Nikolay Lemyasev has been holding the position of chief agronomist at the Kulikovo Agricultural Complex for more than ten years. In the past, he has tried to find himself in another field of activity, but without success. Probably, his true vocation is land—related work.
Nikolai Lemyasev told about the difficult fate of his ancestors. One of his grandfathers, the commander of an anti-tank unit, died during the Great Patriotic War. The other, having survived dekulakization, spent his whole life in the Siberian forests, working at various jobs. Nikolai's father, after graduating from the Irkutsk Agricultural Institute, came to the village of Krasnopolye, where he met his future wife. His father, Viktor Lemyasev, was the chief engineer of the Krasny Plowman collective farm all his life. He devoted himself entirely to agriculture and worked late, and taught his son everything he knew. He instructed him: "Try to do everything well, the bad will turn out by itself."
Lemyasev's three children independently chose their future profession. At that time, teachers of the state farm college came to the Krasnopol school to conduct a career-oriented conversation. Nikolai Lemyasev recalls that he was particularly interested in the speech of the head of the department of Agronomy. He talked about his profession in such a way that Nikolai's eyes lit up.
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In 1991, Nikolai Lemyasev enrolled to study to be an agronomist. After the third year, he was drafted into the army and sent to the Baikonur cosmodrome. There he worked for two years as a senior mechanic at the telephone department, and then served under contract for another year. The climate was harsh and hot, but for rural guys it was commonplace. Then the unit was disbanded. Nikolai wanted to stay in the service, but it didn't work out. I had to go back and finish my studies at the college. Then he started working in an agricultural enterprise. In difficult times, he looked for other jobs and even received offers to move to Moscow. But as a result, he decided that his vocation was to grow bread.
In 2015, Nikolai Lemyasev took the position of chief agronomist at the Kulikovo Agricultural production cooperative.
In rural areas, life is subject to the rhythm of the sun. Every day starts at 5:30, and work in the fields begins immediately. Even at night, the fields are treated with herbicides — this has already become customary for local residents.
The year 2024 was unpredictable, recalls Nikolai Lemyasev. They thought that nothing would grow because of the drought. But in the end, the harvest turned out to be quite satisfactory. Grain yield was 38.5 quintals per hectare, corn – 41 quintals. The farm has 6079 tons of haylage, 4169 tons of silage, 226 tons of hay, which feed cattle. Now the work is continuing.
Earlier we told that in Mordovia the total length of service of the Nikolaev dynasty is 167 years.
