Krasnyi Perekop Yaroslavl Industrial Fabrics Combine

one of the oldest textile enterprises in the USSR. The combine is located in the city of Yaroslavl and produces mainly industrial fabrics from synthetic fibers (for example, Kapron and Lavsan). The enterprise was founded in 1722 as the Great Yaroslavl Textile Works. In 1913 it was second only to the Krenholm Manufactory (Estonia) in domestic production of yarn.

The workers of the Great Yaroslavl Textile Works took an active part in the revolutionary movement (a soviet of workers’ deputies was formed there during the 1905 strike) and in suppressing the counterrevolutionary uprising in Yaroslavl in 1918. In honor of the Red Army’s victory over Wrangel, in January 1924 the enterprise adopted the title “Krasnyi Perekop” (Red Perekop). During the prewar five-year plans (1929–40) the combine was renovated, after which it commenced production of industrial fabrics and yarn for the cord used in tire production. During the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45, it switched over to production of heavy industrial fabrics. A movement to foster a communist attitude toward labor developed at the combine in 1958. Since 1971 the combine has again been undergoing renovation, and obsolete production equipment is being replaced with modern machinery. The combine is taking over production of nonwoven fabrics for conveyor belts.

The combine has been awarded the Order of Lenin (1947) and the Order of the October Revolution (1972).