During the period of political changes and social upheavals, new characters appear on the TV screen. Yesterday no one knew about their existence, but today they have become a role model. Nikolai Travkin came to politics as a builder.
Background and prospects
In states with a democratic system, there are social elevators for representatives of all classes and social groups. A young man from a peasant family, with the ability and desire, can get a specialized education and become the head of a large enterprise. Or take a responsible post in the structure of government. Nikolai Ilyich Travkin was born on March 19, 1946 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents at that time lived in the village of Novo-Nikolsky, Shakhovsky district of the Moscow region.
My father held a responsible position in the village council. Mother worked as an elementary school teacher at a local school. The child was taught to work from an early age. While still in preschool age, Nikolai weeded beds in the garden, huddled potatoes, stacked firewood in a woodpile. Travkin did not study badly at school. However, he did not demonstrate due diligence. He liked to tinker with his father's old motorcycle better. After the eighth grade, he moved to night school. He was hired as a bricklayer at the local assembly and construction department.
Having received a certificate of maturity, Nikolai entered the Klin Construction College, but did not manage to complete his studies. He was drafted into the ranks of the armed forces. Returning to "civilian life" in 1969, Travkin recovered at the technical school and got a job at the building materials plant of the Mosoblstroy trust. From that moment on, the production career of the young builder began. In the 70s of the last century, all over the country, including the Moscow region, a large-scale construction of industrial enterprises and social infrastructure facilities was unfolded.
Nikolai Ilyich thoroughly knew the technology of construction of industrial and civil objects. When he felt a lack of knowledge, he entered the mathematical department of the Kolomna Pedagogical Institute. Additional education came in handy when organizing the construction of large facilities. Travkin consistently went through all the stages of the management vertical. He started as a foreman and in a few years grew up to be the head of a mobile mechanical column (PMK). Objects were erected in different areas, and it was necessary to clearly draw up schedules for the use of mechanisms.
At the forefront of problems
By the beginning of the 1980s, labor productivity in the construction industry had declined markedly. But the number of unfinished objects increased. To solve this problem, the head of the PMK Nikolai Travkin began to use new methods of organizing the construction process. The new approach was built on the basis of a contractual relationship between the customer and the contractor. The collective succession began to bring positive results already in the first months of application. However, outdated but valid building codes have slowed down the implementation process.
Travkin had to take risks and take full responsibility for the outcome of the experiment on himself. It is important to note that the overall result was positive. The construction time has been reduced to meet the regulatory requirements. Materials began to be consumed, as they say, in a businesslike manner. Nikolai Ilyich's creativity and perseverance was appreciated. He was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. Appointed manager of the trust. Along with the accolades and awards, the innovator was charged with the responsibility of spreading progressive experience throughout the country.
Almost every day in the press and on television, materials appeared on the use of collective contracting in the construction of facilities in the countryside and in the city. Delegations from all regions of the Soviet Union went to see Travkin. They even had to create a special training center and lay out the training program. It should be noted that Travkin's famous method was not implemented everywhere. Natural conditions and organizational difficulties to a certain extent limited the scope of the method. But this fact did not detract from its effectiveness.
On the political wave
In the late 80s, Nikolai Travkin's violent political activities began. As a well-known personality, he was elected People's Deputy of the USSR. After the August events of 1991, Nikolai Ilyich headed the administration of the Shakhovsky district. His fellow countrymen voted for him in the hope that reforms would be carried out in favor of the working people. At the same time, he was introduced to the government of the Russian Federation as a minister without a portfolio. However, Nikolai Ilyich did not succeed in anything. Farms were formed in the region with great difficulty. The transfer of state property to municipal property did not succeed at all.
In 1996, having lost the position of the district head, Travkin left the government. He decided to take this step after he was elected a deputy of the State Duma on the lists of the party "Our Home Russia". Several years later, political experts and analysts noted that the experience of organizational work in construction was not at all useful to Travkin in the State Duma. Nikolai Ilyich left the members of one party and joined another. For some time he was a member of the Yabloko party. Then he joined the ranks of the "Union of Right Forces". Then he joined the "People's Democratic Union".
Sketch of personal life
At the final stage of his political career, in 2013, Nikolai Ilyich worked in the Alliance of the Greens party. Where this party is now, even knowledgeable experts cannot say for sure. And Travkin Nikolai Ilyich lives in his native village of Shakhovskoy. He has his own house on a plot with a garden and a vegetable garden. In his personal life, everything is fine with him. The husband and wife raised and raised two sons.
