Sharadze Omari Khasanovich was a Soviet and Russian transport executive, head of the Gorky Railway. He was an Honored Veteran of Nizhny Novgorod Region and Honorary Citizen of the city of Shakhunya.
Career on the Gorky Railway
Omari Khasanovich Sharadze headed the Gorky Railway and is remembered as an innovator in the rail industry. According to Sergey Dorofeyevsky, his successor as head of the GZhD, it was under Sharadze that the railway established the first unified train traffic control center on Russia's rail network; continuous welded rail technology was developed, and modern technologies were introduced that improved the quality of both freight and passenger services.[1]
Sharadze was involved in the improvement of Sortirovka — a railway microdistrict of Nizhny Novgorod: with his participation, trolleybus service was launched there, the Lokomotiv Stadium was reconstructed, and thousands of Nizhny Novgorod residents received new apartments. On his initiative, the Monument to Soldier-Railwaymen and the Steam Locomotive Museum were opened.[1]
Legacy
The decision to perpetuate the memory of Omari Sharadze was adopted unanimously by the deputies of the Nizhny Novgorod City Duma in August 2022. Also in 2022, the square in front of the Engineering Center of the Gorky Railway was named after Omari Sharadze.[1]
On 2 August 2023, a ceremonial unveiling of a bust monument took place on Omari Sharadze Square in the Kanavinsky District of Nizhny Novgorod. The bust was created by sculptor Alexey Shchitov. The ceremony was attended by City Duma Chairman Oleg Lavrichev, Deputy Chairman of the Duma Nikolay Sataev, Head of Nizhny Novgorod Shalabayev Yuri, GZhD head Sergey Dorofeyevsky, State Duma deputy Anatoly Lesun, Deputy Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Legislative Assembly Dmitry Krasnov, head of the Volga Territorial Directorate of Roszheldor Damir Fatykhov, Legislative Assembly deputy Dmitry Bednyakov, family and close ones of Omari Khasanovich, youth activists, and GZhD veterans.[1]
Sources
- Nizhegorodskaya Pravda — A monument to Omari Sharadze was unveiled in the Kanavinsky District of Nizhny Novgorod on August 3, 2023 (archive)