А. А. Зайцев. Человек, инженер, ученый, министр…

Thus, the collaboration with Anatoly and his team remained intense and was full of joy.

In February 2020, a team from the International Maglev Board celebrated Anatoly Aleksandrovich’s 80th birthday. It was celebrated at the IMB office in Munich and toasted to his achievements, well-being and good times: «Long-distance-Cheeeeers!». Due to the pandemic situation, we could not travel to see him – and he could not come to Munich in these months either…

Anatoly Aleksandrovich has been advocating for the Russian Federation to become a major player in the development and use of maglev railroads.

He was very successful in this endeavor: He laid the scientific and systems engineering foundations for a forward-looking transport development in the Russian Federation, which had already been working successfully on the development of maglev systems itself since the 1970s.

The team of scientists Anatoly has gathered around him from the PGUPS and MIIT universities is, in the IMB’s view, among the Russian Federation’s academic elite.

Anatoly’s commitment has been able to bring these scientists together and motivate them. With the dedicated members of his working group in St. Petersburg, Anatoly has succeeded in making Russia a potential player in the maglev market.

The trustful cooperation with the great Russian patriot Anatoly Aleksandrovich Zaitsev was always touching, intense and joyful for all scientists of the International Maglev Board.

It should be in the spirit of Anatoly Aleksandrovich to continue peaceful international cooperation in sciences and to further advance technologies serving peaceful transportation of people and goods.

Even though the international situation is now sad and confhctual at the time of this publication, the International Maglev Board hopes and wishes that Anatoly Aleksandrovich’s team can receive all the necessary support from home and abroad to continue to seize the opportunities Anatoly has opened up for his homeland.

Лёвин Б.А,

президент Ассоциации вузов транспорта, президент Российского университета транспорта (МИИТ), доктор технических наук, профессор

С Анатолием Александровичем Зайцевым судьба впервые свела меня в 1997 году на выборах ректора МИИТ. Выборы эти были примечательны: впервые руководитель крупнейшего транспортного вуза не назначался административным решением, а избирался трудовым коллективом.