger brother of the Uralmash plant, a mechanic's assistant. Having gained a place in the distribution after a technical school in 1950, Ryzhkov became a foreman in the shift of Uralmash, a large enterprise in the USSR.
1 year after the start of his career, Nikolai was appointed head of the span. After 5 years, he holds the position of head of the workshop. Since 1959, Ryzhkov - chief technologist for welding works of the plant named after S. Ordzhonikidze. In the same year he received a diploma of higher technical education after graduating from UPI. CM. Kirov, majoring in mechanical engineer. This was the first experience of Ryzhkov's leadership, in which he showed talent and extraordinary abilities in the field of production management.
Professional achievements and awards
A specialist in the organization of production activities in mechanical engineering Ryzhkov always appreciated the opinion of ordinary workers. As the chief technologist, he led a large-scale project to introduce a powerful block of welded joints in European engineering. He was awarded the USSR State Prize (1969, 1979) for the use of new principles of steel casting. Order of Professional Achievement:
- Lenin - 1974, 1976
- Red Banner of Labor - 1966, 1979
- World War I degree - 1985
- Fatherland - 2008
- Honor - 2013
- "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV and I degrees - 2004 and 2014
In 1965, the head of Uralmash software, Nikolai Ryzhkov, managed to lead in the field of metallurgical production. He was appointed Director General at the age of 40. Thanks to fruitful work, the scientist became the author:
- Patents for 6 inventions in the field of welding metallurgy.
- Projects to create unique units in the field of heavy engineering.
- Monographs on 2 topics on welded structures.
- Articles in the field of economics, technology and management sciences.
Political career
In 1975, from the country's personnel reserve, the politician was approved for the post of first deputy minister in the field of heavy engineering, where he worked for about 4 years. Acted as Chairman of the State Plan of the USSR. Ryzhkov was elected secretary, he was the head of the economic department after including his candidacy in the Central Committee with the support of Andropov. Nikolai Ivanovich could become the Minister for Emergency Situations, since he never stood aside in the event of various accidents or conflicts in the socio-political life of the USSR. He was head of the headquarters associated with the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident.
Ryzhkov was able to prevent the Ferghana conflict caused by the Turkish-Uzbek confrontation. A statesman participated in the housing development development program, initiated the closure of a project related to the turning of the northern rivers to the south, and developed an anti-alcohol company. He took part in the campaign for the presidency of the Russian Federation, but the victory remained with Yeltsin.
