The management of Mosmetrostroy, the Terkom of the trade union, the Council of War and Labor Veterans, Afgan-Metrostroy and the search team “Memory of Metrostroy” traditionally hold a patriotic event in May at the Novodevichy cemetery, where outstanding leaders of the Moscow Metrostroy and honorary metro builders are buried.
The grandsons of our leaders Vasily Polezhaev, Yegor Abakumov and Hero of the Soviet Union, metro builder Konstantin Samsonov took part in the ceremony with the laying of flowers. The guests of honor were Deputy Chairman of ROSPROFZHEL Natalya Burova, Chairman of the Council of Veterans of JSC Russian Railways, former Chairman of ROSPROFZHEL Nikolai Nikiforov, Chairman of the Territorial Trade Union Organization of Lenmetrostroy, Chairman of the Council of Veterans of Lenmetrostroy Viktor Zorka.
The construction of railways and subways has common historical roots.
The names of Yegor Abakumov, Ilya Gotsiridze, Mikhail Samodurov, Tatiana Fedorova, Vasily Polezhaev are sacred to the metro builders of Moscow and the Northern capital, as well as workers of the Russian Railways.
What kind of people these great leaders were, how they achieved such grandiose results is conveyed from mouth to mouth by their relatives and honored veterans of Metrostroy.
– Thank you very much for the warm event! Your comments and stories from the meeting participants were interesting and lively. I learned a lot of new things and recalled things I had forgotten. Thanks again and further success to our dear Metrostroy,” noted Egor Abakumov’s granddaughter Daria Georgievna.