Gorbunov Ivan Nikiforovich
Was born in 1913 in the village Beguche of Russian-Kameshkirsk district, Penzensk region. Since 1938 after finishing the veterinary faculty of Saratov zoovetinstitute he was head of the veterinary inspection in Amur for about five years. In 1943-1944 years he worked at the defensive construction. Since 1945 he is the head of the veterinary inspection, then the head of the animal-breeding department of the MIA in the Kazakh SSR. In 1953-1974 years he is the director of Petropavlovskiy sovkhoz of Sokolovsk (now Kyzylzhar) district in North-Kazakhstan region.
Before being in charge of Petropavlovskiy sovkhoz he went through the great life school. A peasant’s son who knew the labour of the farmer in the youth, he got the veterinary education and many years worked in the sphere of animal-breeding. For honest and diligent work he was awarded not once the order of the Honour Badge and medals.
By becoming the director of Petropavlovskiy sovkhoz in the summer of 1953, Ivan Nikiforovich clearly understood that he was given quite difficult task — to remove form the decay one of the most backward economies with the low productivity of agricultural plants.
Under the direction of Gorbunov I.N. Petropavlovskiy sovkhoz became one of huge and advanced economies in the region. The average productivity with 12 th.ha in 1961-1966 years consisted 10, 7 centners from a hectare. The sovkhoz continuously provided the city with vegetables and potatoes increasing in number. Simultaneously with that Petropavlovskiy became the largest provider of meat, milk and eggs in the region.
As a result of the well set economic work, careful treatment with the expense of materials, repair parts, money Petropavlovsky sovkhoz for five years gained 464 531 roubles.
For the outstanding success in the development of agriculture by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council USSR as of 22 March 1966 Ivan Nikiforovich Gorbunov the title of the Hero of Socialist Labour. Was awarded the orders of Lenin, Honour Badge, and medals.
Died in n1989.
Used material:
Heroes of Labour — North-Kazakhstani people. Reference-biographic edition, Petropavlovsk, 2012, 176 p.