Galina Bogdanova
Galina Mikhaylovna Bogdanova was a Russian grinder and production leader. She worked at the Ufa Engine-Building Plant from 1941 to her retirement in 1980. Bogdanova was a recipient of the Medal "For Labour Valour", the Order of the October Revolution and the title of Hero of Socialist Labour with the Order of Lenin.
Early life
Bogdanova was born in the village of, Novoladozhsky Uyezd, Saint Petersburg Governorate on 19 February 1925. She was a member of a peasant family of the Romanovs. Bogdanova was the daughter of Mikhail Petrovich Romanov and Anna Sergeyevna. She had two brothers and she, her mother and younger brother were evacuated away from Leningrad to the city of Ufa in July 1941 during the Great Patriotic War. Bogdanova did seven years of education.Career
She began working as a grinder at the Ufa Engine-Building Plant of the Ministry of Aviation Industry in the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on 16 July 1941, eventually becoming a qualified specialist in grinding. She also became a senior planner at the plant as well as a polisher. Constantly improving her skills and expertise, Bogdanova consistently met production quotas by 120 to 125 percent and delivered high-quality products she manufactured on first delivery. She worked under the motto, "To produce more, better quality products, at lower costs." During the Ninth five-year plan between 1971 and 1975, Bogdanova was an active participant in the socialist competition for the early completion of the Five-Year Plan, succeeding in four years. From January 1975, Bogdanova started to work toward the Tenth five-year plan. Subsequently, she reconsidered her earlier commitments and asked for a 20 percent increase in production quotas.She was an deputy of the of the from 1967 to 1971. Bogdanova retired in 1980 after working at the plant for almost 40 years. She died in Ufa on 9 September 2013 and was buried at the city's Northern Cemetery.