Proud (2003 - 2012)

Nizhny Tagil, RUSSIA, 2008 - Tatyana Khorlampeyevna Brevnova (81) was a star of the Soviet Union. She worked at the tank factory. With her division she broke all records. They were always number one. Her picture was used in propaganda materials. Tatyana worked in a department where no men had ever worked. She made copper pipes there that had to be treated with a toxic substance. At first they lived in tents, then in barracks. Less than ten years later she retired...Anyone who visits Tatyana...
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Nizhny Tagil, RUSSIA, 2008 - Tatyana Khorlampeyevna Brevnova (81) was a star of the Soviet Union. She worked at the tank factory. With her division she broke all records. They were always number one. Her picture was used in propaganda materials. Tatyana worked in a department where no men had ever worked. She made copper pipes there that had to be treated with a toxic substance. At first they lived in tents, then in barracks. Less than ten years later she retired...Anyone who visits Tatyana Brevnova needs patience. Her cupboards are full of seemingly endless albums stuffed with photos from her pioneering days with the Komsomol and later as an activist party member. And she wants to show them all. Tatyana in the factory, as a labourer. Tatyana travelling to Moscow, some time in the '60s when she was invited to attend one of the many CPSU congresses on behalf of the regional party division. Tatyana still lives next to 'her' factory. She wouldn't want to live anywhere else..© ROB HORNSTRA / +31 6 14365936
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