Kateryna Ivanivna Boloshkevich ( uk, Катерина Іванівна Болошкевич; 19 May 1939 – 28 March 2018) was a Ukrainian weaver and statesperson who was a weaver at the of the Ministry of Light Industry of the Ukrainian SSR and an elected deputy of the ninth convocation of the

Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Української РСР, tr. ''Verkhovna Rada Ukrayins'koyi RSR''; Russian: Верховный Совет Украинской ССР, tr. ''Verkhovnyy Sovet Uk ...

. Previously, she worked at the after she graduated from high school. Boloshkevich was a delegate to the

24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was convened in Moscow from 30 March to 9 April 1971. The Congress brought together 4,963 delegates, with 102 foreign delegations from 91 countries as observers. The Congress a ...

, the and was on the Central Audit Commission of the Communist Party of Ukraine. She was a two-time recipient of the

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

and got the

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

, the

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...

and the .

Biography

On 19 May 1939, Boloshkevich was born into a family of a collective farmer in the village of ,

Zhytomyr Raion Zhytomyr Raion ( uk, Житомирський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Zhytomyr. The raion covers an area of . Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the adm ...

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...

, Ukraine. Following her graduation from high school, she worked at the . From 1961, Boloshkevich worked at the building of the of the Ministry of Light Industry of the Ukrainian SSR. She visited the factory with other young girls to become acquainted with weaving and she was one of the first workers at the factory when it commenced operations as the most powerful of its time. During the ninth five-year plan, Boloshevich produced 6,798 linear meters of fabric, which twice exceeded the planned objective. She became the initiator of a movement to expand service areas to transport fabric, bringing the number of service machines from 24 to 36 instead of the usual 12 that improved labour productivity, for which she received a great amount of support from other weavers. She made 800,000 linear meters of linen fabrics in excess of the planned target during the tenth five-year plan. Boloshkevich taught weavers from other factories, while continuining to work at the plant until her retirement. She became a member of the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

in 1967. Boloshkevich took an active part in public life, serving as an elected deputy of the ninth convocation of the

. She was a delegate to the

and the . At the , Boloshevich was elected to the Central Audit Commission.

Personal life

She was resident of the city of

Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, a ...

, Ukraine and died on 28 March 2018.

Awards

Boloshkevich was awarded the

on 5 April 1971. She was a two-time recipient of the

: Boloshevich first received the award on 20 February 1974 and again on 12 May 1977 with the title of

and the "for outstanding success in fulfilling the plan for 1976 and accepted socialist obligations, achieving the highest labor productivity in the industry, personal contribution to increasing the production of high-quality consumer goods, great creative work on communist education and professional training young workers". In 1972, she received the Best Worker, light industry of the USSR medal "for her high labor performance" in which she made 98,000 metres of fabric.

References

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