Puntus biography

Born 3 years old in the town of Gaina, the center of the Gainensky village council of the Logosk district of the Minsk District of the Belorussian SSR, now the Gainn agricultural rod, the center of the Gainensky village council of the Logosky district of the Minsk region of Belarus. From a family of peasants. By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he graduated from five classes of a local school.

During the years of the German-fascist occupation-the village was destroyed and looted. The invaders burned 13 out of 95 houses, and the resident was stolen for forced labor in Germany, some of the fellow villagers died. Among the survivors of the occupation was Leonid Puntus. After the liberation of the area in the summer of the year, he continued his studies at school, at the same time participated in the restoration of the local collective farm destroyed in the war.

After graduating from seven classes, in the year he entered the Maryinogorsk Agricultural College of Maryinogorskoye, the Maryinogorsk State Order of the Honor, the Agrarian and Technical College named after V. Lobank, where he received the specialty of the agronomist. At the end of the technical school, he was sent to work in the Vasilevichsky District abolished in the year of the Polessian region abolished in the year; Now - the territory of the Gomel region of Belarus.

He began his career as a precinct agronomist in the agricultural department of the Executive Committee of the Vasilevichi District Council of Workers' Deputies. Then he returned to his native area and continued to work as an agronomist at the Logosa state farm in the village of the same name of the Gainen village council. In the year he moved to work as an agronomist in the collective farm named after N.

Gastello of the Minsk district of the Minsk region. He established himself as an energetic, initiative specialist. In the year he joined the CPSU. Two years later, without interruption from production, he graduated from the Belarusian Agricultural Academy in the city of Gorki of the Mogilev region and was soon appointed the chief agronomist of the collective farm. The start of work at the head of the agronomic service of the economy coincided with the arrival of the chairman of Vasily Pavlovich Shimansky, in which it reached a new heyday.

The fact is that by the beginning of the 10ths, the Gastello collective farm was one of the advanced farms of the republic, but in its structure it was a diversified agricultural enterprise. Its leading industry was dairy-meat livestock, here they also bred pigs, sheep, geese, ducks, chickens and even rabbits. In addition, a tribal horse -farm acted. Thus, there were many industries of agricultural production, and commodity products were produced in insufficient volume.

At the same time, the products remained expensive and sometimes unprofitable. On the collective farm there was a decline in agricultural production. To achieve profitability, the collective farm board developed measures for a narrower specialization of the economy. Given its proximity to the capital, the main direction was determined - the production of whole milk and beef.

In agriculture, the main attention was focused on growing grain, potatoes, root crops, corns, that is, such crops that would allow farms to sufficiently a sufficient amount of various feeds. As a result of the implementation of measures in specialization and intensification, the number of cattle, the production of milk and meat increased sharply, increased the yield of all agricultural crops.

So, if in the year the state sold tons of milk and 80 and tons of meat, then after five years, respectively, tons, respectively. Pure profit from the sale of livestock products in the year amounted to thousands of rubles. So, in a short time of management, the collective farm V. Shimansky managed to establish himself as a capable organizer and consistent reformer of agricultural production, who did a lot to raise his native economy, to increase the material and cultural level of grain coats.

A year later, for success in the development of agriculture, the Gastello collective farm was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. Having successfully carried out the radical reform of agricultural production, Vasily Pavlovich continued to work to strengthen the economy of economics, develop production and improve the well -being of collective farmers. The first assistant in his accomplishments was L., the chief agronomist was honestly, conscientiously, with great perseverance went to the intended target, increasing the fertility of the fields with all his might.

He showed himself to be a well -trained specialist and talented organizer, technological discipline was strengthened with him, field work began to be carried out more organized. Leonid Nikolaevich in every way contributed to the rooting of the achievements of science and advanced experience, carried out targeted breeding work, and actively collaborated with leading agronomist scientists and breeders of the republic.

One of the first in the republic he introduced into crop rotation barley of high -intensity varieties. Under him, the farm switched to the sowing of the elite and super -elite seeds of potatoes “Temp”, “Sadko”, “Loshitsky”, “Belarusian early”. Thanks to L. Puntus, the Gastellovites began to collect stably high yields of all agricultural crops.So, over the years of the eighth - and ninth - five -year -old grain yields increased two and a half times.

In some areas, it reached 60-70 centners of bread per circle. During this time, the collections of potatoes, root crops, corn and seeded herbs sharply increased. Dairy-and-subject livestock continued to develop intensively; from year to year, profit from the sale of livestock products grew. The growth of sowing areas, the use of elite seed material, the introduction of advanced agricultural techniques, high -quality cultivation of the Earth with fertilizers, carrying out the main agricultural work at a higher level and in time ensured a significant increase in agricultural vehicles on the collective farm.

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 8, for the outstanding successes achieved in the development of agricultural production and the fulfillment of a five -year plan for the sale of agriculture and livestock products to the state, Puntus Leonid Nikolaevich was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Alex “Serp and the Hammer”.

Along with the chairman of V. Shimansky, he carried out successful work on the full mechanization of labor -intensive processes in the field breeding. As a prime owner, Leonid Nikolaevich did a lot to reduce potato losses when storing tubers in the burters, achieved the construction of a special storage in the economy for the seed material of this important agricultural culture, the acquisition and installation of electrocalifers in the repository.

His successes in the development of agricultural production were marked by the assignment of the title “Honored by the agronomist of the Belarusian SSR”, among the first workers of the village, he was also awarded the title “Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Belarusian SSR”. With his sincere love for the earth, with tireless labor to increase the culture of agriculture and a creative approach to the case, a significant contribution made that the Order of the Red Banner of the Gastello collective farm turned into one of the exemplary farms of the republic.

For the experience of managing here they came here not only from different parts of the Soviet Union, but also from abroad. On the example of the collective farm, foreign delegations got acquainted with the successes of the socialist way of leading agriculture and with the peculiarities of the Soviet way of life. The collective farmers loved and respected the main agronomist of Puntus for kindness, for modesty, for a gentle word, for being able to listen to a person, tried to understand him and find an approach to everyone.

In the year, he replaced V. at the chairman not for long, but was a worthy successor to the former manager of the economy. He lived in the village now - agro -horsemen of the Sennitsky village council of the Minsk district of the Minsk region. He died suddenly on November 27. He was awarded the Orders of Lenin by the name of the hero named Street in the village of Jubilee agriculture of the Sennitsa Minsk district.