Life as a feat (on the 120th anniversary of the birth of Ignatiy Mikhailovich Maslyuk (1904–1986))

Abstract

The article is devoted to the life and work of the famous Soviet railwayman, head of the largest Northern Railway I.M. Maslyuk (1904–1986). He devoted more than 60 years of his life to railway transport. I’ve come a long way from being a telegraph operator to being a road boss. During the Great Patriotic War, he led the Vspolye station, through which hundreds of military echelons passed to the front, as well as evacuated Leningraders. The Northern Railway, under the leadership of I.M. Maslyuk, initiated the introduction of many modern methods of railway transport operation. I.M. Maslyuk was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor, he was awarded 4 Orders of Lenin and other awards. I.M. Maslyuk devoted the last years of his life to transport education, passing on his knowledge to young railway workers.