Diana Stukanova
Peter Prusov
Publishing series "Creators of AVTOVAZ"
Togliatti 2011
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Stukanova D.N. Pyotr Prusov. Series “Creators of AVTOVAZ”, issue 6, editor-compiler A.E. Stepanov, Tolyatti, 2011, 192 p. (+240 c. ill.).
The historical and biographical book is dedicated to the life and work of the third chief designer of AVTOVAZ OJSC (1998-2003), the leading designer of the VAZ-2121 car
"Niva" (Lada 4x4), head of the working group on projects for the production of LADA cars and auto components in the Chechen Republic, vice-president of the Russian Association of Automotive Engineers Petr Mikhailovich Prusov.
The book is illustrated with photographs from the personal archives of P.M. Prusov, Yu.M. Dawn").
The publication is intended for the general reader.
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FOREWORD
“You can emerge victorious from any situation. The main thing is the desire to win.” These words are a suitable epigraph for the biography of my hero. Pyotr Mikhailovich Prusov is from the generation of winners. After all, he was born in a partisan zone. In Belarus, desperately fighting the Nazis. In the Belarusian village, among the cheerful people. A sense of self-irony kept and keeps him. Strong in spirit is the one who can laugh at himself and not give up in the most hopeless situation.
The hero's monologues about childhood, youth, student life, military service, which will follow below, reveal the origins of his character. The character of a militant optimist.
There were many tests in Prusov's life - he withstood them with dignity.
Among the peaks he conquered, the largest is VAZ.
In the summer of 1970, a young Belarusian, a graduate of the Zaporizhzhya Machine-Building Institute, came to the department of the chief designer of VAZ. The newcomer was thrown directly into the water, that is, into the depths of production. He turned out to be lively and stubborn, he immediately showed character. Thanks to his outstanding qualities, two years later he was appointed the lead designer of the E2121 project, the future Niva.
When Prusov is called the father of the Niva, he argues, disagreeing with such a one-sided point of view. His arguments are clear: Niva is a team creation. Prusov worked on the SUV project together with his colleagues – constructors, designers, testers, technologists.
The design of the Niva in the 1970s was revolutionary: never before in the world has a jeep been built on the components of a passenger car. Such a scheme as that of the Niva (carrying body, independent front suspension, disc brakes) was proposed for the first time. "Niva" was born
disputes at all levels. However, the game was worth the candle. By design, it was recognized as one of the most successful projects of the Volga Automobile Plant.
Contrary to the stereotype, Prusov is involved not only in the birth
"Niva". Pyotr Mikhailovich made his contribution to the development of such projects as "LADA SAMARA" ("eight", "nine" and its modifications -
"93rd" and "99th" models), "OKA", "LADA 110", "LADA KALINA",
"LADA PRIORA"... Many ideas were embodied in these cars with his support and on his initiative. It was Prusov who had the opportunity to make key decisions in the rank of head of the design service: from 1983 to 1998 he was the deputy chief designer, and from 1998 to 2003 he was the chief designer of AVTOVAZ.
Being the chief designer of AvtoVAZ, he dreamed of making
"development project". But it so happened that all the time after the G8 I had to do “survival projects”. The realities of production clipped the wings of the dream.
Nevertheless, Prusov managed to bring to life outstanding projects that left their mark on the history of AVTOVAZ and the domestic automotive industry. The scale of activity of Petr Mikhailovich has long crossed the limits of Togliatti and AVTOVAZ.
In recent years, Petr Mikhailovich worked as an adviser to the vice-president of JSC AVTOVAZ for long-term development. And now he is a leading design engineer. A quiet, well-deserved rest is not for him. Moreover, in 2007 Prusov became the head of the working group on projects for the production of LADA cars and auto components in Chechnya. The creation of the production of VAZ cars there is a serious step that needs to be calculated to the smallest detail. Therefore, regular business trips to the Chechen Republic are an important item in his busy schedule today.
In addition, until recently, Prusov was the president of the Russian Association of Automotive Engineers. Now he is the vice-president of this authoritative public organization. In the community of Russian engineers, Prusov's authority is very high.
And there is also a family - beloved wife, daughters, grandchildren and granddaughters. There are a lot of friends. His heart is open to everyone. He truly loves people. And help them selflessly.
The impetuous life of Pyotr Mikhailovich Prusov contained many bright moments that formed like the grains of a mosaic in the endless canvas of the history of AVTOVAZ.
Chapter I
ORIGINS OF CHARACTER
In war as in war
Piotr was born on Christmas Eve, January 6, 1942, in the village of Zubki, Liozno District, Vitebsk Region. The fifth and last child in the Prusov family. As his mother recalled, it happened late in the evening: “It was already quite dark.” And she also remembered one detail: as soon as Petya was born, he immediately stared at the burning lamp with his little eyes. As if the baby was inquisitive from a sort.
Peter Prusov says:
- I myself call the teeth the centro-navel. If a circle with a radius of 600 kilometers is drawn around my native village, then it will include Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk and Tallinn, Riga and half of Kiev. It turns out that all these cities are neighborhoods of Zubkov.
From the Editor
Liozno district is a picturesque corner in the east of the Vitebsk region. It occupies an area of 1.4 thousand square meters. km. It borders in the north and west on Vitebsk and Sennensky, in the south - on the Orsha and Dubrovensky districts of the Vitebsk region, in the east - on the Rudnyansky district of the Smolensk region of the Russian Federation. The center of the district - the urban settlement of Liozno - is located 40 km from the regional center, the city of Vitebsk, and 270 km from the capital of the republic, the city of Minsk. The urban settlement of Liozno became the regional center on July 17, 1924.
Liozno appeared on the map in 1569. There are several different versions about the origin of the name. It is believed by many that the settlement was built for Prince Asovsky by peasants from the village of Mikulino, and the surrounding people called them lezny, that is, newcomers, strangers.
“Lez people are strangers, non-locals, walkers, lazy people, runaway peasants.” In the documents of the 16th century, the expression “tough people” is repeatedly found. If we go from the German "loze" - this is a free people, freed from guild dependence. That's probably how it was. These people settled here, which is why the village was named Lezno. Others believe that the name comes from the word "vine", that is, from a place where there are a lot of vines. Still others are convinced that the first settlers of this place were the Lioznov brothers, from whose surname the place got its name.
There is also a legend about Liozno. One merchant had a son, Andrei, and a beautiful daughter, Marysia, who was very much liked by the local priest. Once the merchant and his son left for a bargain, and at that time the priest showed up to the girl and tried to seduce her. She lured him into the bath, and when he undressed, scalded him with boiling water. The priest got angry, and when his father returned, he said nasty things to him: “I caught your daughter in the bathhouse, but not one, they undressed me, poured boiling water over me.” The merchant became angry and ordered his son to kill the harlot daughter. But Andrey took Marysya out of the house, and for little money they bought a “vineyard place” – a plot overgrown with vines, uprooted it, plowed it up, and built a house. And the settlement of Loznoe-Lozno-Lyozno-Liozno arose here.
Liozno region is located at the crossroads of roads and trade routes. The ancient trade route "from the Varangians to the Greeks" passed here, roads from Western Europe to Eastern Europe converged here, and the fate of states was often decided. Here were the Principality of Polotsk and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Vitebsk Voivodeship).
The settlers of Liozno were engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, hunting and beekeeping, i...
(1998-2003), Doctor of Technical Sciences.
Biography
AvtoVAZ
After graduating from the institute with honors, he chose the Volzhsky Automobile Plant for distribution; in 1970-1975 - design engineer of the control chassis design department of the chief designer of the plant.
In April 1972, Prusov was appointed lead designer of the VAZ-2121 project.
In 1975-1978, P. M. Prusov was the head of the design bureau for the advanced design of vehicles of the department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant. In 1977 he defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of technical sciences on the topic "Features of the transmission of four-wheel drive vehicles."
In 1978-1983, he was the head of the general layout department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant; in 1983-1988 - deputy head of the chief designer's department - deputy chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant.
In 1998-2003 - chief designer of the general development department of AvtoVAZ OJSC.
In 2003 he retired.
Since 2007, he has been a leading design engineer of the homologation department of the department for designing and maintaining the composition of the vehicle of the engineering directorate of AvtoVAZ OJSC.
Prusov Petr Mikhailovich Leading Design Engineer of the Homologation Department of the Department of Design and Maintenance of the Vehicle of the Directorate for Engineering of JSC AVTOVAZ.
Labor activity:
1958 - 1962 - study at the Gorodok College of Agricultural Mechanization of the Liozno District of the Vitebsk Region;
1959 - 1960 - participation in the development of virgin lands of the Kazakh SSR;
1962 - mechanization engineer at the Kalinin collective farm of the Kolyshansky village council of the Lioznensky district of the Vitebsk region;
1962 - 1965 - service in the Soviet Army (Belarusian military district) and as part of a limited contingent of Soviet specialists in Algeria, wounded;
1965 - 1970 - studies at the Zaporizhia Machine-Building Institute named after V.Ya.
1967-1970 1999-1999 - engineer-designer of the OGK plant "Kommunar" in Zaporozhye.
1970 - 1975 - design engineer of the chassis design department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant;
1972 - lead designer of the VAZ-2121 project.
1975 - 1978 - head of the design bureau for advanced design of vehicles of the department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant;
1977 - defense of a dissertation for the degree of candidate of technical sciences on the topic "Features of the transmission of all-wheel drive vehicles";
1978 - 1983 - head of the general layout department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant;
1983 - 1988 - Deputy Head of the Department of the Chief Designer - Deputy Chief Designer of the Volga Automobile Plant;
1986 - defense of a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences on the topic "Type of passenger cars of the USSR";
1988 - 1998 - Head of the Vehicle Design Department of the Design and Experimental Complex of the Scientific and Technical Center - Deputy Chief Designer of the AvtoVAZ Production Association;
1998 - 2003 - chief designer of JSC "AVTOVAZ" of the General Department of Development;
1998 - Chairman of the Council of Chief Designers of Russian Automobile Plants;
2000 - technical manager of the project for the production of VAZ-2110 cars from vehicle sets of AVTOVAZ OJSC in Cherkassy (Ukraine);
2002 - technical manager of the project for the production of SUVs "Niva" VAZ-21213 in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan);
2003 - dismissed due to retirement due to age;
2007 - to the present - Leading Design Engineer of the Homologation Department of the Design and Maintenance of the Vehicle Structure of the Engineering Directorate of AVTOVAZ OJSC.
Awards
1959 - medal "For the development of virgin lands";
1975 - badge "Winner of the socialist competition in 1975";
1976 - Order of the Badge of Honor;
1977 - listed in the Book of Honor of the Volga Automobile Plant;
1977 - silver medal of VDNKh of the USSR for the development of the layout of the main structural scheme, terms of reference and technical design of the all-wheel drive vehicle VAZ-2121;
1978 - badge "Winner of the socialist competition in 1978";
1979 - badge "Winner of the socialist competition in 1979";
1980 - sign "Drummer of the tenth five-year plan";
1984 - gold medal of VDNKh of the USSR for the development of the design, the creation of the material and technical base and the refinement of the VAZ-2108 car model;
1984 - honorary title "Honored Machine Builder of the Russian Federation";
1986 - medal "For Labor Valor";
1988 - silver medal of VDNKh of the USSR for the development of the concept of the VAZ-21099 car;
1989 - Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Automobile and Agricultural Engineering of the USSR and the Central Committee of the Workers' Union;
1991 - silver medal of VDNKh of the USSR;
1995 - Letter of thanks from the mayor's office of Togliatti;
1995 - honorary title "Honored Designer of the Russian Federation";
2001 - Honorary diploma of the Governor of the Samara region;
2003 - Honorary diploma of the mayor of the city of Tolyatti N.D. Utkina;
2007 - the gold medal of Peter the Great "For Labor Valor";
2008 - Honorary Award from the American Biographical Institute for excellence in the automotive industry. Installation of a nominal Star on the Alley of Technical Glory in Flint (2010);
2010 - officially registered regalia (cross) Hubners Who is Who of the eponymous International Swiss encyclopedic publishing house. Biography of Prusov P.M. published in the 5th edition of the encyclopedia in Who is Who in Russia.
2012 - medal "For Merit to the Chechen Republic";
2012 - Honorary diploma of the Governor of the Samara region.
Prusov Pyotr Mikhavlovich was born on January 6, 1942 in the village of Zubki, Lioznensky district, Vitebsk region, Byelorussian SSR. Father - Mikhail Vladimirovich Prusov (born in 1905) - collective farm foreman, participant in the hostilities of 3 wars, holder of the Order of the Red Star. Mother - Prusova Olga Emelyanovna (b. 1907) - a collective farm worker, was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and two bronze medals of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements.
The creator of the legendary Niva car, which entered the top three best cars in the world in 1979.
The design of the Niva was truly revolutionary: never before in the world has a jeep been built on the components of a passenger car. Its design was ahead of world developments in this direction. Japan caught up with the USSR in this segment only in 1990, and it was the only Soviet car that was purchased by this country for sale on the domestic market; Niva fan clubs still exist and are actively operating in Japan. "Niva" was successfully sold in more than 100 countries around the world. In New Zealand in the 80s, 40% of all SUVs were Niva, and in Austria - 90%. In France, in general, the Niva has been a cult car for a long time. The Niva dossier contains world-class humanitarian actions: for more than 15 years these vehicles worked at the Soviet Antarctic station named after Bellingshausen, in 1998 the Niva conquered the North Pole of the Earth and under its own power reached the site on the Everest mountain range at an altitude of 5200 m, and in 1999, with a group of climbers, she overcame the ascent to Tibet to a height of 5726 m, which no one else in the world had overcome on wheeled vehicles before. Niva won dozens of victories at international rallies, including Paris-Dakar.
April 5, 2012 marked the 35th anniversary of the start of serial assembly of the Niva, the total volume of sales of which to consumers in all markets has long exceeded 2 million units.
As deputy chief designer (1983-1998) and chief designer of AVTOVAZ (1998-2003), P.M. No wonder in his honor (the only Soviet and Russian auto designer) on the Alley of Technical Glory in Flint (USA) in 2010 a nominal Star was installed.
Prusov is listed in the book "Who is who in Russia", according to this publication, he was awarded 16 Gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals of VDNKh of the USSR.
P.M. Prusov was the initiator of the creation in 1998 and the first chairman of the Council of Chief Designers of Russian Automobile Plants, which confirms the unprecedented height of his authority as a designer and organizer of production in the community of Russian engineers.
Since 2007 Prusov P.M. is engaged in solving problems of expanding the sales markets for the products of JSC AVTOVAZ. With his direct participation, the production of LADA-4x4 cars was organized in the Republic of Kazakhstan at Asia-Avto LLC, which allowed AVTOVAZ OJSC to increase the assembly program of car kits by 5,000 units. Currently, Petr Mikhailovich is working on organizing production at a new automobile assembly plant in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Since 2009 Prusov P.M. led a working group on projects for the production of LADA cars and auto components in Argun, the Chechen Republic. This task has been successfully completed, and in 2012 JSC AVTOVAZ will increase the production of car kits by another 2,000 units. For his contribution to the development of machine-building production in Chechnya in January 2012, the head of the Chechen Republic R.A. Kadyrov awarded Prusov P.M. Medal "For Merit to the Chechen Republic"
Thanks to his great life experience and deep professional knowledge, Prusov P.M. is rightfully invited by the government and relevant organizations to the commissions during the formation and discussion of new regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation in the field of technical regulation of the production and circulation of vehicles. With the active participation of Prusov P.M. the technical regulations of the Russian Federation "On the safety of wheeled vehicles", the special technical regulations of the Russian Federation "On the requirements for emissions of hazardous substances by motor vehicles put into circulation on the territory of the Russian Federation", the technical regulations of the Customs Union "On the safety of wheeled vehicles" were developed and brought to practical implementation. funds".
The number of received by Prusov P.M. Since 2000 alone, there have been 20 patents and copyright certificates for inventions and utility models, of which 4 are for inventions, the economic effect of implementation (excluding co-authors) is about 40 million rubles. For a huge contribution to the development of mechanical engineering on behalf of the Russian Public Commission in 2007, Prusov P.M. was awarded the gold medal of Peter the Great "For Labor Valour".
Prusov P.M. actively participates in social activities. He is a member of the executive committee of the international automotive organization FISITA. Recognition of the merits of Peter Prusov among the technical and scientific community was his election as president of the Association of Automotive Engineers of Russia, currently he holds the position of vice president of this organization. Prusov P.M. works a lot and fruitfully with young engineering staff, has repeatedly headed the State Attestation Commission at Togliatti State University.
In 2004, on the initiative of Petr Mikhailovich, a non-profit organization "Forte Charitable Foundation" was created, which is engaged in the development and implementation of social education programs in the city of Togliatti. He is the founder and chairman of the board of the foundation.
The name of Peter Mikhailovich Prusov is inscribed in golden letters in the history of the global automotive industry. Such people-legends, outstanding world-class figures like Pyotr Mikhailovich, multiplying the glory of Russia, set an example of true patriotism and pride in their native Fatherland. The life and fate of this man are a clear example of honest and conscientious work for the benefit of Russia. It is these people that the younger generation should look up to. It is a great honor for Togliatti that the legendary car designer lives in our city, strengthening the belief in the possibility of further development of his industrial enterprises. Thanks to the work of such people as Pyotr Mikhailovich Prusov, our city rightfully bears the title of the automobile capital of Russia.
Taking into account the contribution to the development of the industry of Togliatti, to the creation of a powerful engineering potential of the city, to strengthening the interest of the world community in the technical developments carried out in Togliatti, to promoting the popularization of engineering specialties among the youth of the city, Petr Mikhailovich Prusov was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the Togliatti City District" (Decision of the Duma city district of Togliatti No. 895 dated May 16, 2012).
The farewell ceremony will take place on March 21 at 11:00 am at the Transfiguration Cathedral in Togliatti. The funeral will take place at the Togliatti city cemetery.
“I express my most sincere condolences to the family and relatives of Mr. Prusov,” said the President of PJSC "AVTOVAZ" Nicolas Maure. “Peter Mikhailovich was a great man, the creator of the world's first monocoque SUV - the legendary VAZ 2121 Niva, which today bears the name LADA 4 × 4 and remains extremely popular in Russia and abroad. It is doubly sad that he left in the year of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of his car, just a few days before the memorable date of April 5th. The entire AVTOVAZ team deeply mourns this loss. The plant bears the costs associated with the funeral ceremony.
Pyotr Mikhailovich Prusov was born in the village of Zubki, Liozno District, Vitebsk Region, in 1942. After graduating from the Zaporozhye Machine-Building Institute in 1970, he came to the Volga Automobile Plant in Togliatti, where he began his career as a design engineer, and already in 1972 he was appointed lead designer of the VAZ-2121 Niva project.
Petr Mikhailovich Prusov - the creator of the Niva VAZ 2121
Pyotr Prusov took part in the development of many other models of AVTOVAZ, and from 1998 to 2003 he was the chief designer of the enterprise. As a deputy chief designer for design, and then as a chief designer, he took part in the design of the VAZ 1111 Oka, the VAZ 2110 and Samara 2 car families, the VAZ 2123, the Kalina car family, as well as a number of conceptual models.
In March 2003, due to his retirement, he was relieved of the post of chief designer, but continued to work actively at the enterprise. In 2007 - 2014 he was the leading design engineer of the homologation department of the department for the design and maintenance of the vehicle composition of PJSC AVTOVAZ. In 2007-2011 - Head of the working group on projects for the production of LADA cars in the Chechen Republic. Since February 2017, Petr Prusov has worked as an adviser to the vice president for personnel and social policy of PJSC AVTOVAZ.
