Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov

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Soviet admiral (1904-1974)

PoliticiansLived 1904 to 1974 · aged 70

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Languages28

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Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Awards 32

1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

1952Order of Lenin

1950Order of the Red Banner

1946Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

1946Order of the People's Liberation

1946Order of the Partisan Star

1945Hero of the Soviet Union

1945Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta

1945Order of Lenin

1945Order of Ushakov, 1st class

1944Order of Ushakov, 1st class

1944Order of the Red Banner

1938Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"

1937Order of Lenin

1937Order of the Red Banner

1935Order of the Red Star

Order of the Badge of Honour

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"

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

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

Medal "For the Victory over Japan"

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"

badge "For Participant of the Khasan battles"

Medal For your freedom and ours

Medal "For Liberation of Korea''

Medal "For Battle Merit"

Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945

Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class

Order of Ushakov

Connected to Nikolay 6

Bertram Home RamsayAlso won Order of Ushakov

Ludvík SvobodaAlso won Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945

Aleksandr VasilevskyAlso won Order of the People's Liberation

Aleksei AntonovAlso won Medal "For Liberation of Korea''

Wanda WasilewskaAlso won Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

Rodion MalinovskyAlso won Order of the Partisan Star

About this person

Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov 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 Kuznetsov Naval Academy and the lead ship of the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier are named in his honor.