The Great Patriotic War was the all-round ordeal of all strengths of the Soviet people, its social and state order.
The perfidious aggression of the fascist Germany against the Soviet Union changed sharply a course of events in the country, life and family life of the Soviet Union.
The military situation required for the fastest reconstruction of all national economy to satisfy the needs of war.
Together with all country the Kharkov turbine plant workers shared joys and miseries, victories and defeats fallen to the Soviet Union people’s lot during hard times of the war.
Hundreds of advanced workers and engineers and technicians of the plant submitted an application with a request to send them to the front.
It was created the national irregulars, courses of nurses, sanitary activists, commands of anti-aircraft defence.
Quite a lot of turbine builders gave their lives in the battles for the Motherland.
20 years later after victory over the fascist Germany the memorial monument was placed on the central inside yard in front of the entry to the shop.
The names of 44 turbine builders who had died hero’s death in the battles for freedom and independence of the Motherland are engraved on the marble:
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Balutin Nikolai
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Dyakov Ivan
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Marchenko Yuriy
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Sadovskiy Semen
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Volpe Mikhail
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Egorov Ivan
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Miroshnichenko Yevgeniy
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Savruk Viktor
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Vnukov Petr
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Zharko Ivan
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Moroz Nikolai
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Savran Nikolai
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Vusiker Zahar
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Zorin Ivan
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Ortenberg Boris
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Sazonov Semen
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Vasiliev Aleksandr
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Igashev Nikolai
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Pashko Ivan
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Selukov Nikolai
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Gladkiy Pavel
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Kozyrev Dmitriy
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Pesin Semen
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Slomin Fedor
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Grivastov Ivan
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Klimenko Sergey
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PodkopaiFedor
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Srebnitskiy Aleksey
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Gatzko Vladimir
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Korneyev Pavel
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Polivets Leonid
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Taranuha Leonid
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Gurevich Boris
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Kotelnikov Mikhail
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Raskin Yevgeniy
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Tolstikov Andrey
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Gil Grigoriy
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Lazarev Mikhail
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Rybalchenko Nikolai
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Khomyakov Leonid
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Degtyaryov Luka
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Lototskiy Nikolai
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Ryabchenko Viktor
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Shvydkoi Nikolai
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Among workers and office workers, engineers and technicians of the plant are hundreds of people who took part in the Great Patriotic War.
Most of them were awarded for feats of arms with high government rewards including with the decoration of Lenin – 2 men, the Red Banner — 20 men, Glory — 33 men, the Red Star — 181 men, the Great Patriotic War — 65 men, with medals "For Bravery" and "For Service in Battle" — 347 men.
Most of those who took part in the Great Patriotic War were awarded with medals for defense and liberation of the big cities of our country and for victory over the fascist Germany in the Great Patriotic War.
Year s will elapse, generation will come but the names of soldiers who died for the Motherland will remain in the memory of people.
Evacuation
First days all enterprises of Kharkov in undertime switched to manufacturing of defense production.
Plant stopped manufacturing of turbines, turbine-generators and synchronous compensators and started manufacturing defense production, manufactured mortars, repaired tanks.
At the end of summer 1941 front was approaching to Kharkov. Air raids of enemy aviation became more frequent. But in spite of this workers of the city courageously struggled for fulfilment and overfulfilment of production targets.
Military conditions in October 1941 required to evacuate industrial enterprises from Kharkov.
Plan of evacuation was developed in advance.
Decision of State Defense Committee about evacuation of city was issued 19 September 1941.
From 20 September to 20 October from Kharkov were evacuated 320 echelons of plant equipment, 225 echelons with people, 56 echelons with hospitals.
Especially difficulties offered evacuation of turbine-generator plant. Considerable part of its equipment – are large machine tools, outsize for railroad transportation.
Over 1000 main workers of plant key trades were sent to east.
From the first days of war plant continued its activity, manufacturing production for front. Labour activity in its workshops stopped 21 October 1941 when hostility started at approaches to city.
Under decision of governmental bodies KhTGP during evacuation was divided into several parts. Equipment of workshop concerned with manufacturing of mortars (82 machine tools) were sent to plant “Communist” in Marskstadt (now Marks, Saratov region) for manufacturing of the same production. Foundry was brought to Kusin ironworks (Kusa, Chelyabinsk region). Main equipment and staff of plant were concentrated in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). Unfinished high-rise building of Ural Turbine Plant 35 m height and 250 m length was handed over to employees of turbine Plant. 15 November 1941 here arrived 9 echelons of equipment and near 800 employees of plant, including 340 workers, 350 technical and engineering employees, 85 office-workers.
All echelons were stuffed with equipment in accordance with process at destination place. Together with machine tools to inland were sent backlogs, technical documentation, material stock and semi-finished products, which have no relation to remain part of manufacturing, power and crane equipment etc.
All equipment carefully lubricated and packed. Every echelon had necessary accessories for repair of cars on-the-way. For heads of echelons were appointed most skilled experts.
First months after evacuation KhTGP was not a plant in the full sense of the word. It was half-building, which was just beginning of its work for execution of orders of government. Construction works on high-rise building must be finished to 15 March 1942 erection works on small-size and middle-size equipment – to 1 April and on big-sized – to 25 April 1942.
In accordance with terms of finishing of construction and erection works annual manufacturing program for release of commercial output was determined in volume 18 610 thous. rubles and - gross 20 mln. rubles. All production was of new type plant did not manufacture it previously.
In 1943 plant manufactured three turbogear sets with general capacity 41 thous. kW and stationary turbines with capacity 25 thous. kW in 2,7 times increased manufacturing of turbine spares for Power Plants and enterprises of defense, chemical and other areas of industry. Approved for plant annual program was executed on 103,8 percent. Production output in comparison with 1942 increased almost two times.
1943 was the year of radial turn in Great Patriotic War. Under powerful attacks of Red Army fascist horde retreat on west. Almost two thirds of soviet territory temporary occupied by were freed from hitlerite aggressors. 23 August 1943 Kharkov was free.
Aggressors almost two years caused robbery and brigandage in Kharkov. The destroyed everything what could not take to Germany.
In Kharkov and region aggressors left no enterprises which could be commissioned without rehabilitation works. Just in Kharkov fascists destroyed 500 enterprises of state, republic and local industry. General losses caused to industry of city and region consisted over 30 mlrd. rubles.
During war between all spheres of industry most of all suffered turbine construction. Main plants, manufactured turbines in Leningrad, Kharkov, Taganrog after evacuation lost their manufacturing capabilities. Partially rehabilitated turbine construction on east bases consisted only 10 percents of pre-war capacity. It could not meet requirements of country in Power machines and spares to them. Many plants, evacuated on east could not be procured with power without commissioning of new power plants.
