«Toil is a good thing»

Dmitry Alimkin. Alexander Topilsky, lathe operator in the mechanical-repair shop. From the 'Energomashspetsstal' series, 2013. MediaLine Publishing House collection

Arkady Shaikhet. Komsomol member at the wheel of a papermaking machine. 1929. Silver gelatin print. MAMM collection

Boris Ignatovich. Breaking free of foreign dependency. 1929. Silver gelatin print. MAMM collection

Vyacheslav Khabarov. Testing for durability. Lugansk Thermoelectric Power Station. Ukraine, 2010. MediaLine Publishing House collection

Sergei Arkavin. Preparation of the sifting drum in welding production. From the 'Petrozavodskmash' series, 2010. MediaLine Publishing House collection

Dmitri Baltermants. Oil worker. From the series 'Journey along the Siberian River Ob'. 1971. MAMM collection

Sergei Kalachev. P.S. Neporozhny Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station, a subsidiary of JSC RusHydro. MediaLine Publishing House collection

Dmitry Lomakin. Harvesting. Voronezh Region, 2013. MediaLine Publishing House collection

Yuri Eremin. Summer. 1926. Author's silver gelatin print. MAMM collection

Sergei Bogomyako. Erecting the floors, 2013. MediaLine Publishing House collection

Arkady Shaikhet. Assembling the globe on the Central Telegraph Office. Moscow, 1928. Silver gelatin print. MAMM collection

Dmitry Alimkin. Hardening a VVER-TOI barrel in the Energomashspetsstal thermal shop. From the 'Energomashspetsstal' series, 2014. MediaLine Publishing House collection