Background
IZOTOV, Nikita was born on February 9, 1902 in village Malaya Dragunka, Oryol Province. Son of a peasant.
IZOTOV, Nikita was born on February 9, 1902 in village Malaya Dragunka, Oryol Province. Son of a peasant.
1935-1937 studied at Indiana Academy, Moscow.
From 1914 worked in the Donbas as apprentice at a briquette plant. From 1922 coal-faccman, Kochegarka Number 1 Mine, Gorlovka. 1932 became highly proficient in coal mining, achieved high productivity and initiated movement to pass on advanced mining techniques to young and inexperienced miners.
1933 set up a practical training school for improving the skills of young miners. Such ’’Izotov schools” became a feature of the coal and other industry. 11 September 1935, at an early stage in the Stakhanov movement, mined 240 tons of coal in six hours, overfulfilling the shift quota 30-fold.
November 1935 attended 1st All-Union Conference of Stakhanovite Workers in the Kremlin. From late 1937 various exec posts in the coal industry. From 1935 member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Central Executive Committee.
1937 elected deputy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet of 1st convocation. 1939 at 18th All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Congress elected member, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Centr Auditing Commission.
Religious moral codes pervert people outside their group as less moral. Thus, religion is socially divisive and its effect is harmful for society.
Individuals have rights to express freedom if it safeguarde the interests of a collective.
Communist Party member from 1936.