Today, as part of the celebrations of the Mechanical Engineer’s Day in Naberezhnye Chelny, the bust to the first Director General of KAMAZ, Lev Vasiliev, was officially opened at 2 Avtozavodskoy Prospekt of the city.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov addressed the guests with a welcoming speech noting the invaluable contribution of Lev Vasiliev to the development of the city:
“Vasiliev is not only the history of the plant. During his ruling, the city, from a settlement of 30,000 people, grew up to 300,000 people with schools, streets, hospitals...”
Lev Vasiliev is a public official and industrial figure, a Hero of Socialist Labour, and Director General of the KAMAZ Production Association from 1969 to 1981. On February 7, 2020 Leo Vasiliev will turn 95 years old; he is still full of life and energy and lives in Moscow.