IN HONOR OF FRIENDS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA
April 24, 1925. Pishpek Station. A crowd of people. A train with the first group of Czechoslovak cooperators has arrived - 14 cars with equipment and 13 with people. Warm, friendly words from the welcoming committee.
Thus began the epic of the Czechoslovak production cooperative "Intergelpo" ("Mutual Aid"). Its creation was a response from Czechoslovak workers to V. I. Lenin's call for assistance to the young Soviet state in building socialism.
The cooperative was located three kilometers from Pishpek Station. With enthusiasm, the cooperators began to settle into their new place. Within a year, a power station, a carpentry shop, a brick factory, a sawmill, repair and mechanical workshops, and other auxiliary productions were built.
In August 1926, the second group of cooperative members arrived. They brought with them equipment for a weaving factory: 725 spindles and 18 looms. And two years after the arrival of the first group of cooperators, on the banks of the Ala-Archa River, on May 2, 1927, a horn announced the birth of the firstborn - a wool factory with a capacity of 6,300 meters of fabric per year. In 1928, a leather factory was put into operation. In its first year, it employed 20 people, and the gross output amounted to 260.1 thousand rubles.
Year after year, the cooperative's industrial enterprises increased production, expanded operations, and the number of workers grew. Thousands of people passed through "Intergelpo." Here they received professional training and work experience. In 1935, a large cohesive multinational team worked at the cooperative's enterprises. Among the 525 cooperative members, there were 261 Russians, 76 Ukrainians, 40 Slovaks, 39 Czechs, 22 Hungarians, 21 Germans, 14 Kazakhs, and 52 people of other nationalities.
In April-May 1957, the public of the capital celebrated the 30th anniversary of the launch of the first industrial enterprise - the wool factory. Paying tribute and recognizing the contributions of the cooperators to the development of the city's industry, the executive committee of the city council renamed Industrial Street to "Intergelpo" Street.
Let's take a walk down the street. It begins at the factory's entrance, where it says: "Frunze Order of the Red Banner of Labor Agricultural Engineering Plant named after M. V. Frunze." Once, there were the repair and mechanical workshops of "Intergelpo." In October 1941, the equipment of the evacuated May Day plant from Berdyansk was placed in the production areas of the former workshops.
Since 1941, the plant has gone through a great and glorious path. From the simplest horse-drawn rakes, hay mowers, and reapers to modern, state-of-the-art PS-1.6 balers, which have gained recognition throughout the country and abroad.
For the successes achieved by the plant's team in fulfilling the five-year plan tasks for the production of agricultural machines and in organizing the production of new hay harvesting equipment, the plant was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor in February 1971.
In September 1979, the 50,000th "Kyrgyzstan" baler rolled off the assembly line.
The plant employs a large cohesive team of representatives from 48 nationalities and ethnic groups in the country.
Opposite the factory entrance is the entrance to the "Selmashevets" stadium - one of the favorite places for the recreation of the factory workers and employees. Here, there is a football field, playgrounds, and two swimming pools with diving boards. Nearby is the Fuchik Park.
"Intergelpo" Street is almost entirely built up with cozy two-story residential buildings, and only at the exit to XXII Party Congress Street are there seven one-story brick residential houses with four apartments each, built back in 1926. A trolleybus line has been laid to the factory.
Losev D. S., Kochkunov A. S. What the Streets Tell
Streets of Bishkek
