Valentin Karpovich The month went down in the history of the country as a major party and statesman. From 1975 to 1985, he headed the domestic agriculture, for the next 5 years he headed the Moscow Regional Party Committee.
Childhood and youth
The future minister was born in Kiselevsk, Kemerovo region. Valentin grew up in a large mining family. His father, Karp Dmitrievich, worked for 40 years as a mining foreman in the face, and received the Order of Lenin for his labor valor. He was a strong-willed person who raised his daughters and sons in severity, was keenly interested in their school success. Mother Pelageya Klementyevna was just as attentive to children. She devoted her life to home and household. All five children received higher education, but Valentin and his younger brother Anatoly, who became the chief engineer of the mine, achieved the greatest success.
Valya started working early. At the age of 13, he became a cooper's apprentice and helped the family. A year later, the teenager mastered turning and became a master. He conducted active social work everywhere, was the Komsomol organizer of the mine, and then headed the Prokopyevsky city committee of the Komsomol. Valentin was fond of music, played in a brass band.
Education
In 1946, the young man graduated from the ten-year school and went to Stilinabad, now Dushanbe, where he entered the agricultural institute at the faculty of winemaking and viticulture. After the 1st year, the faculty was disbanded and the Month was transferred to the agronomic faculty of the Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy. Valentin studied in the capital until 1953. He not only mastered knowledge, but also actively went in for sports. At the university, Valentin met his future wife Irina. The girl was the best student of the reclamation group, the Kalinin scholarship holder, received 1 category in gymnastics. Great love broke out between the young people, which culminated in a Komsomol wedding.
Carier start
When the moment of distribution came, the newlyweds were offered a job in Michurinsk, an experimental farm of the academy. This opened the way for graduates to great science. At the same time, Nikita Khrushchev organized the selection of young specialists to raise the agriculture of the Moscow region. The couple chose the Lopasnensky district, now Chekhovsky. Their appointment coincided with the death of Joseph Stalin. Valentin decided to certainly visit Moscow at the funeral, managed to overcome the crush and get into the Hall of Columns to the coffin of the leader.
At the September plenum, the new leader of the country set the task "to raise the country's agriculture." Many measures concerned machine and tractor stations. One of them was headed by Valentin Mesyats in Lopasne. It was located in an unsuitable room, there was no equipment, repairs were carried out in the open air. Only thanks to targeted budget funds and the persistence of the manager, a new MTS appeared, which served several farms and was designed for 400 units of equipment. The 1st secretary of the district party committee rendered invaluable support to the Month. The farm attracted qualified personnel, construction of housing and roads began. The collective farm became the best in the region; in 1957 it received guests from abroad.
The consolidation of collective farms soon began. Out of 200 district farms, 24 were created, an experienced and successful leader of the Month was directly involved in this process. His authority has grown significantly, Valentin Karpovich was elected to the regional council and presented with the first state award - the medal "For Labor Valor".
At party work
In 1958, a new stage in the biography of the Month began. His fellow countrymen elected him chairman of the district executive committee. When a year later, the Chekhov and Serpukhov regions were united, the career of Valentin Karpovich began to take off. A year later, he headed the district committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the largest in the region, Volokolamsk district. He was in charge of both advanced farms and collective farms with low indicators. The main problem that the head of the district had to deal with was the Russian off-road. To meet the residents, he often had to put on hunting boots and knead kilometers of mud. At the cost of great efforts, the Month managed to change the situation in the subordinate area: to carry out gasification, to build housing, a hospital, and a House of Culture.
The successful work of the leader was noticed in the capital. In 1961, the Month was transferred to the head of the Moscow Regional Department of Agriculture and at the same time the Deputy of the Moscow Oblast Executive Committee. The month's party career was gaining momentum. In the posts of the head of the department, the second secretary of the regional committee, he pursued the party's line on the enlargement of the complexes, focused on new technologies and a strong material base. Under the leadership of Valentin Karpovich, the USSR adopted foreign agricultural experience and created several giant farms. Particular attention was paid to the livestock industry: pig breeding and fattening of cattle.
In the highest echelons of power
In 1965, the Month was invited to work as First Deputy Minister of Agriculture. The work lay ahead of him, he traveled a lot around the country, getting to know the situation. The leader was involved in the distribution of equipment, organized a system of seminars for different regions of the country.
In 1971, Valentin Karpovich went to Alma-Ata as the second secretary of the Central Committee of the republic. The personnel policy demanded that the second person of Kazakhstan be Russian by nationality. Before the Month, a large field of activity opened up: a huge territory, different climate and mentality of people. For 5 years of work in the republic, the state and party leader has retained wisdom, respect for people, so he always felt the support of his colleagues. Under the new leader, for the first time in Kazakhstan, they began to grow greenhouse vegetables and produce millions of poods of grain. The activities of the Month were marked by the country's leadership with two Orders of Lenin, they were added to the awards received earlier in the Moscow region.
Since 1975, Mesyats served as Minister of Agriculture of the USSR. Once a week he had to keep a report to the Central Committee of the party and personally to the chairman of the Council of Ministers. The official managed to solve one of the main tasks of the domestic agro-industrial complex - the provision of fertilizers. During this period, a record was taken - 237 million tons of grain. The latest achievements of science were introduced, new livestock complexes were built, pedigree work improved. In solving all these issues, one could see the contribution of Valentin Karpovich to the development and prosperity of the Soviet economy.
During perestroika
In 1985, Months were retired and offered to take the post of chairman of the Moscow Regional Committee of the CPSU. An experienced leader did not need time to study the problems - he knew the state of affairs in the capital region well. He remained faithful to his line aimed at solving social issues of the village, during his rule dozens of new modern settlements appeared in the region.
By 1990, the Month felt the "wind of change", which was reflected in the attitude of the new leadership towards the representatives of the old political school. By this time, he had matured a balanced decision to retire. For some time he lived in the country. But soon he decided to use his forces in a new area - business, it is quite natural that he was associated with agriculture. Firm "Agroprodukt" started production and sale of fruits and vegetables.
How does he live today
Last year Valentin Karpovich celebrated his 90th birthday. His whole personal life is connected with the only woman, his faithful wife Irina Ivanovna. The couple raised three children, gave them an education. Daughter Natalia followed in the footsteps of her parents, candidate of agricultural sciences. Elena graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University. The youngest Larisa is a graduate of MGIMO.
The famous political and economic figure has published more than 300 articles and publications, the professor taught agricultural students for a long time. In his younger years, the month loved hunting and fishing, today he spends his free time reading historical literature and attending theatrical premieres.
