One day in 2017, the official website of Qingdao Zhongwu Special Ship Research and Design Institute was too many visitors, which eventually led to the system being downtime for for a period of time. Logically speaking, this is just a local ship manufacturing company, why did it suddenly receive such great attention? In fact, the main reason is that Valery Babic settled in this ship manufacturing plant. However, there are quite a few foreign scientists in China in recent years. Why can Valery Babic cause a sensation on the Chinese Internet?
Babic full name is Valery Vasilyevich Babic . He is one of the most outstanding aircraft carrier designers in the former Soviet Union. Before the Soviet Union collapsed, he had been working in the largest shipyard in the Soviet Union, the Black Sea Shipyard, . Starting from the very beginning of the technical workers at the bottom, Babic has gradually become one of the main designers of the Black Sea Shipyard. In the 1980s, Babic became the chief designer of Varyag .
Biography in 1942 was born in Zapoririya, Ukrainian. Babic's parents are both ordinary workers and do not have a high level of knowledge. But they know the importance of knowledge, so their parents have very strict requirements on Babage in terms of education. Babic did not disappoint them at all. Not only did he study hard, he also had a strong desire for knowledge. In order to gain more knowledge, Babic often goes to the teacher's home to borrow books and study in his spare time.
Baby's enthusiasm and learning are very appreciated by teachers, so he often teaches a lot of knowledge that he cannot learn in class. Babic's teacher is a senior boat model enthusiast, and there are many homemade boat models at home. Under the influence of his eyes, Babic also developed a strong interest in ship models. Teachers and students often design and build ship models together. From the teacher, Babic learned a lot of knowledge and stories about shipbuilding. So, the dream about shipbuilding was deeply planted in the boy's heart.
26, Babic was introduced to work in the Black Sea Shipyard. The Black Sea Shipyard was one of the largest shipyards in the Soviet Union at that time. On such a large platform, Babic's talents were fully utilized. He went from a low-level worker to a chief designer step by step. Since then, he has led the design work of many aircraft carriers, including the Varyag, which is well-known to the Chinese.
Varyag
Varyag was the most advanced aircraft carrier designed by the Soviet Union in the later period, and the Soviet Union had high hopes for it at that time. As the chief designer, Babic has devoted all his efforts and has devoted himself to the design and construction of the Varyag for several years. However, before the Varyag was completely completed, the Soviet Union had already declared disintegration.
In 1991, 15 Soviet republics split, and Babichi became Ukrainian . With the end of , the military-industry system left behind by the former Soviet Union was no longer useful and gradually declined. And this is not the worst. Later, Ukraine was put together by the United States and Russia, abandoning all its nuclear reserves and a large amount of military industry. This directly led to the decline of Ukraine's national strength and the sharp deterioration of the economy.
Under this situation, Babic, the former Soviet Union aircraft carrier design genius, had to be laid off and unemployed. But Babic was not completely depressed. During his unemployment period, Babic continued to study hard and began to focus on the inheritance of knowledge. Since you have no way to continue designing an aircraft carrier, leave all your knowledge to future generations and let them fulfill their unfulfilled wishes.
In the past ten years, Babichi has successively published works such as "Our Aircraft Carrier", "Aircraft Carrier Sea Confrontation", etc., providing a large number of valuable references for the design and development of aircraft carriers. While Babic is moving forward, the Varyag, which is anchored in the Black Sea Shipyard, also ushered in the day when the light of day is again seen.
1997, Ukraine was preparing to sell the unfinished Varyag. At first, Ukraine wanted to sell it to Russia, but it was its own brother after all.But at this time, Russia and Ukraine were half-matched, and the economy was so bad that it could not afford tens of millions of dollars.
After learning the news, China immediately contacted Ukraine and expressed its attitude of wanting to buy the Varyag. In order not to attract the attention of the outside world, China sent businessman Xu Zengping to Ukraine to discuss the purchase. After several negotiations, Xu Zengping finally purchased the Varyag for US$20 million.
Although the Varyag number is almost empty, it has neither equipped with weapons and equipment nor equipped with design drawings, it has greatly promoted my country's aircraft carrier industry. In 2012, Liaoning ship was successfully launched. The former Varyag name changed its name in a foreign country and came alive in another way.
And the launch of the Liaoning ship also made Babic excited. He had already devoted a lot of effort to the Varyag, and watching the Varyag gradually rust at the Black Sea shipyard, Babic felt very uncomfortable. Now that the Varyag is resurrected in China, although it has changed its name, it still makes Babic feel relieved. From then on, Babic also developed a good impression of China thousands of miles away.
Go to China
In 2017, China announced to the world that it would design and build its own nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and introduced a series of preferential policies to support foreign technical experts. After learned of the news, Babic submitted an application to China as soon as possible.
Before this, Babic also received olive branches from the United States and other Western countries many times, but in the face of the generous treatment offered by these countries, Babic decisively refused without thinking.
As a former Soviet Union, Babic has no good impression of the United States. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Americans interfered again, resulting in the dismantling of many aircraft carriers in the Black Sea shipyard and eventually sold to the Americans like scrap iron. How could Babic, who witnessed all this with his own eyes, still accept the invitation from the United States?
However, China attaches great importance to aircraft carriers. It took a lot of hardships to bring the Varyag back to China. After ten years of hard research, the Varyag was able to regain its vitality. Seeing this scene, Babic firmly believed that only in China can one realize his former dream.
In 2017, Valery Babichi officially joined Qingdao Zhongwu Special Ship Manufacturing Factory as a foreign scientist. Chinese netizens also warmly welcomed him for his arrival and said, " Chinese people thank you for all your efforts for China." .
Since then, with the assistance of a number of foreign experts such as Babic, China's aircraft carrier industry has made rapid progress. Although everyone has different skin colors and nationalities, there are always some things that can transcend national boundaries and connect everyone together. And this kind of thing is exactly the ideal and hope.
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