Vyacheslav Simonov - Remember this! Don’t let it sink into oblivion! Second edition. The life and death of the Pioneer Base «Oceanrybflot»

The first director was Vasily Stepanchenko. He was under his command of an accountant and calculation. On February 15, 1946, I.A. Baskakov, V.F., Pchelintsev, and V.P. Churbakov came from Moscow to the fishery with their families. The three of them were his first workers. The military obtained and brought two large boats to the port in tow. Fishing gear was found in Rauschen (Svetlogorsk). Sixteen people were hired from Rauschen. The first time from the put seine net, which was installed near the port, took 300 kg. cod. It was a great joy for everyone. Some of the fish had to be exchanged for the necessary products for the workers.

Sometimes the fish was sent to Koenigsberg. Ivan Baskakov was assigned the duties of a headman. At times, fishermen had to return to the port late at night. For the landmark instead of a lighthouse at the end of the eastern maul installed a barrel in which burned soaked rags. Caught fish was stored in a barn, in ordinary baths. Then they found a basement with a cement compartment. They salted and stored fish there.

The first office of the fish factory.

The boats were pulled ashore overnight. In the basement, there was a warehouse, where fish were taken from the pier on trolleys. In the same year, out of the Astrakhan fish farm “Astrakhanets” with six experienced fishers was seconded to the disposal of “Baltgosrybrest” Zimovin Pavel Andreevich (one of the first captains). In 1950, MRI “Snetok” (Captain Zimovin) won the prize in the All-Union Socialist competition. And in 1958, for his work, Captain Pavel Andreevich will be awarded the Order of Lenin. Now 32 people worked at the Neukuhren fish factory. At the head of this first fishing, the enterprise was director Yakov Goncharov. The whole plant is one apartment building, converted into an office. At the end of August 1946, the Neukuhren Fish Factory received five small fishing trawlers off the KFC type, Germany built. These were unsuitable

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fishing vessels. The military trawled mines in the Baltic Sea. Then they handed them over to the fishery. There was no equipment on them. The fish caught was on the deck, there were no holds. From the stern were given trawls and all the fish was chosen by hand. Of the vehicles at the fishery, there was only one horse. Here I would like to bring the memories of the captain of the long-distance voyage Tatarinov Y.P., who began his sea life on the ships of our base. These of his memoirs are outlined in the book “The Fishermen’s Week, in Jest and seriously” edited by the writer-compiler, captain of the second rank, Associate Professor Baltic State Academy V.S. Emanov.

“In 1946 he started working on the KFC (military minesweeper). He worked for the Neukuhren Fish Factory. The crew of the KFC consisted of 5 people. Captain, assistant captain, mechanic, motorist, and sailor. KFC is a wooden vessel about 20 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 1.2 meters high. With winds of 4 marks, the KFC was not released from the port. The first low-power radio stations appeared only at the end of 1947. There were two cubicles on the ship. The bow cubicle housed the team, and the second cubicle was remade under the hold. The vessel had a 120 h.p. engine. Ship speed developed to 8 knots. It was not suitable for trawling. But still had to work and fish.

With the advent of 1947, the duration of fishing increased to 3 days. Then came a new MRT from Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. There were also well-known captains Volodin, Zimovin, Chechetkin Arkady Vasilyevich, Manakin N.Y., Zelenov, Azarenko. On March 15, 1948, he completed the course and returned to Pioneers. UTF at the time was headed by G.Y. Ermoshkin. But soon he was arrested, and he disappeared without a trace. On July 20, 1948, we were going fishing to the shores of Iceland. Along with the floating base, Tungus was an expedition. On the RS-4 “Wave” was a civilian captain Shprygin. The crew consisted of 17 people. We was been working for about three months. RS-4 caught 110 tons, and the smallest catch was 25 tons. When they returned to the port, the captains were calculated and sent to the military units, and the seiners began to prepare for distillation to the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. Only the RS-5 remained in the UTF, where I was the captain, and Ilyin Georgiy Fydorovich was the chief. In 1950, after the Mamon training and course combine, I became the second navigator of the SRT-184 “Syryanin” where the captain was Fedor Sergeyevich Semyonov.” Historic – the archaeological museum “Rantava” of the city of Pioneers allowed me to publish some photos of pioneer fishermen of that time. Here they are.

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Captain Pavel Andreevich Zimovin, Captain Kudrisch N.W.

The crew of the MRT – 282 “Sevan”.

Guests in the captain’s cabin.

And in the photo below, four “sea wolves” cheerfully walk on the wooden flooring of the Pioneers pier. From left to right: captains V.M. Bykov, I.A. Savchuk, NI. Sizov, N.D. Ivchenko. Makeev Gennady was born in 1930. He graduated from Mamonov’s combine. In 1956 he became a senior mechanic. He sailed on many types of PBORF vessels. He went to the seas until 1987. His work experience is 45 years.

In the port, the sea soul laughs and sings.

Senior Mechanic Gennady Makeev.

Volodin Alexei Artyemevich.

Memories of the captain of the long-distance voyage Tatarinov Y.P., about the famous captains of the base in early 1947, should be necessarily supplemented by the story of son Victor about his famous father – Captain Volodin Alexei Artyemevich. Victor was one of the first to read the electronic version of this book of the first edition and wrote me a letter. Here is it.

“Hello, dear Vyacheslav Fedorovich! I read on the internet your book “Remember this! Don’t let it sink into oblivion!” Strong, detailed, truthful, and useful to young people if they recognize the past.

Understanding the name of the work literally, I want to ask you, if possible, to supplement the material with information from 1946—1947 about the Knight of the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree, one of the pioneers of the Baltic, undeservedly forgotten captain of MRT “Fearless”, Volodin Alexei Artemyevich.