Lyudmila Stepanovna Byakova (russian: Людмила Степановна Бякова; born 23 March 1946) is a Soviet and Russian seamstress-minder who worked at the Kirovo-Chepetsk garment factory and at the Kurgan Industrial Sewing Association. She supported an initiative by the Leningrad seamstress Chistyakova's "Five-year plan – two personal five-year plans.", finishing 21 annual assignments and training 41 young drivers over the course of a decade. Byakova led the All-Russian School of Professional Excellence and gave her experience of advanced methods of work to 24 seamstresses from various garment factories in the Soviet Union. She was an elected deputy of the

Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union (russian: Съезд народных депутатов СССР, ''Sʺezd narodnykh deputatov SSSR'') was the highest body of state authority of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. Backg ...

from women's groups from 1989 to 1991 and was on the Committee for Women, Family Protection, Motherhood and Childhood. Byakova was a delegate at the

27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held from 25 February to 6 March 1986 in Moscow. This was the first congress presided over by Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU. In accorda ...

in 1986 and at the 16th Congress of the

All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions The All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions (ACCTU; russian: Всесоюзный центральный совет профессиональных союзов, VTsSPS) was the national trade union federation of the Soviet Union. The federati ...

. She has been awarded the

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" The Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (russian: link=no, Юбилейная медаль В ознаменование 100-летия со дня рождения Владимира И ...

; 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

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

; the

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

and the title of

Hero of Socialist Labor 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 ...

with 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 ...

Biography

On 23 March 1946, Byakova was born into a family of collective farmers in the village of , Kirov Oblast, Zuyevsky District, Russian RSFSR. Following her graduation from the eighth grade at her school in 1962, she became a seamstress apprentice at the Kirovo-Chepetsk garment factory in the Kirov Oblast, and three months later, she combined her secondary education that she did at night with work on the assembly line. Byakova was appointed foreperson in 1965 after completing her secondary education and worked in that position from 1967. She studied with a group of sewing masters at the Minsk branch of the Moscow Institute for Advanced Training of Light Industry Workers in 1971 and attended the Kirov Mechanics and Technology College between 1971 and 1972. Byakova relocated to the city of

Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast Kurgan ( rus, Курган, p=kʊrˈgan) is the largest city and the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast in the south of the Urals Federal District of Russia. Population: . Until 1782 Kurgan bore the name ''Tsaryovo Gorodishche''. History ...

five years later, and was transferred to working as a seamstress-minder at the Kurgan Industrial Sewing Association of the Ministry of Light Industry of the RSFSR. She was one of the first workers at the factory to support the initiative by the Leningrad seamstress Chistyakova's "Five-year plan – two personal five-year plans.". Byakova's first two five-year plans were completed in four years and two months on 7 March 1980. When doing her eleventh from 1981 to 1985 and twelfth between 1986 and 1990 five-year plans, she finished 21 annual assignments and trained 41 young workers during 10 years of her profession. Byakova was the leader of the All-Russian School of Professional Excellence and provided her experience of advanced methods of work to 24 seamstresses from various garment factories in the Soviet Union. She also combined her seamstress work with being active in social activities. Byakova became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1978. She was a delegate at the

in 1986. From 1989 to 1991, Byakova served as an elected deputy of the

from women's councils, focusing on issues relating to childhood and motherhood by being on the Committee for Women, Family Protection, Motherhood and Childhood. She was also a delegate to the 16th Congress of the

. Byakova was elected to the Kurgan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for the period between 1979 and 1985 and was chair of the women's council of the Oktyabrsky district of Kurgan from 1988 to 1990. She was the guest of honour at the meeting of drummers in Bulgaria that was dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Stakhanov movement in Russia. In 1999, Byakova was a launcher at the Lodiya Sewing Firia OJSC, which was the former Kurgan Garment Factory. She retired in 2001. Byakova was the secretary of the Association of Heroes of Socialist Labor and full cavaliers of the Order of Labor Glory of the Kurgan region between 2002 and 2006. She is a member of the Presidium of the Regional Council of Veterans.

Personal life

Byakova is married to Anatoly Alekseevich Byakov. They have a son who is a designer.

Awards

In 1970, she was awarded the

. Byakova was named a recipient of the

on 12 May 1977. She was named a laureate of the

in 1982 "for his great personal contribution to increasing the output and improving the quality of consumer goods", the proceeds of which she handed to the Kurgan Orphanage. Byakova was given the

on 2 July 1984. She was conferred the title of in 1984. The

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (russian: Президиум Верховного Совета, Prezidium Verkhovnogo Soveta) was a body of state power in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).Hero of Socialist Labor 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 ...

with the

and the on 19 July 1988. She is one of six residents of Kurgan to receive the Hero of Socialist Labor. She was named an and The Best Seamstress-Minder of the Ministry of Light Industry of the RSFSR.

References

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