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Lukashenko hails combiner as hero for threshing 8,000 tonnes of grain

Pavel Shutilo. An archive photo

MINSK, 19 December (BelTA) – The combine harvester operator who threshed 8,000 tonnes of grain during the harvesting campaign is a hero,  Belarusian President and Chairman of the Belarusian People’s Congress Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the second session of the 7th Belarusian People’s Congress on 19 December, BelTA has learned.

Speaking about the future of the country’s agriculture, the head of state highlighted the achievement of a session participant, Pavel Shutilo, a combine harvester operator at the Kukhchitsy enterprise, who set a national record by threshing 8,000 tonnes of grain this harvest. Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that during his own time as the head of an agricultural enterprise, the total harvest was approximately 3,000-4,000 tonnes. And here one man threshed 8,000 tonnes!

“This guy is a hero. He threshed over 8,000 tonnes!” the president remarked. The entire hall gave the operator a round of applause for his accomplishment.

The head of state emphasized that Pavel Shutilo and other specialists like him are heroic individuals. However, their achievement was made possible in large part by the advances in agricultural mechanization built on domestic manufacturing and equipment, including Belarus-made grain harvesters.

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