Nikolai Kuznetsov (admiral)
Nikolai Kuznetsov | |
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| Native name | Николай Герасимович Кузнецов |
| Birth name | Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov |
| Born | 24 July 1904 Medvedki, Russia |
| Died | 6 December 1974 (aged 70) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/Service | Soviet Navy |
| Service years | 1919–1956 |
| Rank | Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union |
| Commands | Soviet Navy Soviet Pacific Fleet |
| Conflicts | |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Other work | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1924–1956) |
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3rd People's Commissar for the Navy of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 28 April 1939 – 25 February 1946 | |
| General Secretary | Joseph Stalin |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Frinovsky |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Stalin (as People's Commissar for the Armed Forces) |
2nd Minister of Navy of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 20 July 1951 – 15 March 1953 | |
| General Secretary | Joseph Stalin Georgy Malenkov |
| Premier | Joseph Stalin Georgy Malenkov |
| Preceded by | Ivan Yumashev |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Bulganin (as Minister of Defence) |
1st and 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy | |
| In office 24 July 1939 – 17 January 1947 | |
| General Secretary | Joseph Stalin |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov Joseph Stalin |
| People's Commissar of the Navy | Himself |
| People's Commissar for the Armed Forces | Joseph Stalin |
| Minister of the Armed Forces | Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Himself (as People's Commissar for the Navy of the Soviet Union) |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Yumashev |
| In office 20 July 1951 – 5 January 1956 | |
| General Secretary | Joseph Stalin Georgy Malenkov |
| First Secretary | Nikita Khrushchev |
| Premier | Joseph Stalin Georgy Malenkov Nikolai Bulganin |
| Minister of the Navy | Himself |
| Minister of Defence | Nikolai Bulganin Georgy Zhukov |
| Preceded by | Ivan Yumashev |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Gorshkov |
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Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Никола́й Гера́симович Кузнецо́в; 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 lead ship of the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier are named in his honor.