This photo was taken in 1973 and shows me. At that time I worked at the Vibrator factory. I started working there after my return from evacuation.
You know, it was a problem for me to get back to Leningrad after the end of the war. My wife returned, but the factory administration did not want to let me go, because I was one of the leading designers.
Later I was appointed a shop superintendent. It was necessary to find a replacement, so I managed and then they let me go. I got to Leningrad via Moscow.
We lost our room: leaving Leningrad I simply put my key under the rug near the front door. And when we arrived, we could not get inside the room: it was occupied.
Everything was awfully difficult. Some time I worked not in compliance with my profession, and later (in 1948) I found job of designer at the Vibrator factory. I worked there from 1948 till 1984 (36 years).
Vibrator factory produced electrical measuring instruments. At that time there were 5 different types of instruments and I was the chief of design office for one of those types. I had got 18 subordinates.
We worked upon a model of the instrument and handed it over to the factory where they produced instruments after our example. I invited hard-working people to the office, all of them were professionals.
We were not close friends, but I remember that we celebrated someone's birthday together (I do not remember exactly).
Jews worked in our office, too. But most of our employees were Russian. We worked and our administration board was satisfied with our work. Our instruments were on sale abroad.
By the way, the factory director and the chief designer were Jews. Our team was very efficient.
