Vladimir Ivanovich Dolgikh is a well-known domestic statesman and public figure, industrialist. His brilliant career was mainly in the Soviet period. Twice from the leadership was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor. Such important awards were given to him in 1965 and 1984. In the 60s, he led the Norilsk Metallurgical Plant. He was involved in politics, was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, was a candidate member of the Politburo.
Biography Politician
Vladimir Ivanovich Dolgikh was born in 1924. He was born in a small village called Ilanskoye in the Yenisei province. Now it is the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
The childhood of the hero of our article was in his native village. My father was a fitter, my mother was a housewife. Vladimir Ivanovich Dolgikh was brought up in a large family - he had three more brothers and two sisters.
Vladimir graduated from high school in the small town of Ilan. In the graduation class he was elected the leader of the pioneer squad, and soon after that he became secretary of the Komsomol organization.
The Great Patriotic War
When the Germans attacked the Soviet Union, Vladimir Dolgikh was 17 years old. He volunteered for the army immediately after graduating from high school. He did not bother even the fact that up to the draft age one year was not enough.
Already in October 1941, he began training in military and political training at the fighter school, which was based in the city of Krasnoyarsk.
At the very end of 1941, he was sent to Moscow, which at that time the Germans sought to besiege. He took part in the counterattacks of the Soviet troops, heroically proved himself in the battles for the city of Efremov in the territory of the Tula region.
He was appointed a political officer of an entire company in the army - the post of secretary of the Komsomol organization in peacetime helped. In the rank of foreman, he valiantly fought on the Bryansk Front.
In 1943 he was seriously wounded. It happened in the Oryol region during a terrible mortar attack. He spent almost six months in hospitals, after graduation he was demobilized from the army. During the war he joined the Communist Party and was a member of it until its dissolution in 1991.
In peaceful life
After the road to the front turned out to be closed to him, the future party and public figure entered the Mining and Metallurgical Institute in Irkutsk. Graduated with honors from the faculty of non-ferrous metals. In parallel with his main studies, he was educated at the evening University of Marxism-Leninism, as he planned to continue his social and party career in the future.
Dolgikh's work biography begins with work at a refinery in Krasnoyarsk, which specialized in the production of non-ferrous metals. For 9 years he has gone from the shift supervisor to the chief engineer.
In the same period, carried away by scientific experiments. He was published in specialized domestic and foreign magazines, was interested in improving the technology of mining and processing of non-ferrous metals.
At the head of the Norilsk Combine
Dolgikh came to the Norilsk Combine in 1958. At first he worked as chief engineer, and in 1962 he was appointed director of the plant.
The rebirth of the city of Norilsk is literally connected with the name of the hero of our article. It was he who made the decision, without waiting for the reaction of officials, to begin the development of new mineral deposits.
He achieved a long development of the plant: active development of the Talnakh deposit of copper-nickel ores began.
On his initiative, a modern industrial complex appeared at the plant.
At the head of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
In 1969, he stopped working at the Norilsk plant to head the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In fact, he was the first secretary of the district committee of the CPSU.
It was Dolgikh who discovered and developed the powerful economic, scientific, and cultural potential of the region. The main thing is that they began to develop the economy comprehensively.
He was engaged in the implementation of complete processing cycles of local raw materials. He initiated the creation of a comprehensive long-term development of a full cycle of local processing.
Member of the Central Committee
He joined the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1971 and remained a member until 1988.
As secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, he led the department of energy and heavy industry, and delved into other sectors of the national economy.
At the same time, Dolgikh made a significant contribution to the development of the fuel and energy complex. In the 70-80s, he created a fuel and energy structure that still functions today.
