Molotov (Perm)

The Dzerzhinsky Molotov Plant No. 10

The plant was built in the city of Perm in the middle of the 19th century. During the Great Patriotic War, the enterprise produced fuses KTM-1-U, KTMZ-1-U, MG-9 and M-50 for artillery shells and mortar mines. In total, from 1941 to 1945, about 180 million fuses were manufactured at the Dzerzhinsky Molotov Plant No. 10.

For successful work in the production of fuses for projectiles and mines, in 1942 the Dzerzhinsky Molotov Plant No. 10 was awarded the Order of Lenin, the highest award of the USSR. Most of the employees of the plant were also given state government awards for their work during the Great Patriotic War.

The directors of the Dzerzhinsky Molotov Plant No. 10 during the Great Patriotic War were Dmitri Lukyanov, Khaim Dvinov and Vladimir Dalinger.

The chief engineers of the Dzerzhinsky Molotov Plant No. 10 during the Great Patriotic War were Dmitri Kiselev and Nikolai Ovsyannikov.

Personal Stories

The Story of Aleksandr Kazymov - a turner at the Dzerzhinsky Molotov Plant No. 10

A resident of the city of Perm, Aleksandr Andreevich Kazymov, from his childhood years was fond of swimming. In 1939, at the age of twelve, he won the youth swimming championship in Perm and became champion of the city. In 1940, at the All-Union School Sports Olympiad, Aleksandr became champion of the RSFSR in swimming. However, the war that was soon to begin did not leave A.A. Kazymov any time for his favorite sport. He began to combine his studies at school with helping the wounded in one of Molotov’s hospitals, and also there was more work around the house, as his father had left for the front. He only managed to do swimming in the rare hours of his free time.

In 1943 A.A. Kazymov graduated from the factory training school and began to work as a turner at the Dzerzhinsky Molotov plant No. 10. There, he had no time at all left over for sports. A turner's working shift sometimes lasted 12-15 hours, after which wagons often had to be unloaded. Despite his young age and difficult working conditions, A.A. Kazimov coped well with the work of a turner and always completed his production tasks.

In 1944 Aleksandr was summoned to the office of the plant director, Vladimir Dalinger. Vladimir Yakovlevich Dalinger always showed great concern for the employees of his company and, when he learnt that one of the young turners before the war was youth champion of the city in swimming, he suggested that A.A. Kazymov should go to the All-Union swimming competition in Moscow. Aleksandr Andreevich gratefully agreed and soon set off for the capital.

In Moscow A.A. Kazymov trained hard for the competition. During his stay in the capital in the summer of 1944, on several occasions he saw fireworks in honor of the liberation of Soviet cities by the Red Army, and on July 17th, 1944, he witnessed the march of captured German military men through the streets of Moscow. At the All-Union swimming competitions held shortly after that, Aleksandr Andreevich took sixth place. Although his place was not a prize-winning one, just the participation in that competition was a great joy for A.A. Kazymov.

After the competition, Aleksandr returned to the Dzerzhinsky Molotov Plant No. 10 and began working once again as a turner. However, he preserved the memory of the 1944 swimming competition for the rest of his life, as well as a sincere feeling of gratitude to the director of the plant, Vladimir Dalinger, who, in wartime conditions, when every person counted, made that memorable trip possible for the young turner.

ПPerm GASPI. F.6827. Op. 6. D.29. L.12

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