Mine lifting operator is the heart of the mine

The mine lifting on Suvorov Square has been standing for several decades. At first it served the construction of the Dostoevskaya Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line, and now with its help people and cargo are lifted and lowered during the creation of the thirteenth station of the Circle Line - Dostoevskaya (formerly called Suvorovskaya). Natalya Korneva, a mine hoist operator, works here. This year is not only SMU-6’s anniversary, but also hers – in August she will be 50 years old in the organization.

The engine room is as comfortable as home. Potted plants and several large aquariums create a peaceful atmosphere. For the inhabitants of this place, work became their second and favorite home. The homely atmosphere is completed by a one-of-a-kind–work of a metro construction mechanic–a homemade chair covered with blankets. It rotates around its axis, changes three different positions and creates the comfort so necessary for this sedentary work.

“Metrostroyevets” already talked in the June 2023 issue about Tatyana Usanova, who works on the overpass. It is this department that receives signals from the shift worker Tatyana. Natalya Ivanovna receives the signal and the large mechanism sighs and comes to life with a roar. Obeying the command of an experienced woman, the drums spin, and far below the cage receives passengers, soil or building materials.

–It’s not interesting to work on new machines,– says her colleague Tatyana Belyaeva. - You can't hear them. And you feel this car: every sound, every rustle of the engine.

–For 50 years you can already feel the car and the people, –Adds Natalya.

Minor Natasha came to Moscow after school with a classmate from the Lipetsk region. Her sister studied at school No. 72 and worked in the USR. Natasha and her friend entered the tiling profession and, after completing their placement studies, ended up in SMU-6, where they remained for the rest of their lives. And the classmate who determined Natalya’s fate was assigned to SMU-10.

Natalya’s first object, not surprisingly, was not a metro station, there would be many of them later, but the Russian Government House, where she worked on cladding.

Soon the young metro construction worker was sent to the Technical School to study as a mine hoist operator. She didn’t know what it was, but while she was studying, she became interested.

Since she was under 18 years old, she was not immediately allowed into the car. She started on the overpass at Kuznetsky Most. There she was received warmly, like family, they showed her everything, they taught her everything.

Natalya Ivanovna speaks with special love about everyone she met along the way.

–In my life I have met very good teams and management, –Korneva smiles. – We have a very sincere director and guys on site. Especially young people. We are next to them and we ourselves are getting younger.

She even met her husband at work: she went on vacation to the Metrostroyevsky dispensary and met her fate from SMU-4 there. They have been living together for 40 years. Their daughter went to both a preschool camp in Tuchkovo and a pioneer camp in Balabanovo in the summer. But she didn’t follow in her parents’ footsteps. Works in commerce as a tax manager.

Root's track record includes a dozen stations: Kuznetsky Most, Marxistskaya, Mendeleevskaya, Serpukhovskaya, Chkalovskaya, Dostoevskaya, VDNH, Sretensky Boulevard, Fonvizinskaya, and now Suvorovskaya. We worked a lot. They lifted 200 wagons per day. It was interesting. She worked at each site for an average of five years and left pleasant memories at each site.

Korneva herself managed to play the role of a mentor. Many young girls passed through her watchful eye at the beginning of their intimate acquaintance with the machine on which it depends whether people rise from the slaughter.

At first glance, this is not a difficult, monotonous job, but in fact it is very responsible. In any emergency, the typist is the last to leave the site. Her task is to ensure that absolutely everyone rises from the mine.

Natalya Ivanovna admits that she never even thought about changing jobs. Even in the difficult nineties, when many employees were sent on vacation at their own expense, she knew that she would return to her native Metrostroy.

–It happens that people work all their lives, but don’t see the result of their work, but I go on the subway and am glad that a piece of my work has been invested in many stations, –she says with pride.