The Veteran Organization of the Central Office of the Railway Transport Administration (CAUZhT) was established on March 24, 1959, at a general meeting of pensioners, former employees of the Central Office of the Ministry of Railways, at the initiative of the Central Local Committee of the Ministry of Railways Trade Union. At the first organizational meeting of pensioners, which was attended by more than 600 people, the Council of Pensioners of the Ministry of Railways was elected, consisting of 30 members and 10 candidates for membership in the Council, and the Regulations on the Council's work were adopted. Currently, the veteran organization of the Railway Transport Administration is headed by
Shunatov Oleg Igorevich, Advisor to the Deputy General Director of Russian Railways.
1st row from left to right: Naumchik I.N. (member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Veteran Group of the Central Design Bureau), Salambekova N.E. (Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustees), Shunatov O.I. (Chairman of the Board of Trustees), Gurskaya G.S.
(Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees), Yariz A.P. (member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Veteran Group of the Central Design Bureau);
2nd row: Voronina T.A. (member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Cultural and Mass Activities Commission), Litvinenko G.N. (member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Veteran Group of the Central Design Bureau), Astakhova L.N. (member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Social and Household Commission), Malienko N.A. (Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Accountant), Tumanyan T.P. (member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Veteran Group of the Central Design Bureau), Soldatov V.I. (member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Commission for the Development of Silver Volunteering and Sports and Health Activities);
3rd row: Shubko V.A. (member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Commission for Working with War Veterans and Patriotic Education of Youth); Commission for Working with War Veterans and Patriotic Education of Youth: Burtseva I.I. ((member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Organizational and Methodological Commission), Gusev Yu.E. (Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees)
The status of the "Regional Public Organization of Veterans (Pensioners) of War and Labor who retired from the Central Administration of Railway Transport" (ROOV CAUT) was obtained in 1992.
According to the latest Charter, registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in Moscow on April 12, 2019, the organization of pensioners of the Railway Transport Administration received the name and status of the "Regional Public Organization of Veterans and Pensioners of the Railway Transport Administration" (ROOV AUT), has its own account and other attributes of an individual. Its Council of Veterans carries out its work in accordance with the annual plans, the Charter of the veterans' organization and the current regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, as well as the recommendations of the Central Council of veterans of war and labor of the railway transport of Russia, the Moscow City Council of veterans, the Coordination Council of veterans' organizations of the Ministry of Transport of Russia, the regulatory documents of JSC Russian Railways and the Ministry of Transport of Russia.
Currently, the ROOV AUZhT unites 1360 pensioners of the Central office of the Ministry of Railways
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, the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation and JSC Russian Railways and consists of 38 veterans' groups created at the departments, offices and central directorates of JSC Russian Railways and are its structural subdivisions. The financing of the activities of the Council of Veterans is carried out by JSC Russian Railways according to the estimate, annually approved by the management of JSC Russian Railways, formalized by the donation agreement. All non-working pensioners of JSC Russian Railways, as well as all pensioners of JSC Russian Railways, have, along with state security, additional corporate social benefits, provided in a separate section - "Commitments in the field of social protection of non-working pensioners" of the Collective Agreement of JSC Russian Railways. Such contracts, as is known, are concluded between JSC Russian Railways and Rosprofzhel for every three years since 1991.
Extended Council of the ROOV AUZhT. February 1, 2023
There are many well-known veterans in the ranks of the veterans' organization of the management apparatus. These are veterans who have state awards: orders - 58 people, the title of Honored Workers (in various fields) of the USSR and Russia - 53 people, including 38 people - Honored Transport Workers, the signs of "Honored Railwayman" - 791 people.
The members of the veterans' organization are former heads of the Ministry of Railways and JSC Russian Railways: Ministers of Railways Matyukhin L.I. and Fadeev G.M., First Deputy Ministers of Railways of the Russian Federation and JSC Russian Railways.
Currently, there are six commissions in the structure of the ROOV AUZhT: the Organizational and Methodological Commission, the Social and Household Commission, the Medical Commission, the Commission for Working with War Veterans and Patriotic Education of Youth, the Commission for the Development of Silver Volunteering and Sports and Health Promotion, and the Cultural and Mass Commission, which are headed by members of the ROOV AUZhT Council of Veterans. The commissions work according to annual plans that are approved by the ROOV AUZhT Council of Veterans. The chairpersons of the commissions periodically report on their work at the Council of Veterans or the Expanded Council of Veterans. The main activities of the ROOV AUZhT Council, its commissions, and the veteran activists include:
- 1) organizational, accounting, and methodological work (accepting new pensioners into the ROOV AUZhT, registering them, and deregistering them, preparing regulatory documents for the work of the Council of Veterans and its commissions, and introducing digital technologies);
- 2) social protection of non-working pensioners (assisting in providing financial assistance to veterans, including those celebrating anniversaries, and in providing sanatorium and health care);
- 3) assistance in providing medical services to veterans at the Central Clinical Hospital of Russian Railways-Meditsina (their rehabilitation, hospitalization, dental prosthetics, vaccination, medical examinations, and, if necessary, hospitalization of bedridden patients);
- 4) work with veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (preparing and participating in commemorative events, maintaining contact with veterans of the Great Patriotic War, and organizing various forms of assistance for them);
- 5) participation in the moral, patriotic, and labor education of young people (organizing meetings between young people and veterans of the Great Patriotic War, as well as with respected and honored railway veterans);
- 6) development of silver volunteering and sports and health promotion among veterans, and organizing the collection of humanitarian aid for the Special Military Operation, residents of Donbas, and railway workers affected by natural disasters;
- 7) organization of cultural and mass activities for veterans (organizing visits to theaters, concert halls, museums, art exhibitions and galleries, and film festivals).
One of the most important areas of veteran work is working with young people: young railway workers, students of railway schools and specialized classes in territorial schools, students of railway colleges and universities, and young employees of Russian Railways. This delicate and intellectual work is effectively carried out by Ministers of Railways G.M. Fadeev and L.I. Matyukhin, as well as other leaders of the Ministry of Railways, such as A.V. Tselko, V.N. Sazonov, B.M. Lapidus, and A.I. Kamenev.
