Our Stories

Family in ERG

Life, the most valuable gift

"Liver urgently needed! Please help our son, Alyosha!” This desperate cry did not leave Alexey Sychugov indifferent. He did not hesitate to call the child's father and offer his help. After a full examination, the doctors confirmed the following: Sychugov could become a liver donor for the child.

A story of tremendous perseverance and kindness in the face of loss

At the age of 86, Beybish Tokmurzina came to work at the Aktobe Ferroalloy Plant following in her husband’s footsteps. Having worked as a dosing system operator until retirement, Beybish now found an occupation for the soul. She is sure that God gives her strength and good health because she knits clothes and hands out them to those in need.

Up to dream!

It all started quite modestly. With a 7-day rafting on the Chusovaya River in September 2014 with a group of 14 tourists and one guide. After the gorgeous rest, I wanted more, but I complicated the task for myself, I had a desire to increase the dose of adrenaline. I found the tour for 2015, rafting on the Upper and Middle Katun river (with the passage of the rifts of the 4-5 category of difficulty). To see the beauty of Altai, to go hiking to the foot of Belukha – this desire moved me at that time. And I did what I had planned. The beauty of Belukha mountain and its surroundings conquered me. Looking at the magnificence before me, I realized: I will definitely come back again, the mountain will not let me go just like that.

The barriers are in your head

Arkady Gubarev shows that it is possible to achieve anything as long as you have faith and persevere in the face of adversity.

Thinking outside the box

I come from a home of modest income, but I have always had big dreams and aspirations. I believe one should always chase one’s dreams – especially those that society thinks a woman is unlikely to achieve.

Running for a better life

This is a story about how I turned my life around. As a child I was on the larger side and did not attend gym class. At school, children would call me “fat”. Because of my weight, I was also clumsy.

Voice of the Pavlodar Aluminum Plant

A unique young man is working with me on the shift. Yes, he’s the youngest in the shop. Murat KAMITOV is the life and soul of our team. That’s not to mention his work, personality, ambitions, as all of these things implicitly present in him. I’d like to outline one of his talents – singing. Not a single event in the shop or plant is carried out without his voice. We’re always waiting impatiently for his appearance.

When you give your word, you have to stick to it

His name is Ruslan Urazalin, and his most prominent trait is his determination, something he has carried since childhood. A year ago, Ruslan weighed 135kg, and realized something needed to be done about his weight. After joining the ERG Youth Meeting, a training programme aimed at personal growth, he promised himself he would lose weight. A year later, staying true to his word, he had lost an incredible 45kg

We are responsible for our lives

Yerzhigit Yerkinbayuly, the namesake of our corporate hero Yerzhigit, works at the Aktobe Ferroalloy plant. He, by the way, looks like the darling of all hearts: the same active in life; loves his work; easily finds a common language with colleagues; close to a loving wife and faithful friends. He surprised his surroundings when he made a documentary film in which he showed all the sorrow of the residents of the Adult Residential Facility.

The Dance of Life

Any woman would probably envy being immersed in and dancing to beautiful music, while wearing the most exquisite dress. But beneath all the smiles and joy, a latent pain may lurk and every now and again it may come to the surface.

An unexpected call

When Pavel Sokolov received the unexpected call that his sister had passed away, not only was he inconsolably saddened by his loss, but immediately thought of his niece who had just lost her mother. Pavel, a driver at TRANSREMWAGON LLP, decided there and then, to rise to the occasion and adopt his then seven-year-old niece, Nadezhda. As time healed the wounds of that dreadful accident, Nadezhda now a dedicated mother and wife is only days away from getting her certified speech therapist degree. It’s hard to imagine what her life would have looked like if Pavel had not stepped in and taken her as his own child.

Challenge for the Superman

They say that people often become heroes reluctantly – life itself chooses a person to test for humanity and strength. So Engineer Torezhan TALIPOV has once, by a stroke of luck, shown heroism in a seemingly simple life situation.

Alexey to the rescue

The phone of the BREXs production site beltman of slag processing shop of Aktobe ferro-alloy plant, Alexey Vasin, is ringing off the hook with requests to help – someone needs to settle in a kitten, and someone – to save a life. A smiley 22-years old guy has an eventful life. A young man managed to obtain a rank of a Junior Sergeant, make a parachute jump seven times, buy a house, get a job at the plant. He taught in the children club of spoon players, participated in several dancing teams at ones, had a side job of a cook and entered the “iron and steel industry” faculty.

My music stratosphere

My name is Kirill, I'm 24 years old and I would like to tell you my musical story. I suppose it is a reminder of how much really comes from childhood. My older brother always listened to rock music and the sound of Nirvana, Metallica, Sodom, among other legends, constantly pervaded our home. Eventually, finding rock band cassettes lying around the house soon became a common sight.