By decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin dated January 23, 2023, Metro Builder Day was established on October 2.
– It is gratifying that Metro Builder’s Day coincides with the birthday of the Moscow Metrostroy, which was founded on October 2, 1931 and laid the foundations for domestic metro construction. The work of a metro builder, despite changing technologies, still remains one of the most difficult and difficult in construction. Now the profession of metro builder is deservedly marked with a memorable date. Having your own professional holiday is a great joy and pride; it is the best gift for all metro builders in the country,” notes General Director of Mosmetrostroy JSCSergey Zhukov.
On Metro Builder's Day, the team of Mosmetrostroy JSC sent a letter of gratitude to the President of RussiaVladimir Putin with words of gratitude for establishing a long-awaited professional holiday.
In addition, on October 2, at the Mosmetrostroy office on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, a meeting was held between the company’s management and the descendants of outstanding metro builders, heads of Mosmetrostroy from different years. On the same day, the updated exhibition of the Moscow Metrostroy Museum opened. And at the Tsvetnoy Bulvar, Trubnaya, Teatralnaya and Okhotny Ryad stations, passengers were presented with commemorative postcards dedicated to Metro Builder’s Day.
Comments by the General Director of Mosmetrostroy JSCSergey Zhukov:
– The profession of a metro builder appeared in October 1931 during the construction of the first stage of the Moscow Metro, which was built in record time and put into operation on May 15, 1935. The first stage included 13 stations - from Sokolniki to Park Kultury (10 stations) and from Aleksandrovsky Sad to Smolenskaya (3 stations). This record has not yet been broken.
Today, Mosmetrostroy preserves and enhances the best labor traditions established by pioneering heroes, and successfully implements large-scale plans for the development of the metro. Over 92 years, the Mosmetrostroy team has built and reconstructed over 200 metro stations, laid more than 600 km of tunnels, and erected 30 km of road junctions and highways. Behind these figures is the colossal work and effort of many generations of people, including honored veterans!
This year, Mosmetrostroy commissioned 5 stations of the Big Circle Line of the metro: Maryina Roshcha, Rizhskaya, Sokolniki, Kashirskaya and Varshavskaya, reconstructed the emergency section of the Zamoskvoretskaya line Avtozavodskaya - Orekhovo, put into operation the final section of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line with the stations Yakhromskaya, Lianozovo, "Phystech".
For outstanding services to the Fatherland, Mosmetrostroy was awarded four orders: Lenin, October Revolution, Red Banner of Labor and Friendship of Peoples.
In August 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded 36 managers and employees of Mosmetrostroy for their contribution to the construction of the Big Circle Metro Line and many years of conscientious work. And on August 2, 2023, SMU-8 sinker Igor Bryazgin received an award in the Kremlin personally from the hands of President Vladimir Putin.
For his services in the construction of the Big Circle Line of the Moscow Metro and many years of conscientious work, the General Director of Mosmetrostroy JSC, Sergei Zhukov, was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.
Currently, the Mosmetrostroy group of companies employs about 12 thousand people, at peak loads - up to 14 thousand people. Main professions: tunneler, reinforcement worker, concrete worker, mechanic, engineer, miner, gas welder, surveyor, insulator, mining equipment installer, painter, stone cutter, tiler, electrician, electrician, slinger, rigger, electric locomotive driver.