Turcu Anisia

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Anisia Turcu was the head of a tobacco cultivation team within the "Karl Marx" collective farm in Lazo district (currently Sîngerei district), Moldavian SSR. Life and activity: She was born in 1932 in the village of Pepeni, Sîngerei district. In 1949, she was among the first to join the newly established "Karl Marx" collective farm in her native village, where she worked as a simple collective farmer in the field brigade. From 1951, she became the team leader of the tobacco growers' brigade of the same collective farm. By skillfully applying advanced work methods, strictly adhering to the complex of agrotechnical measures, and paying constant attention to labor discipline, the team led by her began to achieve high production performance. For her professional achievements during the Sixth Five-Year Plan (1956–1960) and in honor of the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day, she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. For the results obtained during the seven-year period (1959–1965), she was awarded the medal "For Courage in Labor". During the years of the eighth five-year plan (1966–1970), the team harvested between 29 and 33 quintals of tobacco leaves per hectare annually – far above the average of the brigade and the collective farm. In 1970, from each of the 15 hectares, the team harvested 33 quintals of tobacco, delivering 65% of the production to the state as superior (light) varieties. The team was often the initiator of socialist competitions for increasing harvests and fulfilling plans ahead of schedule. Titles and decorations: By Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 8, 1971, for outstanding successes achieved in the development of agricultural production and the fulfillment of the five-year plan for the sale of agricultural products to the state, Anisia Alexei Turcu was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor, with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the gold medal "Hammer and Sickle". She was elected deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR in the 6th (1963–1967), 7th (1967–1971), and 8th (1971–1975) convocations, as well as to local councils of people's deputies. She was a delegate to the III Congress of Collective Farmers of the Entire Union (1969). She lived and worked in the village of Pepeni. She passed away in 1982. Main distinctions: • Order of Lenin (08.04.1971) • Order of the Red Banner of Labor (07.03.1960) • Medal "For Courage in Labor" (30.04.1966)