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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
A memorial plaque was laid at the site of the installation of the monument to the outstanding statesman and political figure, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Commission for the Construction and Development of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), twice Hero of Socialist Labor Heydar Aliyev in the park next to the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Moscow. The ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vitaly Savelyev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation Rahman Mustafayev, General Director – Chairman of the Board of JSC Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov, Advisor to the General Director on a voluntary basis of JSC Russian Railways Gennady Fadeyev, President of the All-Russian public organization “BAM” Efim Basin.
Sergei Sobyanin recalled that last year Russia celebrated a major anniversary – 50 years since the start of one of the most grandiose construction projects of the Soviet Union – the Baikal-Amur Mainline. The mainline still plays a huge role in the country’s economy.
“The BAM Builders’ Association has asked to erect a monument to Heydar Aliyev, one of the main organizers of this construction project. The Russian government and Russian Railways have actively supported this request. The Moscow City Duma Commission has decided to support this request. Today, I have signed an order to build a monument to Heydar Aliyev here, in the park next to the Azerbaijani embassy,” said Sergei Sobyanin.
In total, about two million people were involved in the BAM construction project. For many of them, the construction and then work on the highway became a life’s work and a feat. Heydar Aliyev not only supervised this construction on behalf of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, he lived this construction, emphasized Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vitaly Savelyev.
“And today I am happy to welcome the BAM veterans who have dedicated most of their lives to this construction. Of course, this is a landmark object for us, and we will continue the construction of the BAM in a new composition. Because it is difficult to overestimate the significance of this construction, this railway for our country. The eternal memory of Heydar Alievich Aliyev will forever be in the hearts of our people,” noted Vitaly Savelyev.
The BAM builders remember and honor the memory of Heydar Aliyev, Efim Basin emphasized. The monument dedicated to him will be a symbol of his great service to the country.
“Especially since it was necessary not only to build a four thousand kilometer railway, but also to develop the territory of the BAM, and this is an area under which about a third of Russia’s natural resources lie – the entire periodic table. That is why the entire country built the BAM. And many villages were built by the efforts of the Union republics and large cities of Russia, such as, for example, Tynda, built by Moscow. Leningrad built Severobaykalsk, and Azerbaijani envoys built Ulkan. But not only the Ulkan station, but also an additional Angoya, on which today there is a plaque (at the station of this station) that this is the station named after Heydar Aliyevich Aliyev. This is important for us. Even today, when passing by, train drivers give a honk in memory of this great man,” noted Efim Basin.
For modern railway workers, BAM is a construction site where they learn, adopting the experience of their predecessors – people with prophetic and strategic vision, Oleg Belozerov emphasized.
“Without BAM, it is impossible to transport cargo to the East today. We are learning, we honor the memory of our predecessors and are very grateful to Heydar Aliyevich Aliyev. We even consider him our railwayman, since he devoted so much time to this project, and 1974 – well, first of all, 1984 – were very difficult years for the Soviet Union. In order to complete the construction, it was necessary to have outstanding management talents. We are currently adopting this experience. We remind young people how the facility was built, what a labor feat is. Well, and we, managers, of course, remember Heydar Aliyev and try to be like him. And this monument is a great honor for us,” said Oleg Belozerov.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation Rahman Mustafayev expressed his deep gratitude to the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Moscow for their attention to the memory of the national leader of Azerbaijan. He recalled that Heydar Aliyev headed strategic areas of economic, scientific, cultural and educational development in high positions in the Soviet Union.
“I believe that the monument that is being laid today is a memory not only of Heydar Aliyev, but it is also, to a large extent, a monument to Azerbaijani-Russian friendship,” the ambassador emphasized.
Construction of BAM
As First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Heydar Aliyev supervised a large-scale infrastructure project — the Baikal-Amur Mainline. Heading the government commission, he personally visited the BAM construction site many times and made a significant contribution to the project’s implementation at the final stage.
The Baikal-Amur Mainline is a 4,324-kilometer-long railway running through Eastern Siberia and the Far East.
One of the largest transport arteries in the world runs north of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The strategic advantage of the BAM is that it is located in the depths of the country at a distance of 700-1000 kilometers from the state border.
The BAM plays a vital role in the development of Siberia, the Far East and the Far North. It has enabled the richest deposits of coal, iron ore, tin, gold, copper, molybdenum, oil and gas to be put into circulation, and this powerful raw material base to be used for the operation of plants, factories, plants and the long-term development of domestic industry. At the turn of the 21st century, the BAM helped open the markets of the Asia-Pacific region for the Russian economy and provided a reliable transit route for all of Eurasia. Together with the Trans-Siberian Railway, it has become a strategic transport corridor of not only national but also global significance.
On April 26, 2023, a solemn ceremony was held at the Yaroslavsky railway station in the capital at the memorial plaque to the BAM builders. That same year, an exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev and his contribution to the implementation of the project opened at the Kazansky railway station.
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