Chuguev furniture factory

1915 - 1917

The enterprise arose in early 1915 - after equipment arrived, from the western provinces of the Russian Empire in Chuguev during the First World War , equipment, engineers, and part of the specialists of the watch-making factory of the Borkovsky trading and joint-stock company, who were placed in empty barracks of the Ingermanland hussar regiment that had gone to the front ^[2] . Workers for launching the enterprise were recruited in various cities of the country, but mainly in Yekaterinoslav , Lugansk , Nikolaev , Novgorod , Petrograd and Sormovo ^[3] .

In January 1915, the plant (the total number of workers at that time was 900 people) began work, the main products of the enterprise were sanitary and wagon carts and sanitary stretchers for the Russian army . By mid-1915, the number of employees increased to 1,500 people ^[3] .

The factory committee of the RSDLP (headed by F. Yu. Perkovsky) emerged at the plant, under whose leadership a sickness fund, a mutual assistance fund were created at the enterprise, and by 1917 a fighting squad from the workers of the machine shop (which later became the basis for the city detachment Red Guard ) ^[3] .

1918 - 1991

In December 1917, with the active participation of workers at the Chuguev plant, Soviet power was established, the plant was nationalized, but on April 8, 1918, the city was occupied by the advancing German troops . Later, during the civil war, power in the city changed several times ^[3] .

On January 2, 1919, Soviet power was restored in the city, the convoy plant resumed operation, but in June 1919 it stopped production activities due to the approach of Denikin’s troops to the city ^[3] .

After the end of hostilities, in the first half of 1921 the enterprise resumed work under the name Drevometall plant , the number of workers at first was 400 people, the main products were carts and agricultural implements ^[2] .

Later, in the 1920s, the plant produced gigs for the population and the Red Army, and received the honorary name "Bow" for active assistance in restoring agriculture. During the industrialization of the 1930s, the plant was reconstructed and expanded, new workshops were built, additional equipment was installed, and iron foundry was organized (producing bushings, forged truck axles, household goods and billets) ^[2] .

After the start of World War II, half of the workers of the enterprise were called up to the Red Army, the number of employees decreased. October 30, 1941 Chuguev was occupied by the advancing German troops . During the fighting and German occupation of the city, the plant suffered significant damage ^[2] .

In August 1943, the city was liberated by the troops of the Steppe Front of the Red Army , after which the restoration of the enterprise began, significant assistance was provided by teams of other enterprises of the USSR (gear cutting and several lathes were obtained from Novosibirsk , surface grinding machines and another tool from Chelyabinsk ). In January 1944, the plant manufactured its first products - steam carts ^[2] .

In the postwar period, the plant was one of the largest enterprises in the city ^{[4] [5] [6]} . The company established and maintained relations with the Jarocin Furniture Factory in the Poznan Voivodeship of Poland, with which an exchange of production experience took place ^[2] .

In 1946, the plant doubled the pre-war production volume. For victory in the All-Union Socialist Competition, production achievements and exceeding the targets of the fourth five-year plan for the restoration and development of the national economy of the USSR, he was awarded the challenge Red Banner of the Ministry of Local Industry of the USSR and the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, which was transferred to the plant for eternal storage ^[2] .

In 1957, the Chuguevsky convoy-mechanical plant was reoriented to the production of furniture and received a new name - the Chuguevsky furniture factory . The main products of the enterprise were wardrobes, soft sofas and kitchen furniture ^[2] .

In the years of the eighth five-year plan (1966 - 1970) mechanical lines for processing parts and a production line for assembling furniture were commissioned here.

In 1967, furniture produced by the enterprise was first presented at the VDNKh of the Ukrainian SSR (and later, exhibited at other exhibitions) ^[2] .

In August 1970, the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR decided to change the product range of some enterprises of the Ministry of Industry of the Ukrainian SSR - and since 1973, the production of cabinet furniture has become a specialization of the Lubensky Furniture Plant and the Chuguev Furniture Factory (which were part of the Kharkov Trust of the woodworking and furniture industry) ^[7] .

After combining the Chuguev furniture factory and the Kupyansk furniture factory in 1982, the Chuguev furniture factory was created and was reoriented to produce school furniture. The main products were furniture sets for classrooms of physics, history, geography, chemistry and social studies ^[2] .

In 1988, the enterprise was transferred to self-financing and self-financing ^[2] .

As of the beginning of 1990, the plant was one of the leading enterprises in the furniture industry of the USSR and the only manufacturer of school and special furniture in the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. He provided synthetic veneers to furniture enterprises in the Lugansk, Poltava, Sumy and Kharkov regions, and also produced 25 thousand sets of furniture per year, which were supplied to customers throughout the USSR, and were also exported to Algeria , Afghanistan, Guinea-Bissau , Yemen , Lebanon and Mongolia . On the balance sheet of the enterprise were the objects of the social infrastructure of the city - a residential building for factory workers, a factory canteen, a shop, a club, a library, a public services complex and a billiard room ^[2] .

In accordance with the 12th plan for the development of the economy of the USSR, reconstruction and expansion of the plant began, a new workshop for 5 thousand m² was to be commissioned in the 13th five-year plan (1991 - 1995) ^[2] , but the planned activities were not completed .

After 1991

After the independence of Ukraine, the plant became a subsidiary of Kharkovdrev CJSC.