Moscalu Nina

About

Nina Moscalu was the leader of a mechanized team (link) in the "Suvorov" collective farm in the Soroca district, Moldavian SSR. She was born in 1928 in the village of Dubna, Soroca county. In 1949, she joined the "Kotovski" collective farm in her native village, where she was appointed team leader. In 1950, she was sent to tractor driver courses; after graduating, she worked for 12 years as a tractor driver and tractor driver's assistant at the Machine and Tractor Station (MTS), and later again at the "Kotovski" collective farm. In her work, she paid great attention to the introduction of scientific achievements and best practices, as well as to the improvement of agricultural culture. For many years, the team led by her occupied a leading position in the socialist competition for crop cultivation and equipment maintenance. From 1962, she led a complex mechanization team, constantly striving to obtain high yields of corn, sunflower, and sugar beet, without resorting to manual labor. Between 1964 and 1971, she was the leader of a mechanized team in the "Suvorov" collective farm in the Soroca district. For her high work achievements during the seven-year plan period (1959–1965), she was awarded the Order of Lenin. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 8, 1971, for outstanding achievements in the development of agricultural production and the fulfillment of the five-year plan for the sale of agricultural products to the state, Nina Andreevna Moscalu was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor, and was presented with the Order of Lenin and the gold medal "Hammer and Sickle". From 1971, she again led a mechanized team in the "Kotovski" collective farm in the Soroca district. In 1972, her team harvested an average of 45 centners of wheat per hectare, 61 centners of corn, and 22 centners of sunflower, and in 1973 she obtained 33 centners of sunflower per hectare. In recent years, she led a team within the mechanization and electrification association of agricultural production of the district council of collective farms in Soroca. She was a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Moldova (1966–1976). Deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 9th convocation (1974–1979) and to the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR of the 7th and 8th convocations (1967–1975). She was elected several times as a deputy to the Soroca district party committee and to local councils. Delegate to the XXIII Congress of the CPSU (1966), to the X-th – XIII-th Congresses of the Communist Party of Moldova, and to the III-rd Congress of Collective Farmers of the Entire Union (1969). Distinctions: • Two Orders of Lenin (23.06.1966; 08.04.1971) • Medals • Title of "Merited Mechanizer of the Moldavian SSR" • Included in the "Golden Book of Honor of the Moldavian SSR".