0:00 Luhansk's Machine Construction Factory gets new address in Chuvashia. The management of the factory met this hard decision after the fa...
0:00 Luhansk's Machine Construction Factory gets new address in Chuvashia. The management of the factory met this hard decision after the factory was almost completely demolished by artillery fire. Now they found an appropriate building, the machine tools are being installed, the factory canteen was renovated. Over to Olga Petrova: 0:24 Centimeter after centimeter, basically by hand, the workers from Luhansk move the machine for the precise metal working, assuring it will be fully installed until Friday. For 12 years, the company from Luhansk produced mostly for Russian market. Therefore, the owners of the business decided to evaquate to Russia together with their workers and equipment. The factory work floors fell unto fire and they had to move out the machines under the bullets. 0:46 We traveled through Rostov area, visited 6 factories where we could possibly stay, but since there were already a lot of refugees there, we took the decision to move further away - into the center of Russia, into backwater, besides we had some acquaintance here. 1:02 We thought that less people would come, but everyone went with us, especially the main personell, we did not have to convince anyone. 1:15 23 families from Luhansk got to Chuvashia almost 1 month ago. During that time, the factory management not only rented apartments for them, but also bought a storage depot 5km away from Cheboksary. Previous owners are currently removing the scrap metal, while the new ones have already fixed the roof, started breaking down the walls and fixing the equipment. Though the half of the machines are still stuck at the customs depot in Russian Donezk (note: this is not the Donezk in Ukraine, but a Russian town of the same name, located right at the Ukrainian-Russian border where the road from Luhansk crosses it - that's where the "humanitarian convoy" was standing week ago) 1:43 If only we had the possibility to pull out our equipment, we would go fully operational. About 50 work positions are free and we'd need to hire local people. 1:57 The chief manager's office is a former storage room. Right now there's just two desks, but already there's the famous quote from Henry Ford, that if you take away his factories, but leave the people, the new factories will quickly emerge and will be better than the old. Nikita is sure his company will quickly acquire the market. These people have no place to return, so they decided to drop the Ukrainian citizenship and get the Russian passport. 2:22 I'm 60. So I don't know, will I return or not. 2:27 Owners of the business are still in Luhansk, have promised their personell that in Russia they will get salary and place to live. They plan to rebuild former office rooms over the factory floor as a dormitory, for those who don't have a family. In one month, there will be hot meals. 2:43 The canteen is currently in a state of quick start. Renovation work is under way, the walls are being smoothed, we're bringing in the furniture, equipment. 2:54 All documents for a registration of a new company are being processed. They aren't sure about the trademark though. On one hand, the businessmen want to keep the historical name "Luhansk Machinebuilding #43", but they also want to mention Cheboksary as the place of the second birth of their factory. Olga Petrova, Pavel Iridkov. News, Cheboksary. --------------------------------- Yeah, this is why Russia needed so many empty trucks in Luhansk - to steal important factory equipment. TL;DR: russian scum does what russian scum does best - stealing shit. #financial_support_div{ display:none; position: absolute; width:300px; height:180px; margin-left: -150px; margin-top: -70px; /*- half of width and height */ top:50%; left:50%; padding: 5px; opacity:0.9; filter:alpha(opacity=90); z-index:1000; background-color:#000; color: white; } .close_box{ background: gray; color:#fff; padding:1px 3px; display:inline; position:absolute; right:1px; margin-right: -13px; margin-top: -13px; border-radius:3px; cursor:pointer; border: 1px #000 solid; } $(document).on("click",".close_box",function(){ $(this).parent().fadeTo(300,0,function(){ $(this).remove(); }); }); Loading the player ... Less
