“The heritage of Russia is our women! Let's talk about a good person, the head of the Shumnensky rural settlement.

What are they like, our Russian women?

Although the calendar shows the 21st century, in Russia women are expected mainly to have excellent qualities as a wife, lover, mother and, of course, housewife, despite the fact that it is now difficult to find a representative of the fair sex who meets all these requirements. Meanwhile, a whole generation of women has grown up who do not pay attention to Domostroev stereotypes and follow only their personal idea of ​​life. They don’t waste time on all sorts of nonsense, but simply study, work, and become professionals. Our women are brave, lucky and persistent. They will not disappear anywhere and anywhere in the world they will find something to their liking and will be happy, while remaining real, charming women.

They are said to have qualities that women in other countries do not have. They are supposedly smarter, taller, more beautiful, more determined and more inventive than women in neighboring countries. They are ready to put aside the softness characteristic of women in order to earn a decent living, and build their own careers instead of providing the rear to a strong man, as women with an archaic mentality do. Nothing stops our women. Nothing can stop them. And we, Russians, are not surprised that the world’s first female cosmonaut was the Russian woman Valentina Tereshkova, or that the world’s first female ambassador was the Russian revolutionary feminist Alexandra Kollontai.

Our Chuguev women are no exception. They can do everything and are successful everywhere: whether at work or at home, everything rests on them - sweet, beautiful, feminine, but strong in spirit. There are no tasks that our mothers, sisters, wives and girlfriends cannot cope with. Our women serve in military units, internal affairs bodies, work as specialists in organizations, craftsmen in production and the forestry industry, in hospitals and schools, kindergartens and the service sector. Women - taxi drivers, employees of the prosecutor's office and banks, judges - have become a common occurrence in the life of the Chuguevsky district.

It is not surprising that the residents of the region entrusted a very important task - the management of settlements - to women too. Probably, our district is the only one in the region, and maybe in Russia, where all settlements are headed by representatives of the fair sex. With their daily work they justify the trust that the residents of the region have placed in them.

Their burden is not light, because their “households” are very hectic and require a lot of attention and complete dedication. But he. Vieru, T.S. Anyaeva and N.F. Andreychuk work without regard for personal time, and solve the problems of the settlements professionally and judiciously as women. And although work takes up most of their lives, they still remain women - beautiful and warm-hearted. Many people know them as official representatives authorities judge them by their work. Perhaps short interviews with them will help you see these lovely women from a completely different side.

Olga Nikolaevna VIERU, head of Chuguevsky rural settlement

Olga Nikolaevna, many consider you a strict and tough woman, but have there been moments in your life or work when you wanted to give up everything and allow yourself to become weak?

No, there was no such moment. I have a slightly different position in life: if you don’t know what to do, take a step forward. I am an optimist by nature and believe that you should never give up, you should always fight and move forward. After all, the lives of my children depend on me, and I am responsible for my employees. What example can I show them if I cannot cope with this or that life situation? I simply do not have the right to give up, no matter how hard it is for me.

- What principle do you follow in your work?

I have more than one – it’s professionalism, hard work and the ability to communicate with people. It seems to me that these are three pillars at the base successful work in power.

What do you think: a woman working in management ( power structure) - is this normal or does she need to take care of the housework and raising children?

A woman can work as a leader and at the same time be a homemaker, I am convinced of this. Although this is not a pattern. After all, many women are happy to devote themselves only to their family, husband, and children. I myself enjoy doing housework and children in my free time.

- IN at what age and how did you earn your first money?

I lived in a village in northern Kazakhstan, where it was very well developed Agriculture, crop production and livestock production. On the territory of the Kamensky state farm there was an experimental varietal station; every summer schoolchildren were offered work there. At the variety plot, students weeded plots of weeds, loosened the soil, counted plants - that’s where I earned my first money, I was 12-13 years old then.

- What do children and family mean to you?

My family, my three children are the most important thing in my life. For them I live, work, try to be an example to them in everything. We have complete mutual understanding with them. They study, work, and make me happy with their successes. My whole life is dedicated to them.

- How many children do you think she should have? modern woman?

I grew up in big family, I have two brothers and two sisters. And I always believed that a family should have at least two or three children. As for the modern woman, you probably mean that it is now more difficult for us to raise and support children - I don’t agree with this. Remember Russian history: it has always been difficult to raise children. Take the post-war years, for example. There was devastation and hunger in the country, but women gave birth, raised, taught and did not sit at home, worked, participated in public life.

- What do you think a mother should definitely teach her children?

Independence, determination, love and understand loved ones, relatives, respect others, be able to communicate with them.

Dear dear women! On this spring holiday, March 8, I want to wish all women: may all your cherished dreams come true. May all adversity pass you by. Let your souls warm up warm spring sun. Let only a cheerful mood and smiles of loved ones await you at home. I wish you all health, family and financial well-being, interesting and fruitful work.

Natalya Fedorovna ANDREYCHUK,

head of the Shumnensky rural settlement

- Is it easy for a woman to lead a rural community?

Of course, a woman leader has a more difficult time than a man, because a woman must think not only about work, but also about her family. Combining family and work is not always easy, but when the family understands how responsible the work of a mother and wife is, and the family always supports and helps, then no special problems arise. In addition, if we consider the psychophysical characteristics of men and women, then a female leader takes problems at work more emotionally to heart. However, in general, I believe that if a person has leadership, organizational skills, the desire to perform efficiently and well this work, is not afraid to make decisions and bear responsibility for them, then there is no fundamental difference who the leader is - a woman or a man.

Natalya Fedorovna, due to your duty, you have to make decisions and take responsibility for them. Is it difficult to be strong and confident in your abilities?

When I make a decision that concerns only me, it is much easier than being responsible for other people. More than once you will think about what to do, because your decision will affect the lives of the people you represent. And there are more than 2 thousand of them in the settlement.

- How did your career develop, where did you start?

I have been working as the head of the settlement for three years. Before that, I worked as the chief specialist of the administration of the Shumnensky rural settlement.

- What do you think your main drawback?

As my children say, I am hyper-responsible. Twenty-four hours a day, work is on my mind, especially when problems arise due to objective reasons (no funds in the budget, no special equipment etc.), you cannot do any task at all or you do it not as you should and want, but as it turns out.

- How do you spend your vacation?

I was on vacation in November - December 2012, and spent most of the vacation at work.

- You big family?

I have a beloved husband and two children. Eldest daughter After graduating from TSEU, she got married and works at the Progress plant in Arsenyev, the youngest is a student. The children are proud of me, and my husband worries about me, always supports and helps.

- Plans for this year?

Work, work and work for the benefit of the settlement.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate women on March 8th! Dear women! Congratulations on a wonderful holiday!

Let life be full of happiness and love,

Every spring day will become bright and joyful

And all your dreams will come true!

Tatyana Seliverstovna, the post that you are holding for your second term - the head of the Koksharovsky rural settlement - is traditionally considered male. What do you think a woman should be like in this position?

- You know, in the first days of spring and on the eve of the approaching holiday, everything is seen positively and you don’t want to look at it more objectively. In my opinion, both women and men need to have a lot of restraint and know a lot. This work is not easy, because sometimes a lot depends not on you. The legislative part, the execution of powers, and of course, responsibility for the well-being of our residents and for everything that happens on the territory of the settlement.

Willingly (smiles). I love life for its versatility, and everything is interesting to me. I try to get results from the work done - to work efficiently. And when it works out, your strength is restored. I love music and singing: I got it from my mother - she sang very well, whether at work or on holidays. I visit the regional philharmonic society, attend concerts, and love listening to concerts of the symphony orchestra. I try to find time to read in the evening. I like to pamper myself with homemade pies, but in our family everyone cooks: it doesn’t happen that a man who spends a lot of time in the taiga does not know how to cook. So my husband remembers that the best cooks have always been men.

I love our Ussuri river very much! We grew up on the river, and since childhood I have known all the bays, since my father and I rafted to the apiary many times, and in the evenings we returned at dusk, sometimes it was even scary. My family and friends still love to go rafting on the river. I believe that this is the most wonderful vacation, as in that song “The Current Carries Me!” If friends suggest we definitely go to the river, I always support it, and more often I suggest it myself! I love fishing. And recently I discovered another one great way recuperation: equestrian sport. In the Anuchinsky district, in the village of Novogordeevka, an equestrian club “Sofist” was opened, where competitions for the Primorye Governor’s Cup are held at the hippodrome every fall. I can handle the “iron horse” - I’ve been driving for 15 years, and now I’m mastering the skills of taming a war horse. Riding horses is very useful: you immediately get a sea of ​​adrenaline, and you are no longer tired.

And, of course, work also helps to recover. The head of the settlement must be aware of all matters, and when, for example, the villagers are preparing for a holiday, they come up with funny scenario, they are preparing concert numbers - I, too, will certainly take part in this fuss. I used to sing in the choir, but now I don’t have much time.

While I was telling you, I formulated: in order to be able to relax, you need to be able to find positivity in everything that surrounds you. If you don’t have enough money now, you can’t buy equipment to clear roads of snow - it’s unpleasant, of course. But “life doesn’t end tomorrow,” and tomorrow, let’s say, it turns out that a fellow villager has a tractor with which to clean the streets, and you can negotiate with him. Or, now, the Maslenitsa holiday is coming soon - we’re already looking forward to it!

- Tell us more about your family. You spoke so warmly about your mother...

I was born in a big friendly family beekeepers, and we are all very grateful to our parents for the fact that there are so many of us - 56 people, if we count our grandchildren. Today, a lot of attention is paid to large families, and I believe that really all the most valuable things are laid in the family. If the family foundation is strong, a strong and integral personality will grow. This is how they tried to raise their sons.

Now the sons have grown up, the eldest lives in Vladivostok, now a captain in the internal service. The younger one, after serving in the army, also tried to serve, but decided that this was not his calling: he was in technology, metal. Now he works at Dalspetsstroy in Ussuriysk. They often come home and hunt. Men have their own amusements: the sons and their father are members of the Jaguar hunting society. But we go for mushrooms, berries, or wild plants with the whole family.

I once wanted a girl so bad... But now, thanks to my sons, there are girls in the family, and you can be confidential with them like a woman. The grandson is still alone, continues family tradition- has been involved in sports (hockey) since childhood; his parents put him on skates at the age of six. Children love hunting and fishing, younger son I even jumped with a parachute - youthful dreams should come true! Let's see what will happen next…

- Tatyana Selivestrovna, you were born in the Chuguevsky district? What warm wind brought you here?

Along the way (smiles)! My parents met on Sakhalin and came to Primorye in the early sixties. In general, my father is Siberian, and my mother is from Krasnodar. I was born in Kalinovka (this village is no longer on the map of our region), graduated from Koksharovskaya high school, then entered Khabarovsk Polytechnical Institute, received a diploma in economic engineering. And then she returned, like many then, to Koksharovka. I was already married, we were expecting our eldest son, our sons were born here. We built a house and began to live and live (laughs).

- How did you manage to manage everything?

We were young. And now I want to see something interesting, without getting hung up on the almighty "We must!" family. And we don’t regret at all that we left big city. In a small village, it is even easier to raise children - there is no such fuss, and many will respond to a request for help - we are not strangers to each other. Remember these lines? “Don’t live sadly, don’t regret what happened, don’t guess what will happen - take care of what you have...”

- Do you have any wishes for the women on the eve? Women's Day?

Certainly! I wish all women health, strength, patience, spring and warmth in life. Congratulations to my colleagues, with whom we know each other so well. And I wish everyone peace in the family and loving and understanding men, the very real ones!

A word about the director.

This essay was written two years before publication on the site. The heroine of the essay, Alexandra Arsentievna Sterkhova, celebrated her 80th birthday on September 12, 2015. She retired in 2014, but the school still remembers and loves her.

First of September again. The first bell rings, and smart schoolchildren rush to take their places in bright classrooms, sparkling with fresh paint, decorated with greenery and new blinds. It is cozy and festive at the school, where everything is ready for the new school year: subject rooms equipped with modern office equipment, numerous aids; a beautiful library, welcoming its first visitors with solemn silence; a spacious dining room, with a thoughtful design, more like a cozy cafe. Everything is pleasing to the eye, everything is subordinated to the main goal: to create for high school students ideal conditions for study and recreation. They strived for this and invested a lot of effort and money and parents and teachers, and, to the best of their ability, the boys themselves. But the main inspirer of all the affairs of the school-gymnasium, the creative mentor of the team, its soul is the director of the Guards UVK Alexandra Arsentievna Sterkhova.

There is no more honored person in the Simferopol region than our director. 55 years she gave to pedagogy! The teaching career for Alexandra Arsentievna is not just a job, it is a truly great Service to the noble cause of educating new generations. Hundreds of graduates reverently pronounce the name of their beloved Director. Alexandra Arsentievna dedicated the Guards School more than forty years.On the basis of a small garrison school, she created a new multidisciplinary educational complex, year after year graduating great life comprehensively prepared students, distinguished by strong knowledge. 269 gold and silver medalists are the pride of UVK and, of course, Alexandra Arsentievna. Up to 80% of graduates enter higher educational institutions every year. 24 candidates and doctors of science were educated by the Second Guards under the leadership of director A.A. Sterkhova. The competitiveness of UVK is largely due to the high qualifications of teachers, to which Alexandra Arsentievna pays special attention: the methodological growth of the teacher, in her opinion, is the main task of the school management. The director painstakingly and skillfully guides the studies and development of each member of the team. He gives a lot of strength and energy She works with young teachers, subtly and wisely corrects the activities of experienced mentors.

A special feature of Alexandra Arsentievna is a heightened sense of the new. The most advanced pedagogical discoveries and methodological innovations are reflected in the practice of the Gvardeysky UVK. Creation of the “School of Health”, participation in the program “ Open world", the use of innovative computer technology in teaching - all this is introduced and mastered in the school-gymnasium on the initiative or with the assistance of the director.

It’s no secret how difficult it is to strengthen the material base of a school in a crisis. The role of the director in this process is decisive. Alexandra Arsentievna tirelessly searches for new opportunities, establishes connections with sponsors, and finds response and support from parents. Thanks to her dedicated activities, she flourishes Guards UVK.Equipped the latest technology informational and methodological center, classrooms, two computer classes. The school's classrooms and recreation areas are beautiful and cozy, the gym has been updated. The well-groomed school grounds delight with a variety of plants and lush decoration of the flower beds.

Forty years of school leadership! Is it a lot or a little? For children this figure is eternity, for UVK it is a formative stage, for the director it is life.

Life... Was it happy? Certainly! Since childhood, Sasha dreamed of becoming a teacher. Even in difficult times school years In war-wounded Simferopol, Sashenka helped her friends study homework and started games for “school.” And receded into the background, drowned out constant feeling hunger, common to all the children of that terrible time...

She graduated from eight classes with honors and, together with her friend, went to enter a pedagogical school in Kaliningrad. She will never forget that happy June day when the school director presented her with her first diploma. “You were truly born in a teacher’s shirt,” his words sounded like a school bell!

And here is the first school! Near Kaliningrad, in the Chkalovsk garrison, it began big way teacher There Alexander met her destiny as a woman. A young black-browed navigator with intolerantly blue eyes managed to win the heart of a young teacher. His name was Herman. Smart, serious, attentive - maybe this is what she dreamed about while wandering with her friends through the narrow streets of the old city, filled with the smell of blooming lilacs? The wedding was held modestly, among friends. So she found a new profession - the wife of an officer, a faithful friend and companion in the harsh military service. Son Igorek was born in Kaliningrad, and a year later German was sent to the Higher Officer Courses in Riga. New assignments - new moves, new military camps.

Far East. The Mongokhto garrison is a romantic's dream: the nearest town, Vanino, is 20 kilometers away, surrounded by a sea of ​​taiga and hills, hills... Such places remain forever in the heart... An unknown comedian named the only street of the garrison Teatralnaya. In their free time from flying, pilots and their families gathered at the Officers' House, organized unforgettable evenings, and played chess. But our favorite holiday was in nature: we picked lingonberries and mushrooms among the pines and ferns, and sang songs with a guitar. Friendship of those distant years remain faithful forever. There, in Mongokhto, Alexandra Arsentievna went through a real school of life, formation - both in the family and in the profession. Igor grew up there and German Pavlovich perfected his skills. There Sashenka first became a teacher primary classes, and then, after graduating from the Pedagogical Institute in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, he became a head teacher and director. The gratitude and respect of others is the main reward for a young director. And the love of children - schoolchildren, especially the dearest ones, whom Alexandra Arsentievna led from the first to the eighth grade, until her husband was transferred. The children have scattered all over the country, but even now, forty years later, they send their beloved teacher news about themselves and their gratitude for her huge role in educating them. best qualities. Igor Kochalovsky, already a retired captain of the 1st rank, confesses his love in poetry to a person dear to him - his first teacher, and Galina Krylova, the director of a school in St. Petersburg, calls thousands of kilometers away to hear the voice of her beloved mentor that has become familiar.

Alexandra Arsentievna has been living and working in Gvardeyskoye for forty years. Here her beloved son Igor graduated from school, from here he left to study and became, like his father, a military pilot. They were surprisingly similar - father and son: stately, beautiful, blue-eyed. Tenderness and respect from dear people is the main component of the success of director A.A. Sterkhova. The understanding, support of her husband, the care of Tatyana’s son and daughter-in-law, the love of her grandchildren and great-granddaughter are a woman’s great happiness, her support in life. Even now, when German Pavlovich is not around, she is surrounded by his paintings, written in last years life, and their warmth helps Alexandra Arsentievna remember only the brightest things in life.

Here she is standing on the ceremonial line at school - beautiful, slender, well-groomed, confident. Extraordinary, courageous and a beautiful woman! With her intelligence, high culture and noble simplicity, she managed to create around herself an atmosphere of mutual understanding, creativity, and search. For many years of fruitful activity A.A. Sterkhova was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. Of course, this is not the limit! We sincerely wish the director new victories, achievements and worthy appreciation of her work. Good luck to you, dear Alexandra Arsentievna!

A.A. Fischuk, teacher of Russian language and literature

Sketches for portraits of contemporaries

The myth that women can talk about their own kind exclusively in a dismissive and condescending tone was dispelled by the recently published collection “Women about Women.”

The idea to create such a book arose in the bowels of the public organization, the Association of Journalists "Aksinya", which just this year celebrates its 15th anniversary and decided to present itself, its beloved, with such original gift. A few months ago, the head of Aksinya, Irina Mardar, invited members of her organization to write essays about their contemporaries - about those whom they have known for a hundred years or whom they met quite recently, about young or old people who occupy high positions or who have found something modest, but very important for them. their place in life. The main thing is that the person is interesting to the author - no matter what, his biography or its individual episodes, his non-standard views on the world or commitment to conceptual principles that he himself developed, his attitude towards the profession or people. The main thing is that the heroine of the future essay should somehow surprise, amaze, or delight the author, which makes him want to write about her.

Members of the Aksinya organization (and the overwhelming majority are women) responded with enthusiasm to the proposal, especially since journalism is very close to many of them, and it seemed like becoming the authors of the collection, returning to such an almost forgotten genre today as the essay, or just trying it out very tempting. And, speaking in journalistic language, each had plenty of material for this, because there are no uninteresting people, there is a reluctance or inability to “stir up” one’s character, explore his fate, press hidden “springs”.

The presentation of the collection “Women on Women” took place last Friday in the fireplace room of the central city library, and, as often happens with “Aksinya” events, there was a twist. Along with the authors of essays about women, the heroines of the essays were also invited to the meeting. This added general atmosphere holiday... reality. Here they are, our contemporaries, real, not fictitious, not born of creative imagination. Each woman in these sincere stories is truly “ the whole world worthy of everyone's attention", each of them "lives in full height and creates his own personal history in the context of the history of a large country."

“Women about Women” is an anti-glamor publication. A woman here is attracted not by “a minimum of clothing or a maximum of bright feathers on her”, not by involvement in intrigues, scandals, investigations. She is ordinary, and at the same time, when you hold your gaze on her and focus your attention, she turns out to be not so ordinary, but on the contrary, she has invaluable experience and unique personality traits. This idea was emphasized by Irina Mardar, who is also the editor and compiler of the collection, when welcoming the presentation participants. And then each author was given the floor - about the “searches and finds” of his heroine. And the heroines, in turn, expressed their attitude towards the idea of ​​“Aksinya” brought to life.

By the way, the publication of the book became possible thanks to funds from the Global Fund for Women, and also from the publishing house “Old Russians” (Rostov-on-Don), headed by Natalya Startseva, a writer, author of the novels “Into the Light of Love”, “To Me” It doesn’t hurt”, a collection of fairy tales “Tales from the Christmas Tree”. She attended the presentation and declared her love for all the heroines of the collection’s essays, who became close to her during the preparation of the book for publication. And a great gift for everyone gathered in the fireplace room, and there were not only the authors and heroines of the collection, but also members of other public organizations the cities that came to congratulate “Aksinya” on her birthday were books by Natalya Startseva with a personal signature.

All presentation participants received the book “Women about Women” as a gift. And on Monday, several such books were presented to the local history department of the library named after. Pushkin and each branch. Any reader can get acquainted with the collection of sketches about contemporary women.

My glorious criminal investigation!
The ranks have been replenished again,
And you are still just as young again,
And so are you with crime on YOU!

Fate decreed that from 1974 to 1993 I worked in the criminal investigation department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Tambov Region as an investigator for the search for criminals and missing citizens. She worked her way up from junior lieutenant to police lieutenant colonel. I was always proud that I worked with real men who knew their business, were completely dedicated to difficult work, detectives from God. Many of them died early, but the memory lives on. I dedicate my essays to them and all employees of the criminal investigation department.

In this essay I want to talk about the famous, respected resident of Tambov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Gornostaev. For many, many people he remains a model of intelligence,
integrity, extraordinary spiritual kindness. He worked for 30 years in internal affairs bodies, was the head of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs, and deputy head of the regional criminal investigation department. And wherever he worked, he was always a model for his subordinates - in every respect. They learned professionalism, restraint, and tact from him. Everyone who happened to go through Gornostaev’s school acquired an elusive resemblance to the boss - they also scrupulously understood the smallest details crimes, carefully calculated options so that innocent people would not inadvertently be harmed during operational actions.

Different situations arose. In the summer of 1974, police sergeant Mursalov, returning from duty at night, entered into single combat with hooligans. They stopped a Zaporozhets on the road, driven by a Great Patriotic War veteran. Patriotic War, broke the windows and tried to turn the car over. The sergeant rushed to help the elderly man. During the fight, one of the thugs stabbed the policeman in the back. The wound turned out to be fatal. It became a matter of honor for the head of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs V. Gornostaev to solve the crime and punish those responsible for the death of a colleague. The operatives got down to business. It turned out that the killer was hiding in Uvarovo. V. Gornostaev, V. Tolmachev (then the head of the police department on duty) with criminal investigation officers went to arrest. When we entered the right house, the criminal was sleeping. Without disturbing him, the police took out two knives from under the pillow, and then woke up the killer. Seeing the operatives, he immediately put his hand under the pillow and howled...

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich did not leave the family of the deceased sergeant in trouble. Soon his wife Lida Mursalova put on a police uniform and came to work in the same department where her husband served.

Another trait of our boss captivated us - he never hid behind other people’s backs, he always took responsibility for himself. That's why we tried not to let him down.

Many Tambov residents remember 1978, when a real war broke out between hooligans and thieves. It began with the murder of a certain Rublev. The guy grew up in a good family (his mother was an Honored Teacher of the RSFSR), went in for sports, but became friends with thieves and often helped them pickpocket. Once, for a gambling debt, he beat up S., who was convicted of hooliganism. Soon, thieves and hooligans met in a pub near the Stedenets River. The brother of the offended S. called Rublev aside and inflicted several stab wounds on him, from which he died. This is how confrontation arose in the criminal environment. Hooligans and thieves in an irreconcilable battle multiplied the number of victims. Three people were killed, one was missing, and two were wounded. This count could have grown steadily if the criminal investigation officers had not intervened.
V. Gornostaev and V. Tolmachev (at that time the head of the regional criminal investigation department) became tacticians and strategists in restoring order in the city of Tambov. The participants in the bloody showdown were identified and their arrests began. We received information that one of the thieves was hiding in the village of Pushkari with a friend. He has a sawed-off shotgun and won’t just give up. Police officers conducted reconnaissance of the area. The house in which the criminal was hiding had two entrances and was located next to the first-aid post. Almost the entire village was visible from his windows. What should you do to ensure that people are not harmed during the arrest? Gornostaev proposed a plan, with which the management of the Internal Affairs Directorate agreed.

Along one of the quiet streets, distant from the city center, an ambulance was moving towards Pushkari. There were men in white coats inside. Passers-by could not even guess who they were going to provide and what kind of help. The “medical workers” were wearing bulletproof vests and hidden pistols under their gowns. They were not in a hurry because of a call from a sick person.

In the car were “doctor” V. Gornostaev and “paramedic” - operative Sergei Nilov. Criminal investigation officers Semyon Slobin and Boris Posevkin were sprawled on the floor of the salon with machine guns in their hands. When the ambulance arrived at the first-aid post, the doctors with a bag got out of it, and the submachine gunners accompanying them, seizing the moment, quietly made their way into a nearby building to control the windows of the house under surveillance. Nilov gave a prearranged signal to Tolmachev and other employees who were in the car outside the outskirts.

In a matter of minutes, Gornostaev, Tolmachev, Grebennikov stood at the threshold of the house, at the other entrance - Protasov, Chikanaev and other operatives. The assault was lightning fast. The thief, who did not expect an attack, was so confused that he did not have time to grab his sawn-off shotgun. Handcuffs tightened around his wrists. So, thanks to the decisive actions of law enforcement officers, the bloodshed in the city stopped.

More than once or twice, V. Gornostaev participated in the detention of armed criminals. It happened when they shot at him. The task before the criminal investigation officers was tough: to achieve one hundred percent detection of murders and crimes involving serious bodily injury. And if they couldn’t do it without delay, they worked on them for years. So, in the late 70s, now already the last century, on the threshold of the store regional center unknown persons killed a 20-year-old guy. The response was great, but the investigation immediately encountered many difficulties. More than a year went into scrupulous work: they were looking for participants in the fight during which the young man died. It was established that one of them has the nickname “Grey-haired”.

The alibis of more than 200 people with the same nickname living in Tambov and its suburbs were checked. When the next suspect was brought to the department, V.M. Gornostaev organized a full verification of all the versions put forward by him in his defense. It took a day to refute them and completely expose the criminal. The boss was the last to leave the department that day, late at night.

It has become flesh and blood. Vyacheslav Mikhailovich understood everything down to the subtleties. IN difficult situations took the “fire” upon himself, stood up for the honor of his uniform, regardless of the ranks and positions of his opponents. I remember such a case. Two drivers of the regional executive committee were detained for hooliganism. “Your shoulder straps will be removed!” - they threatened the policemen. And yet they received 15 days of administrative arrest. But Gornostaev was called to the carpet. The police colonel responded simply to the claims made: “I have always believed that Soviet authority defends Soviet laws." On the same day, negligent drivers were brought to a special detention center work books– they were fired from their jobs.

Now, when you watch countless television series about the police, in which the chiefs, as a rule, are people of narrow minds, klutzes, you involuntarily remember Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Gornostaev. He remains our pride even now; we should make films and write books about such people, so that young people have someone to make a life of.