Stock Photo - ***APRIL 26, 1971, FILE PHOTO*** Construction of a long-distance transit pipeline from the USSR. This month, n.p.Plynostav Rosice started another part of the construction of a long-distance transit pipeline from the USSR across the country. It is the so-called second working group of the plant, led by foreman Josef Kotolan, which has started welding the gas pipeline between Vysoke Popice and Rapotice for 43 km of the route. This group has 1,200 m of pipeline prepared and laid out here and the welding groups have welded the first 200 m of 900 mm diameter pipeline. One of the best workers in this group is the welder Lazarevic Georgij, originally from Greece, who has been selected for the construction of a gas pipeline in Slovakia, where he will weld a 1 200 mm diameter pipeline because of his extensive experience. (CTK Photo/Emil Bican)