“For our generation, the word BAM was not an empty phrase; it contained romance, patriotism and enormous creative work. The construction project, which is now considered grandiose, has always attracted young people and students. And today’s exhibition is the result of our cooperation with the regional section of student groups,” noted deputy director of the library Alexey Sorokin.
The Baikal-Amur main line is the most important infrastructure facility connecting the Irkutsk, Chita, Amur, Buryatia, Yakutia and Khabarovsk regions. And the exhibition exhibition is also very extensive. On the shelves and display cases there are books, albums, magazine and newspaper publications, postcards, photographs. The first student fighters, insignia, squad paraphernalia.
Many Omsk residents have always worked on the construction of BAM.
“I and my classmates were also lucky enough to participate in this installation in 1973. Then, together with 200 other boys, I worked to create a foundation for the construction of the BAM,” shared a veteran of the student movement. , former chief engineer of the country’s largest bridge construction company, former mayor of Omsk Vyacheslav Dvorakovsky.
The modern history of the road continues with modern detachments. This year, within the framework of the all-Russian student work project “BAM 2.0”, more than 3,000 students will be employed, including more than two hundred residents of Omsk. The first will begin operating on April 10.
Just at the opening of the exhibition, new combat boots were presented to the guys from the Typhoon squadron, who for the first time this season will go to the all-Russian construction site.
The exhibition will be open until August 30.
Photo: Ministry of Sports of the Omsk Region
