Working at the Vladimir Ilyich Electromechanical Plant, 1960 #1 & 2

From the Soviet Press, 1960

These pictures were taken at the Vladimir Ilyich electromechanical plant built in a Moscow suburb at the end of the century. Fyodor Titov got his first job at this plant 45 years ago. At that time - before the Revolution - he worked an 11 -hour day.

When the Soviet government came to power in 1917, an 8-hour day was established by law throughout the country. By the time Anatoli Shamovich, shown here, came to work at the plant in 1929, a shorter day had been instituted for the night shift and for those workers who did the more arduous and hazardous jobs. As the country's economy grew stronger, the Soviet government was able to cut the workday again, but that was halted by the Nazi attack.

The plant building in the 2000s.