PARSHIN MIKHAIL ALEXANDROVICH – AN OUTSTANDING WAGON ENGINEER AND A PUBLIC CHARACTER OF THE KHABAROVSK TERRITORY

his article is devoted to the main stages of the life and work of Parshin Mikhail Alexandrovich, a carriage service engineer, who had been working on the Stalingrad, Amur, Chinese-Changchun and Far Eastern Railways, as well as in the Soviets elected bodies of the Khabarovsk Territory (Executive committee of Railway District Council of Workers' Deputies of Khabarovsk, the Regional Administration of Local Industry of the Council of People's Deputies of Workers of the Khabarovsk Territory) and in Khabarovsk Institute of Railway Engineers (KhabIIZhT). The article also highlights the features of his activities, labor exploits, awards and incentives for the work done. The article pays attention to historical background and developments of Mikhail Alexandrovich’s work. The work addresses to reading public and shows an importance of honor and self-sacrificing labor not only during the difficult war years, but also in peacetime.