Background
Viktor Semenovich Lavrov was born on January 12th,1944 in Tula.
Viktor Semenovich Lavrov was born on January 12th,1944 in Tula.
After finishing school Viktor entered Moscow Highest Technical School named after N.E. Bauman (since the year of 1989 – Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman). At first he studied at the full-time department but later he transferred to the department of Corresponding Studies in the Building Institute, because Viktor thought that studying without practice is a loss of time. In 1968 he got a diploma of an engineer.
Viktor Semenovich studied and at the same time worked as a fitter. In 1968 he got a diploma of an engineer and was sent to a large industrial association "Elektroizolyator" in Gzhel as an electrican supervisor.
In 1977 the Committee of CPSU sent him to the Gzhel Cardboard Factory as a director, because Viktor Semenovich showed great executing skills. In 1977 Viktor Semenovich bacame a Head of another entreprise located near Moscow which subsidiaries were situated all over the country.
In 1980 he became a Head of a carpet works. In the year of 1982 he was appointed a Principal and he has worked there till 1988 and obtained the experience of managing a large multi-industry enterprise.
In the year of 1989 Viktor Semenovich rented Gzhel Cardboard Factory with a right of subsequent buyout. Here he starded his career at the age of 18. Later he become an owner of the factory. He combined it with a plant of folk art crafts "Ob'edinenie Gzhel" and created a Research and Production Association "Sin Rossii" with the headquaters in the village of Gzhel of Ramen district of Moscow region.
In the year of 1993 Viktor Semenovich bought out a gypsum plant in Nizhny Novgorod region (currently OOO PGZ "Dekor-1") and combined it with "Sin Rossii".
Viktor Semenovich is a member of the Presidium of the Council of Europe for Cultural Capital.
During his free time Viktor Semenovich likes to do sums, connecting with the process of production, develops new projects in the sphere of culture which can amaze contemporaries with their ingenuity. Currently lives and works in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod regions.