Memory in Transition Main Menu Acknowledgements Vision for the project History of Vazov Machine Works Sense of place Oral history interviews Интервютата Social benefactor role and the social life at VMZ Technical Education & Industrialization VMZ in the present and the future

Interview 9

8196
Interviewee talks about his childhood, his parents, and his education at the Karlovo Technical School. He also discusses the application and selection process for studying at the Leningrad University as a scholarship student from VMZ, and the specializations requied by VMZ. He describes university life and visiting cultural places in St. Petersburg. He comments on his work as a electromechanical engineer, the challenge of working with people when he became a division manager, and his thoughts of worker motivation and self-discipline. He reflects on the changes that occurred in Bulgaria and in VMZ during the democratic transition period and comments on what the future of arms production in Bulgaria.