Leida Peips

Leida Peips (born 1 February 1937) is an Estonian former milker who became an economic, state and political figure. She received Soviet Union awards including the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the Order of Lenin and the Order of Friendship of Peoples. As chief milker, she represented Estonia in the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union in Moscow during Leonid Brezhnev's leadership.

Biography Peips was born on 1 February 1937 in the Republic of Estonia. She was educated at the Avanduse Agricultural School, taking a specialised dairy course.

Peips worked as a milker at the collective Viljandi Model State Farm from 1954, where she developed an ability to milk an above average number of kilograms of milk from each cow. Her abilities were due to devising techniques from time and motion studies and breeding cows that were suited to her milking methods. Peips was also awarded a Certificate of Honour and cheque for a Moskvich car from the Soviet Union (USSR) Exhibition of Economic Achievement, where she also set herself a goal of milking 6,000 kilograms per cow. became famous across the USSR and was promoted as a hero.

In 1974, Peips milked 5,200 kilograms of milk from each cow, whereas the Estonian average was less than 4,000 kilograms and the Russian average was less than 3,000 kilograms.

Peips applied to become a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and wrote that her "cherished dream had come true" when she was accepted her as a candidate member. As chief milker, she was selected to represent Estonia's interests as a member of the ninth legislature of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union in Moscow, during Leonid Brezhnev's leadership of the USSR. such as "people say that after arriving from Moscow, Leida Peips can no longer milk cows as her hands do not move up and down any more, but only apart and together again!"

As of 2022, Pieps lives in lives in Päri, Estonia.

Awards

Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1973) Order of Lenin (1975) Hero of Socialist Labour (1975) Order of Friendship of Peoples (1981)