Hero and first builder - Nikolay Lozovoy

Nikolai Lozovoy - Hero of Socialist Labor, pioneer of the Moscow metro.

In 1979-1992 he worked as the head of one of the divisions of KSUM - the Kaluga recreation center. He was in charge of the farms of the pioneer camp "Young Metro Builder", summer children's towns "Frolki" and "Tuchkovo".

Nikolai Ivanovich was born in 1922 in the village of Zakharkovo, Kursk region. He began his career in the construction of the second stage of the Moscow Metro. He mastered several specialties: hauler, minter, assembler.

In May 1941, Lozovoy was called up for active military service. Four years on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War was the most difficult test of life, which Nikolai Ivanovich passed with honor, reaching Berlin. Miner Lozovoy participated in the defense of Leningrad and was proud of the fact that he cleared the building of the lyceum where A.S. studied. Pushkin. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree, medals “For Military Merit”, “For the Defense of Leningrad”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” etc.

After demobilization, Nikolai Ivanovich returned to Metrostroy. But soon he was appointed an instructor at the district party committee, and three years later - deputy director of one of the enterprises.

In 1955, among the “thirty-thousander” communists, Lozovoy was sent to Eastern Kazakhstan to raise virgin soil, where he headed the collective farm named after Kalinin. He brought this farm to the forefront in a short time and managed it for more than 17 years. In 1966, for increasing the production and procurement of grain, fodder crops and the highly productive use of agricultural machinery, Lozovy was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor with the Order of Lenin and the Hammer and Sickle Gold Medal.

In 1979, Nikolai Ivanovich returned to Metrostroy and headed the Kaluga recreation center. Under his leadership, the reconstruction of the pioneer camp was completed, a canteen and other facilities were built.