Aleksandr Novikov

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Soviet marshal of aviation

PoliticiansLived 1900 to 1976 · aged 76

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Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov was the chief marshal of aviation for the Soviet Air Forces during the Soviet Union's involvement in the Second World War.

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Awards 39

1968Order of the Red Star

1967Order of the Red Star

1961Order of the Red Banner of Labour

1953Order of the Red Banner

1949Order of Lenin

1945Hero of the Soviet Union

1945Order of Lenin

1945Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

1945Medal "For the Victory over Japan"

1945Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"

1945Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

1945Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

1944Order of the Red Banner

1944Order of Suvorov, 1st class

1944Order of Kutuzov, 1st class

1944Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"

1944Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit

1944Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

1943Order of Suvorov, 1st class

1942Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"

1942Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"

1941Order of the Red Banner

1940Order of Lenin

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"

Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"

Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"

Croix de guerre 1939-1945

Order of the Red Banner

Order of the Polar Star

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"

Connected to Aleksandr 6

Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of HyndhopeAlso won Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit

Georgy TovstonogovAlso won Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"

Viktor GorbatkoAlso won Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"

Vasily GordovAlso won Order of Kutuzov, 1st class

Courtney HodgesAlso won Order of Suvorov, 1st class

Artem SergeevAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

About this person

Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov was the chief marshal of aviation for the Soviet Air Forces during the Soviet Union's involvement in the Second World War. Lauded as "the man who has piloted the Red Air Force through the dark days into the present limelight", and a "master of tactical air power", he was twice given the title of Hero of the Soviet Union as well as a number of other Soviet decorations.