EPIGRAPH

  THE BEGINNING
  THE HISTORY OF BAM
  BAMLAG
  AFTER THE WAR, BUT BEFORE BAM
  THE CITY
  THE BIG CITY
  THE CELEBRITIES
  THE ART AND SOCIAL LIFE
  THE FIRST DECADE. 1975-1985.
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS.

  THE BREAKING POINT
  SOUL RELAXATION
  CATASTROPHES
  WHAT'S LACKING IN THE CITY
  WOULD YOU LIKE MORE DETAILS?
  TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF THE AREA

  EPILOG

Tynda (Biased Notes)

 

THE FIRST DECADE.
1975-1985.
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS.

Year 1975

  • The arrival of the first train from Bamovskaya station to Tynda station
  • "Orbit" TV station is made operational
  • The foundation of the first 9-story apartment buildings is laid
  • Tynda is visited by the USSR cosmonaut V. Lebedev
  • "El'ga" eatery is opened

Year 1976

  • State construction commission accepts the completion of the first 9-story apartment buildings.Overall quality - "good," the quality of the finish -- "excellent"
  • A group of scientists, members of the scientific counsel of the USSR Academy of Sciences on BAM issues, arrives to Tynda
  • The first mainline festival of amateur guitar singers takes place

Year 1977

  • Museum of BAM history is opened
  • Electricity from Zeya Hydroelectric Station comes to Tynda
  • Bam - Tynda railroad line is made operational with a "good" overall grade

Year 1978

  • 700 families receive apartments with all amenities
  • A 1000 seat new school is opened as well as a district telephone station and an obstetrics house

Year 1979

  • Tynda Railroad Management Agency is created
  • An all-union young writer meeting takes place
  • Hospital complex and the first 240 person kindergarten are opened
  • The first Tynda - Moscow train departs
  • The first frontline komsomol squad of railroad builders arrives
  • Tynda bakery introduces its first product

Year 1980

  • Tynda - Skovorokino radio relay line is created.Residents can now watch a second channel of programs
  • The first passenger train departs from Tynda en route to Berkakit
  • High voltage line LEP - 220 Tynda - Neryungri runs at its full capacity
  • Tynda - Khabarovsk airplane route is opened
  • Construction of the railroad station building has commenced

Year 1981

  • Center of Household Services is operational
  • The first asphalt-paved street appears in Tynda.It crosses most of the town.Of course it was Krasnaya Presnya.
  • Bridge metal rod-and-concrete blocks factory is operational
  • Moscow building A. Gusev is awarded a title of Hero of the Socialist Labor

Year 1982

  • City counsel decides to award the USSR cosmonaut V. Lebedev with a title of the honorary citizen of the city
  • First harvest is picked from the hothouse complex of the bridge builders
  • Tynda greets a builders squad from Uzbekistan
  • The first movie theater is built
  • High voltage line is brought to Komsomol'sky settlement
  • The first bell rings in a new school #3

Year 1983

  • First freight train with Neryungri coal arrives from Berkakit station
  • Tynda greets a large group of foreign journalists from Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, Chekoslovakia and other countries
  • A 124-apartment building is approved for use.SMP - 573 built it
  • Famous Spanish singer Mitchel gives a few concerts in Tynda

Year 1984

  • Begins construction of the "blue" 9-story apartment buildings.By year end, four are completed
  • Passenger Express Tynda - Moscow formed by Tynda Railroad Management Agency departs
  • A large group from the Bolshoi Theater arrives to Tynda.Ballet dancer Il'ze Liepa was in that group
  • Congress of the All-Union frontline komsomol squads takes place

Year 1985

  • Milk bottling and meat processing facility is operational
  • Tynda celebrates its 10th anniversary
  • Eight Tynda residents are awarded with the title of the honorary city residents