Boris Beylin’s Biography Timeline
Graduated from the Bryansk Institute of Transport Engineering (BITM)
Graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering technology, specializing in metal-cutting machines and tools.
His engineering career started immediately after graduation at the Leningrad Ship Valve Plant in February 1967, where he worked first as a process engineer in the mechanical assembly shop, and later headed the shop’s tool stock office.
His engineering career started immediately after graduation at the Leningrad Ship Valve Plant in February 1967, where he worked first as a process engineer in the mechanical assembly shop, and later headed the shop’s tool stock office.
Drafted for military service; served in a tank regiment as the deputy company commander for materiel (zampotech).
After completing his service, he returned to the Ship Valve Plant, where he took the job of a designer at the Chief Designer’s Department. His later positions were head of the plant’s tool management office and head of the cutting laboratory.
After completing his service, he returned to the Ship Valve Plant, where he took the job of a designer at the Chief Designer’s Department. His later positions were head of the plant’s tool management office and head of the cutting laboratory.
The author translated "Despite and Thanks to" and "A Leap into the Unknown" into English.
The author's new book "The Factory" was published. This business novel explores lean manufacturing and the management decisions that help businesses operate more efficiently.
Publication of the book “A Leap into the Unknown” — a story of the life and character formation of Osya, a mischievous and restless boy in his early years, who, as an adult, dared to take risks for the sake of his ideas.
Boris Beylin’s database of knowledge and personal management and production experience, now known as the Lean Production Management System (LPMS), was comprehensively documented and subsequently automated. Any company can adopt the system in its own business.
The second, expanded edition of “Thanks To and Despite” was published in hardcover and circulated widely among the author’s circle of family, friends, and business partners. It is a profound account of the author’s life path in business, revealing his original entrepreneurial thinking and the mechanisms he employed to implement lean manufacturing in the harsh conditions of a divided country.
Release of yet another book, “The Golden Tea Set,” recounting the life of a garrison officer’s family from the period after World War II to 1958. The novel is full of descriptions of the era, everyday life, and travels across the country, from Moscow to its remote corners. This is how it was remembered by the officer's son, a young boy named Osya.
Boris Beylin published an initial edition of his book “Thanks To and Despite,” a retrospective of the author’s personal career path. The book was later expanded.
In the same year, he published the book “Hello, Gita!”, the love story of Boris’s parents told through their letters from the 1930s and 1950s, a subtle and sentimental work.
In the same year, he published the book “Hello, Gita!”, the love story of Boris’s parents told through their letters from the 1930s and 1950s, a subtle and sentimental work.
BIG Filter expanded into the global filter market after securing certifications from Volkswagen and General Motors. It signed contracts to supply its products to a number of major automotive assembly lines in Russia and later in Europe.
Directed the company’s growth and shaped its development strategy in Russia’s emerging market economy. The company introduced new production lines and adopted sought-after European manufacturing processes to stay ahead of the competition while imported vehicles and brands were flooding the empty market.
In 1994, owing to the participation of BIG Filter, the Russian Federation’s anthem was played and its flag raised for the first time at the Automechanika Frankfurt trade fair. Boris Beylin’s company became the debuting Russian brand at the world’s leading automotive exhibition.
In 1994, owing to the participation of BIG Filter, the Russian Federation’s anthem was played and its flag raised for the first time at the Automechanika Frankfurt trade fair. Boris Beylin’s company became the debuting Russian brand at the world’s leading automotive exhibition.
Launched one of Leningrad’s first cooperatives for car repairs, and in 1988, a new cooperative which grew into the company BIG Filter.
Left the plant and went into private business, performing all types of car repairs, including welding and full-body painting.
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Age rating: 18+
Year: 2026
Book size: 240 pages
Original language: Russian
Format: Hardcover
Year: 2026
Book size: 240 pages
Original language: Russian
Format: Hardcover
The Factory
is your own way of thinking?
when the first thing that needs to change is your own way of thinking?
when the first thing that needs to change
a business
How do you transform
The novel's protagonist leads a manufacturing company grappling with familiar business challenges: inefficient processes, resistance to change, conflicts between departments, constant firefighting, and the feeling that the entire system works only because of the extraordinary efforts of individuals.
Step by step, the protagonist comes to understand that lasting success is mpossible without changing the very logic of management. Through real-life manufacturing scenarios, tense meetings, arguments, mistakes and unexpected discoveries, the author shows how a culture of continuous improvement takes shape — and why people are the key factor in any change.
Based on the author's personal experience, this novel combines storytelling with the practice of modern management, turning real-life business cases into a compelling narrative about choice, responsibility and growth.
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About the book “Thanks To and Despite”:
Russian industry is the subject of endless disputes, discussions, and forecasts. Most of the Soviet industry, like a chameleon, changed its “skin color” and became nominally private in post-Soviet Russia, but, being budget-dependent, retained the same essence. In parallel, a completely new industry was created literally from scratch. It was heterogeneous. One part of it was established with capital from the West and its long-standing business culture. Another part was created by Russian entrepreneurs: some invested the initial capital they had built in the early 1990s; others started their businesses from scratch with nothing but enthusiasm and faith that production was the future.
How did it become possible to launch a manufacturing business without any startup funds or administrative connections? How did companies need to change themselves in order to survive in an ever-changing environment? On what principles can a successful business be built when everything is against it? Can a company’s future be predicted several years in advance in modern Russia? Can the label “Made in Russia” be prestigious?
The 30-year experience of the BIG Filter company offers answers to all these questions.
How did it become possible to launch a manufacturing business without any startup funds or administrative connections? How did companies need to change themselves in order to survive in an ever-changing environment? On what principles can a successful business be built when everything is against it? Can a company’s future be predicted several years in advance in modern Russia? Can the label “Made in Russia” be prestigious?
The 30-year experience of the BIG Filter company offers answers to all these questions.
About the book “The Golden Tea Set”:
After World War II, a Soviet Army officer, whose family lives in Kiev, finds himself in Leningrad for a brief period of study before he is sent to the Far East. He is drawn strongly to his family, but is only able to visit them every three years, for a three-month vacation with his wife and children. Their long journeys across the country allow them to witness the sweeping changes taking place throughout the Soviet Union.
In the Far East, the officer is frequently transferred from one garrison to another. While life in military outposts may seem monotonous to adults, it is a world of endless adventure for boys.
Told as seen through the eyes of the officer’s son, Osya, this account not only reveals the hidden life of Soviet garrisons, but also offers a child’s perspective on a nation in the midst of transformation during the 1950s.
In the Far East, the officer is frequently transferred from one garrison to another. While life in military outposts may seem monotonous to adults, it is a world of endless adventure for boys.
Told as seen through the eyes of the officer’s son, Osya, this account not only reveals the hidden life of Soviet garrisons, but also offers a child’s perspective on a nation in the midst of transformation during the 1950s.
About the book “Hello, Gita!”
A love story told through letters from the 1930s and ‘40s.
From the compiler:
I decided to create this book due to a rather uncommon turn of events. In early September 2019, my mother Gita Charnaya passed away. While sorting her archive, my sister Rita showed me more than 250 old letters written in the 1930s and ‘40s, mostly from my father to his beloved. I was profoundly struck when I saw and read them. In the first place, I couldn’t understand why, after all these years, I knew nothing of these letters. It was surprising that my mother had never told me about their existence.
Secondly, these are not just letters, but also a vibrant account of those turbulent times, the story of my parents and of the country in general. Ultimately, it is a stunning poem of love.
From the compiler:
I decided to create this book due to a rather uncommon turn of events. In early September 2019, my mother Gita Charnaya passed away. While sorting her archive, my sister Rita showed me more than 250 old letters written in the 1930s and ‘40s, mostly from my father to his beloved. I was profoundly struck when I saw and read them. In the first place, I couldn’t understand why, after all these years, I knew nothing of these letters. It was surprising that my mother had never told me about their existence.
Secondly, these are not just letters, but also a vibrant account of those turbulent times, the story of my parents and of the country in general. Ultimately, it is a stunning poem of love.
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