DESIGN AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES OF LENINGRAD MACHINE-BUILDING PLANT No. 7 NAMED AFTER M.V. FRUNZE IN JUNE 1941 - APRIL 1942
The article reveals the design and production activities of the Leningrad state machine-building plant No. 7 named after M.V. Frunze in June 1941 - April 1942. During this period, against the background of the most difficult situation at the front, the military industry of Leningrad was moving to a new, mobilization mode of operation in an accelerated period of time. The military factories of Leningrad preserved the production of small arms and artillery weapons, as well as ammunition for them. The required production volumes were achieved by reviewing the internal organization of each of the enterprises, updating all available material and non-material resources, building new cooperative ties, which included new enterprises repurposed from other, “civilian” industries and involved in the production of military products. Leningrad plant No. 7 was one of the main enterprises for the production of mortar weapons. In addition, the production of “noncore” products-small arms-was mastered. The article, based on archival materials, describes the company’s activities in the conditions of the besieged city, which was carried out against the background of a catastrophic humanitarian situation. The work on saving the staff and production of the plant, carried out by the company's management headed by A.D. Kallistratov in the period from June 1941 to April 1942 in the extreme conditions of the besieged city, made a significant contribution to the preservation of the possibility of providing the troops of the Leningrad front with artillery and small arms. In 1942-1945 plant No. 7 increased the production of military products and expanded the range of manufactured products.