Molotov (Perm)

The Kirov Molotov Plant No. 98

Main types of products:

Gunpowder for artillery shells

Ballistit powder and charges for rockets

Construction of one of the production facilities of the Kirov Plant No. 98

Construction of one of the production facilities of the Kirov Plant No. 98. Molotov, Molotov region. 1942.
Photo from Perm Gunpowder Plant Museum.

ДDirector of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.G. Bidinsky

Director of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.G. Bidinsky. 1940s.
PermGASPI. F.38. Op. 1. D.79. L.1

Director of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.G. Bidinsky (first from right) at a meeting with students of the factory training school at this enterprise

Director of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.G. Bidinsky (first from right) at a meeting with students of the factory training school at this enterprise. Molotov, Molotov region. 1942.
Photo from Perm Gunpowder Plant Museum.

Production flow for tube powders published in a brochure used by the workers of the Kirov Plant No. 98

Production flow for tube powders published in a brochure used by the workers of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov. 1942.
Document from Perm Gunpowder Plant Museum.

Chief Engineer of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.I. Galperin

Chief Engineer of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.I. Galperin. 1945
PermGASPI. F.1996. Op. 8. D.167. L.3

Chief Engineer of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.I. Galperin (first from left) in one of the plant laboratories

Chief Engineer of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.I. Galperin (first from left) in one of the plant laboratories. Molotov, Molotov region. 1945.
Photo from Perm Gunpowder Plant Museum.

Director of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.G. Bidinsky (sixth from left, first row) with teachers and students from the factory school at the enterprise

Director of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, D.G. Bidinsky (sixth from left, first row) with teachers and students from the factory school at the enterprise. Molotov, Molotov region. 1944.
Photo from Perm Gunpowder Plant Museum.

Management of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, at a rally to mark Victory over Germany

Management of the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, at a rally to mark Victory over Germany. Molotov, Molotov region. May 9, 1945.
Photo from Perm Gunpowder Plant Museum.

Director of the Kirov Molotov Plant No. 98, D.G. Bidinsky, speaks at a rally to mark Victory over Germany

Director of the Kirov Molotov Plant No. 98, D.G. Bidinsky, speaks at a rally to mark Victory over Germany. Molotov, Molotov region. May 9, 1945.
Photo from Perm Gunpowder Plant Museum.

Certificate of the Order of the Red Banner, which the Kirov Molotov Plant No. 98 was awarded with for the production of ammunition during the Great Patriotic War

Certificate of the Order of the Red Banner, which the Kirov Molotov Plant No. 98 was awarded with for the production of ammunition during the Great Patriotic War. 23 August 1945.
Document from Perm Gunpowder Plant Museum.

The Kirov Molotov Plant No. 98

The plant was built in Perm in the first half of the 1930s. During the Great Patriotic War, the enterprise produced gunpowder for artillery shells, gunpowder for projectiles for rocket artillery combat vehicles and other types of propellant. At the Kirov Plant No. 98 in Molotov, some equipment was used from four factories evacuated to Molotov from Leningrad. During the Great Patriotic War, 70% of the gunpowder for projectiles for rocket artillery combat vehicles was produced at the Kirov Plant No. 98 in Molotov.

During the Great Patriotic War, the Kirov Plant No. 98 was a winner in All-Union socialist competition 17 times. In 1945, the enterprise was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for successful work in the production of gunpowder. Most of the workers at the Kirov Plant No. 98, Molotov, were also conferred with state government awards for their work during the Great Patriotic War.

The directors of the Kirov Plant No. 98 Molotov during the Great Patriotic War were Sergei Kachalov and David Bidinsky.

The chief engineers of the Kirov Plant No. 98 Molotov during the Great Patriotic War were Dmitri Gorbachov and David Galperin.

Personal Stories

The Contribution of the Rationalizers of the Kirov Plant No. 98

On September 20, 1944, the People's Commissariat for Ammunition announced a competition for the most innovative efficiency proposal to increase production and reduce unit costs.

The staff of the Kirov Plant had significantly exceeded the target adopted at the Stakhanov conference - to save at least 8.5 million rubles per year from the introduction of efficiency proposals for Artillery Day. So, in November 1944, the plant implemented 16 efficiency proposals into its production process, which subsequently saved the plant more than 1 million rubles.

These included proposals by engineers Vladimir Khizhin and Yakov Melnikov to use new technology to simplify the design of the equipment they used in the workshop. The foreman of the workshop was Comrade Kryzhakovsky. A change in the design of the main part of the pressing unit proposed by engineer Yakov Melnikov made it possible to increase the unit’s capacity by 60 percent.

Significant savings were achieved by implementing an efficiency proposal from Dmitri Madenov, a mechanical engineer in the plant’s heat and power station. His proposal to automate the removal of slag from the boiler house saved the plant 100,000 rubles a year.

Machine tool operator I.G. Zubritsky proposed and implemented a new adaptation to a milling machine. Another proposal allowing the plant to save more than 260 kilowatt hours of electricity was introduced by engineer Lazarev.

Every day, workers, engineers and technicians of the Kirov Plant have used all their knowledge and experience to increase output, improve production quality and reduce the cost of manufactured products.

Zvezda newspaper. 12/17/1944, No. 245. "Contribution of Innovators".

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