Nikolai Kuznetsov (admiral)
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Никола́й Гера́симович Кузнецо́в, Serbian: Николај Герасимович Кузњецов, romanized: Nikolaj Gerasimovič Kuznjecov; 24 July 1904 – 6 December 1974) was a Soviet naval officer who achieved the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union and served as People's Commissar of the Navy during the Winter War and the Second World War. The N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy and the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, as well as the Kuznetsov-class carrier class, are named in his honor.
Nikolai Kuznetsov | |
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| Native name | Николай Герасимович Кузнецов |
| Birth name | Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov |
| Born | 24 July 1904 Medvedki, Velikoustyuzhsky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia). |
| Died | 6 December 1974 (aged 70) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/Service | Soviet Navy |
| Years of service | 1919–1956 |
| Rank | Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union |
| Commands held | Soviet Navy Soviet Pacific Fleet |
| Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War Winter War World War II |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Other work | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1924–1956) |
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