Awarding of the builders of the Baikal-Amur Mainline in Tynda

USSR. Amur region. Tynda. The builders of the Baikal-Amur Mainline Vitaly Vladimirovich Ivoylov, Anatoly Petrovich Mashurov, Ivan Nikolaevich Varshavsky, Polina Alekseyevna Polyanskaya, Dmitry Ivanovich Gorinchoy, Vasily Serafimovich Belopol (from left to right in the foreground), Nikolay Aleksandrovich Eremenko (in the center in the background), Vladimir Markiyanovich Budny (on the right in the background), Colonel Grigory Iosifovich Kogatko, Vladimir Pavlovich Stepanishchev, Vladimir Grigorievich Khromov (from left to right in the third background), Major Alexander Aleksandrovich Shantsev, Yuri Yuryevich Bocharov, Vyacheslav Ivanovich Aksenov, Vladimir Ivanovich Konoval (from left to right in the fourth background) and Alexander Vasilyevich Bondar (in the center in the background), were awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor for outstanding production achievements achieved during the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline, ensuring ahead of schedule laying of the main track along its entire length and the demonstrated labor heroism, following the award ceremony, which took place at a ceremonial meeting dedicated to the opening of the through labor movement on the BAM. Edgar Bryukhanenko, Vladimir Matvievsky/TASS