RUS ENG Museum IZTM The idea of creating a museum of military and labor glory of the Irkutsk Heavy Machine Building Plant named after V.V. Kuibysheva arose in 1963 at the board of pensioners while working on the creation of a photo album of the history of the plant. The initiative to create a museum of labor and military glory of the plant was approved by the management of the enterprise. On June 5, 1964, an initiative organizing committee, elected at the council of pensioners, began to create a museum of the history of the plant. At that time, there was no experience of creating such museums at the enterprises of our region and in the industry. I had to start work from scratch. Employees of the Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore helped the chairman of the initiative group to select from the funds of the local history museum about four hundred photographs related to the history of the plant, from which copies were made. Painstakingly and conscientiously selected exhibits H.N. Geller, I.I. Voinov, M.A. Shadrin, P.A. Kramorenko and others. For five months of work, at last, so many materials were collected that it was already possible to begin the design of the museum. The management of the plant allocated premises for the museum in the house of culture. On September 23, 1964, Khava Naumovna Geller was elected the public director of the museum at an expanded meeting of the organizing committee of the museum and activists. At the same time, the council of the museum of nine people was elected, which considered all the material collected by that time for the museum's exposition. Immediately, the artists Yu.V. Vasiliev and N.K. Khafizov proceeded to decorate the entire exposition, and Kh.N. Geller, I.I. Voinov, I.M. Shipitsin - for filling shop windows. All photographs included in the exhibition and photocopies were made by Tikhon Ivanovich Konovalov. In the factory museum, priceless exhibits were presented: models of the main types of manufactured products: electric dredges, drawing mills, filling machines, thickeners and much more. 6 марта 1965 года старейший работник завода пенсионер Константин Иванович Насакин разрезал алую ленту и открыл музей. Девизом музея стали слова М. Горького: «Не зная прошлого, невозможно понять подлинный смысл настоящего и цели будущего». С первого же дня своего существования музей завоевал прочное признание среди заводчан. На протяжении долгих лет музей богател новыми экспонатами, и если в день открытия музея в его экспозиции было помещено 400 фотодокументов, от 6 марта 1985 года, когда музей праздновал свое 20-тилетие, их было более 3000 шт. Музей стал хранителем богатейшего наследия и истории завода. Но в 90-х годах прошлого века пришли тяжелые времена для всей страны, а, следовательно, и для музея ИЗТМ. Предприятию стало не по силам содержать Дом культуры и поэтому он был передан городским властям. Понятно, что и музею пришлось покинуть это здание и прекратить свою деятельность. Лидии Сократовне Охотиной, которая на тот момент занимала должность директора музея, и членам совета музея пришлось приступить к закрытию музея. Все экспонаты, накопившееся за более чем 25 лет деятельности музея, были бережно упакованы, часть из них переданы на склад, а часть - перевезена в бомбоубежище. За время хранения безвозвратно погибли и были утеряны документы 20-х, 30-х годов, были повреждены альбомы, фотографии, книги. On the initiative of Mark Petrovich Glukhov in December 2004, the management of the enterprise made a decision to recreate the museum. Fomina Vera Mikhailovna was appointed director, and painstaking and laborious work began. Collection of historical information has been resumed today. Just like forty years ago, the factory workers are helping to recreate the museum. news 15 Oct 2015 For 9 months of this year, the Irkutsk Heavy Engineering Plant concluded a contract ... 25 Sep 2015 In 2015, the Museum of the History of IZTM celebrated its 50th anniversary. 23 Sep 2015 On the eve of the celebration of the Mechanical Engineer's Day, traditional competitions were held at IZTM ... All news © JSC "PO" IZTM " All rights reserved RF, 664007, Irkutsk, st. October Revolution, 1 Tel .: (3952) 25 33 77; e-mail: iztm@iztm.ru