For the machine milking operator of the dairy and livestock complex 'Zabelyshin' of JSC 'Babushkino Podvorye' of Khotimsky District, Elena Belousova, this year has become special: based on the results of work in 2025, she was awarded the title 'Best Worker of the Agro-Industrial Complex' of Khotimsky District, and her name and photograph were entered on the district's Board of Honor. This award is a well-deserved result of hard but noble daily labor. Another special feature of the year is that on September 27, Elena Anatolyevna celebrated her 50th birthday. We congratulate her on this!

Elena Anatolyevna is a person of amazing fate and rare diligence. Love for her native land and devotion to her profession are in her blood. She grew up in a family of true workers: her mother devoted her whole life to the profession of a milkmaid, and her father worked as a livestock farmer. Even as a girl, barely waiting for morning, Elena would run to the farm to help her mother. While her peers were sleeping, she was already learning to care for animals, mastering the first secrets of the trade and absorbing a special atmosphere that later determined her life path. The question of choosing a profession never arose for her — she knew exactly that she would continue the labor dynasty and devote herself to work on the farm.

Today, the MTK 'Zabelyshin' is a modern complex where manual labor has given way to advanced technologies. Elena Belousova and her partner service about 500 cows per shift, which, you