Kuznetsov tried to gain altitude and gain an advantage over the enemy, but he quickly figured out the Soviet pilot’s maneuver and also began to gain altitude. He responded to Kuznetsov’s “dead loop” with a combat turn and a clear “half roll.”

“Sometimes it seemed that he knew my actions before me, my every maneuver. He used my mistakes in piloting technique masterfully and always got more advantages than me by some percentage. I was in a hurry and fell behind, was nervous and made mistakes...”

The resentment fueled Kuznetsov, and hatred for the one who was now apparently grinning sarcastically, anticipating victory over the Soviet pilot, helped him gather his thoughts, become prudent and economical in choosing maneuvers.

“No, Fritz, you won’t take me easily,” he thought calmly, noticing that the German pilot had still gained a large amount of altitude and was preparing to attack from the rear hemisphere. Having made a sharp turn - his eyes darkened - Kuznetsov threw his plane into a frontal attack. At breakneck speeds they rushed towards each other. Now the outcome of the fight was decided by will. The German’s was weaker; at some point his nerves could not stand it, and he jerked the plane upward, trying to save himself with this maneuver. But he was late. The moment when the German showed the belly of his Messer was enough for Kuznetsov to catch him at gunpoint and shoot him.

Destroying the leaders of groups of enemy aircraft later became his creed. Relying on his high skill and tactical literacy, the air fighter sought first of all to decapitate the enemy’s battle formations...

The pilots of Kuznetsov's squadron fought fearlessly in air battles over blockaded Leningrad. Again, he studied himself and forced the pilots to train in aerobatics, study practical aerodynamics, and analyze every air battle. The squadron began to pay more attention to strong-willed training, instilling courage, perseverance, and determination. Newspapers, books, films, stories of participants in air battles - everything went into the arsenal of moral and combat education.

“A courageous air fighter will win even with a wooden seat back, a coward will die even under an armored cap,” he told his subordinates.

Glory came to the pilots of his squadron in the skies of Leningrad, and at the same time he received an order: to form a fighter aviation regiment and take command of it. But this is on another front...

In 1942, Major M.V. Kuznetsov was appointed commander of the 814th IAP on the Southwestern Front, flying first Hurricanes and later Yak-1s.

There were night flights - young pilots were flying. The squadron parking lot was especially busy. The pilots, who had just completed difficult flight missions to intercept enemy air forces, squeezed closer to the General and listened to his story about the front-line pilots of the 106th Guards Air Regiment.

Now I remember how I built a regiment for the first time after its reorganization,” said Mikhail Vasilyevich. - Lined up at the edge of the forest. The chief of staff reported that everything was as it should be according to the regulations. The commissar and I walked around the frozen ranks and both, as if we had reached an agreement, said in one voice: “Boys - that’s all.”

Many of them did not live to see the bright day of our victory. Our people will never forget the feat of those boys who showed themselves to be real heroes, courageous war soldiers, fearless falcons... I was no stranger to working with Komsomol members, after all, I was the secretary of the Komsomol cell at the FZU, and then at the factory the secretary of the Komsomol committee. As for Muscovites, that’s very good - fellow countrymen, we’ll quickly find a common language.

Kuznetsov really quickly found a common language with them. The young pilots immediately felt that “father” would not give any concessions, he was strict but fair, brave but careful. There were also grievances. They were eager to fight, but he didn’t let them. They were tired of textbooks in schools, and he put them back to books and instructions. They were tired of transportation flights, and he again “carried” them like cadets of initial training. Then they realized that their time would come, but they themselves still looked with envy at the elders, who every day went “free hunting” towards the front.

In the evenings, in a cramped dugout adapted for a classroom, he collected them and talked in detail about each air battle, drew maneuver diagrams on the chalkboard, and showed the dynamics of combat on mock-up airplanes. His tactical flights were always a great school of ingenuity and instant reaction. When asking a tactical problem, he sought an instant, precise answer.

In the morning, we practiced what we had learned in theoretical classes over the airfield in practice. He led special training flights for pair flights himself. Pilots in pairs were assigned by order to the regiment. As an incentive, the best aircraft were given to the best couples when receiving equipment.

He personally taught young people to attack the enemy. To do this, he himself became an “enemy” and demanded that he be attacked from the shortest distance, boldly, “impudently.”

“An air battle must be carried out with energetic attacks from short distances and must be carried through to the end, that is, until the attacked enemy is destroyed,” he said.

And he also taught his pilots “free hunting.”

Some pilots often resort to boosting the engine when “free hunting”. There is no need to do this. On the contrary, you need to fly in economical flight modes, but be careful, be the first to see the enemy, promptly switch the propeller from high pitch to low pitch, change the engine operating mode in order to achieve the required speed to take the starting position and fight. When the enemy succeeds in attacks with an advantage over our fighters in height and speed, this is the result of the enemy's superior discretion in this case, and not a consequence of patrolling at increased speeds.

He taught his deputies, squadron and flight commanders something else - to lead groups of fighters into battle. Taught from my own experience.

Escorting the Pe-2 bombers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Sandalov, I divided our group of fighters into two subgroups. One direct escort subgroup of 2 aircraft on each side of the “bomber” formation with an excess of 250 - 300 meters above them, and the second subgroup is a strike group, also 4 aircraft in pairs with an excess of 400 meters above the first subgroup. This battle formation provided us with freedom of maneuver and reliable all-round visibility. And if you consider that we approached the enemy airfield from the rear, and changed direction several times along the route, you can imagine that not a single enemy anti-aircraft gun had time to fire, and we quickly discovered the fighters that were approaching our bombers from below and, Having the advantage in height, they energetically attacked and destroyed. 53 enemy aircraft then burned Sandalov’s Pe-2 at one of the airfields. The entire group returned home without losses.

Mikhail Vasilyevich did not say one thing: he shot down one of the attacking Me-109s himself...

It was the turn of Kuznetsov’s young eaglets. With an anxious look, he led them into the first battle. I tried to keep up with everything myself, and lead the group whenever possible. But every day I became more and more confident - young people have learned the science of winning correctly. The number of enemy aircraft shot down grew, and the first military awards glittered on the young people’s tunics. But he did not leave them unattended: he demanded, taught, educated: “Cover not with “your body,” but with fire and maneuver. Patrol not only over your own territory, but also over the enemy’s (depth 10 - 15 kilometers behind the front line). Wingman head is responsible for the leader, but the leader is also responsible for the follower. Cases of an enemy breakthrough to a defended object are considered a disgrace for a Guardsman fighter..."

He led the regiment through the crucible of battles in Ukraine, where he personally shot down 12 enemy aircraft. Under his command, on August 24, 1943, the regiment was awarded the Guards title and became known as the 106th Guards IAP. Receiving the Guards Banner, regiment commander M.V. Kuznetsov then said in front of the formation of his fellow soldiers:

We swear at the Guards Banner that the enemy will always see his death in our pilots. We will soon come to fascist Germany, soon we will fly over Berlin on our swift wings.

On the personal account of even the youngest pilots there were 8 - 10 downed enemy aircraft, and Khimushin, Bobkov, Timoshenko, Artemnikov had 12 each; Savelyev shot down 16 vultures. The commander himself set an example of courage and bravery.

On September 8, 1943, after the liberation of Donbass, for 17 personally shot down Guard aircraft, Major M.V. Kuznetsov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. His award sheet states:

“Major Kuznetsov shows exceptional courage and resourcefulness, courage and bravery in air battles. He has excellent piloting technique, fights the enemy competently and skillfully. Despite the numerically superior enemy, he always forces a fight on him and emerges victorious, showing true heroism and courage "The air battles carried out by Comrade Kuznetsov show his remarkable qualities as a fighter pilot."

Later, the regiment's pilots fought on the 3rd Ukrainian Front, flying Yak-3 aircraft.

One day Kuznetsov flew out at the head of six Yakovlevs on a free hunt for the Seversky Donets. Against the backdrop of a crimson sunset, the pilots noticed a large group of German bombers that were flying under the cover of Messers. Kuznetsov immediately rushed to the attack, dragging his wingmen along with him. His goal was to shoot down the leader, decapitate the enemy covering group, and then deal with the bombers.

M. V. Kuznetsov. Autumn 1943

The German fighters did not accept the fight and clung to the bombers. The "Yaks" immediately crashed into the enemy's already trembling formation. One after another, 3 bombers fell to the ground, engulfed in flames. Kuznetsov relentlessly pursued the car of the leader of the enemy group and shot it down with a well-aimed burst. Pilots N. Khimushin and G. Artemchenko destroyed one plane each in this battle.

Day and night, the aviators fought hot battles with the enemy, helping ground troops in the liberation of the cities of Donbass, as well as Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, and Krivoy Rog. Once M.V. Kuznetsov had to fly over the ancient Ukrainian city of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky - the birthplace of the great son of the Ukrainian people, a wise statesman, an outstanding commander Bogdan Khmelnitsky. Here, on January 8, 1654, the Pereyaslav Rada, convened by Khmelnitsky, expressed the unanimous will of the Ukrainian people to live as a friendly family with the fraternal Russian people and, together with Russia, to defeat foreign invaders through joint efforts. And now, in difficult times, all the peoples of our multinational Fatherland have come to the aid of the Ukrainian people. In the skies of Ukraine, M.V. Kuznetsov personally shot down 12 enemy aircraft and 4 in group battles. He was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd degree.

In the book "Soviet Air Forces in the Great Patriotic War 1941 - 1945." there is an assessment of the actions of the 106th Guards Aviation Regiment under the command of M.V. Kuznetsov in the skies of Poland:

“By striking and blocking airfields, as well as continuous patrols, our pilots covered the tank troops as they crossed the defense line on the Nida River during the battles for the cities of Pinchuv and Indzejow. Not a single group of enemy aircraft was able to strike our troops. In solving this task, he distinguished himself 106th Guards Fighter Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel M.V. Kuznetsov."

And finally here comes Germany. How much effort it took to come here! How to measure sleepless nights and anxious days, the nervous tension of battles?

Winter 1945. Troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front crossed the Oder and started fighting for the cities of Gubin and Forst, located 100 kilometers from Berlin. Victory is near, but the enemy is desperately resisting. Our aviation supports ground troops, preventing the enemy from bringing up reserves.

There was a wet winter that year in the Guben area. It often rained tediously, and heavy gray clouds hung above the ground. On one of these days, February 22, 1945, Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Vasilyevich Kuznetsov led six Yakovs on a “free hunt”. This group included pilots A. Penyaz, N. Zabyrin, K. Zvonarev, V. Simakin and N. Bespalov. They walked along the front line at low altitude, then rose higher and were about to leave for their airfield, but suddenly they noticed a large group of FW-190s that were calmly storming the positions of our infantrymen. “What impudence,” thought Kuznetsov and immediately ordered on the radio to attack the enemy.

The clouds allowed them to approach unnoticed by the Nazi pilots. Quickly assessing the situation, the commander decided to first attack a group of Fokkers of 4 aircraft, which were 400 - 500 meters above the main group and, apparently, had the task of covering it. The four fascists, seeing the Soviet fighters, did not accept the battle and “drew” under their main group.

Kuznetsov decided to join them. At first the Germans did not notice anything, but when the first 3 Fokkers, engulfed in flames, fell down, they rushed about, began to randomly drop bombs and leave the battlefield. Another 4 enemy aircraft fell to the ground. “A total of 7 enemy aircraft shot down on Red Army Day is a worthy gift,” thought Mikhail Vasilyevich and, thanking the pilots over the radio, he ordered them to go to their airfield.

This was one of the last air battles in which Lieutenant Colonel M.V. Kuznetsov took part.

Mikhail Vasilyevich Kuznetsov took part in battles on the Leningrad and Kalinin fronts, defeated the enemy at Stalingrad, liberated Donbass, Ukraine, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. He made his last combat missions over Berlin, where on May 8, 1945 he shot down the 28th enemy aircraft. The regiment's pilots, students of Kuznetsov, destroyed 299 enemy aircraft in battle.

In total, Guard Colonel M.V. Kuznetsov conducted 72 air battles in 345 combat missions, personally destroyed 22 enemy aircraft and 6 as part of a group. For the courage and bravery shown in battles with the Nazi invaders, for the skillful leadership of combat operations and the education of highly qualified fighter pilots, on June 27, 1945, he was awarded the second Gold Star medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

After the war, Mikhail Vasilyevich continued to serve in the Air Force, flying jet and supersonic aircraft. In 1951 he graduated from the Air Force Academy. Then he was appointed head of the Chernigov Aviation School. He held this position for more than 4 years, passing on his rich combat experience to the new family of Soviet aces. He was demobilized in 1974 with the rank of Major General of Aviation. In recent years he lived in the city of Berdyansk.

In the city of Pushchino in 1981, near the building of the executive committee of the city council, a bronze bust of twice Hero of the Soviet Union M. V. Kuznetsov was installed (authors - sculptor I. Slonim, architect M. Mantulin), transferred there from the village of Agarino, in which the hero was born. The bust always has fresh flowers. Schoolchildren from the Pushchino school, which is named after M.V. Kuznetsov, are caring for the bust of the Hero.

"Free hunt" of fighters.

After breaking through the enemy defenses on the Vistula bridgehead in January 1945, troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front crossed the Oder from Breslau to Steinau, Glogau, quickly reached the Neisse River on a broad front and began fighting for the German cities of Forst, Guben, located 110 km from Berlin .

Our aviation supported all operations of the ground forces from the air with bombing and assault strikes against the manpower and equipment of the retreating enemy and his pulling up reserves.

On February 23, 1945, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, an order was received from the division headquarters: with flights of several groups of “free hunters” fighters, disrupt the movement of enemy troops in the Cottbus, Guben, Forst sector.

I, as part of 6 Yak-1 and Yak-9 aircraft, flew out on a “free hunt”. The battle order to the target was as follows: a front of 3 pairs with two pairs exceeding the leading pair by 40 - 50 meters. Such a battle formation fully provided a good view of the front and rear hemispheres.

When approaching the front line, I saw at an altitude of 800 meters above the city of Guben several groups of 8 - 10 FW-190s with a total number of up to 40 aircraft attacking our troops. The Germans built their battle formation from groups of 8 to 10 aircraft in a circle and dropped bombs in a dive. The four Fokkers without bombs were 400 - 500 meters above the entire group, covering their attack aircraft from air attacks.

The weather made it possible to approach the enemy unnoticed, as there was heavy haze that made visibility difficult. I radioed to my pilots: “I see the enemy, let’s go on the attack!”

I decided to attack the top four FW-190s, force them to go down, leaving my attack aircraft without cover, and then attack the attack aircraft, since these 4 enemy aircraft posed the greatest threat to us. Coming from above the tail of the 4th Germans, we went on the attack, but they abruptly dived under their group. Having achieved the first result relatively easily, we entered in pairs into the circle of German planes, lined up close to them and began to destroy them.

At first the Germans did not notice us, they turned with a slight bank with undischarged bombs, but when we opened fire and several planes fell, engulfed in flames, the Germans discovered us, increased the bank of the turn, rushed about and began to randomly drop bombs, mostly on their own troops. The Germans could not attack us in any way, we were in their general mass, and they were connected by piloting in formation. The approach distance to the enemy was 10 - 15 meters, and we continued to destroy them at point-blank range. The formation of German planes scattered, one by one they dived hastily from the battlefield.

The ammunition ran out, but I did not stop attacks: the enemy did not know whether I had ammunition, and the other pilots of my group needed support.

The Germans lost 7 FW-190 aircraft shot down, our losses were 1 aircraft shot down.

Swift, continuous attacks and continuous interaction between the pairs decided the success of the battle.

(From the collection - “One Hundred Stalinist Falcons in the Battles for the Motherland.” Moscow, “YAUZA - EKSMO”, 2005.) * * *

List of famous victories of the Guard Colonel M.V. Kuznetsov:
(From the book by M. Yu. Bykov - “Victories of Stalin’s Falcons”. Published by “YAUZA - EKSMO”, 2008.)

№ p/p	Date	Downed aircraft	Air battle location (victory)	Their aircraft
1	08/20/1941	1 Ju-88	southeast Volosovo	MiG-3, Hurricane, Yak-1, Yak-3.
2	08/25/1941	1 Me-109	aer. Spasskaya Polist
3	09/07/1941	1 Me-110 (in group 1/5)	Lesieux
4	10/10/1941	1 Me-109	Tikhvin - Kirishi
5	10/14/1941	1 Ju-88	m. Osinovets
6	02.11.1941	1 Me-109	zap. Shlisselburg
7	02/05/1943	1 Ju-88	May
8		1 Not-111	Pits
9	02/06/1943	1 Ju-87	eastern env. Konstantinovka
10	04/01/1943	1 FW-189	Csepel
11	04/03/1943	1 Do-215	Dmitrievka
12		1 Me-109	Malaya Kamyshevakha
13	07/17/1943	2 Ju-87	north Great Kamyshevakha
14	08/17/1943	1 FW-190	south Dubrovka
15	02/15/1945	1 FW-190	Wellersdorf
16	02/22/1945	2 FW-190	Guben - Grano
Total aircraft shot down - 21 + 6  [ 17 + 1 ];  combat sorties - 375; air battles - 72.

Kuznetsov Mikhail Vasilievich - commander of the 814th Fighter Aviation Regiment (207th Fighter Aviation Division, 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps. 17th Air Army, Southwestern Front), major;
commander of the 106th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 2nd Guards Attack Aviation Corps, 2nd Air Army, 1st Ukrainian Front), guard lieutenant colonel.

Born on October 25 (November 7), 1913 in the village of Agarino, Kashirsky district, Tula province (now Serpukhov district, Moscow region). Russian. Since 1921 he lived in Moscow. In 1930 he graduated from the 7th grade of school. In 1930-1932 he worked as an electrician at a tannery. In 1932-1933 - at Komsomol work in the Kirovsky district of Moscow: deputy chairman of the regional bureau of young pioneers, secretary of the Komsomol committee of the S. Ordzhonikidze FZU and secretary of the Komsomol committee of the Moscow Machine Tool Plant named after S. Ordzhonikidze.

In the army since July 1933. In 1934 he graduated from the Yeisk Military School of Naval Pilots and Observer Pilots. He served in the Air Force as a pilot of light bomber and fighter squadrons, an adjutant of an air squadron and an assistant commander of an air squadron of a fighter regiment (in the Belarusian Military District).

Participant in the campaign of Soviet troops in Western Belarus in September 1939 as an adjutant of the air squadron of the 15th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Participant in the Soviet-Finnish War: in February-March 1940 - assistant squadron commander of the 15th Fighter Aviation Regiment. He made several combat missions on the I-153 fighter.

He continued to serve in the Air Force as an assistant commander and commander of an air squadron of a fighter aviation regiment (in the Leningrad and Baltic special military districts). In April 1941 he graduated from the Lipetsk advanced training courses for air squadron commanders.

Participant of the Great Patriotic War: in June-December 1941 - commander of an air squadron and navigator of the 15th Fighter Aviation Regiment. He fought on the Northwestern (June-July 1941) and Leningrad (August-December 1941) fronts. Participated in defensive battles in the Baltic states and the defense of Leningrad.

In March-May 1942 - deputy commander of the 1st reserve fighter aviation regiment (city of Arzamas, now Nizhny Novgorod region), in May-June 1942 - commander of the air squadron of the 14th reserve fighter aviation regiment (city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region).

In June 1942 - May 1945 - commander of the 814th (from August 1943 - 106th Guards) Fighter Aviation Regiment. Fought in Kalininsky (July-September 1942), Western (September-November 1942), South-Western (December 1942 - October 1943), 3rd (October 1943 - July 1944) and 1st (July 1944 - May 1945) Ukrainian fronts. Participated in the Voroshilovgrad operation, the Battle of Kursk, Izyum-Barvenkovskaya, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov-Sandomierz, Sandomierz-Silesian, Lower Silesia, Berlin and Prague operations.

For courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 8, 1943, to Guards Major Kuznetsov Mikhail Vasilievich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

In total, during the war he made 344 combat missions on I-153, MiG-3, Hurricane, Yak-1, Yak-7B and Yak-9 fighters, in 73 air battles he personally shot down 21 and 6 enemy aircraft as part of a group.

For the courage and heroism shown in battles, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 27, 1945, the guard colonel was awarded the second Gold Star medal.

After the war, until March 1946, he served in the Air Force as deputy commander of the 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (in the Central Group of Forces, Austria).

In 1951 he graduated from the Air Force Academy (Monino). In 1951-1955 - head of the Chernigov Military Aviation School of Pilots, in 1955-1959 - head of the 10th Military Aviation School (from 1958 - 10th Military Aviation School) for initial training of pilots (city of Kremenchug, Poltava region, Ukraine).

In 1959-1961 - deputy commander of the 69th Air Army for logistics (Kiev Military District), in 1961-1969 - deputy commander of the 37th Air Army for logistics (Northern Group of Forces, Poland), in 1969-1974 - deputy commander of the Air Force Moscow Military District for the rear. Since February 1974, Aviation Major General M.V. Kuznetsov has been in reserve.

In 1974-1988 he worked as a senior engineer, sector head and leading engineer at the Scientific Experimental Center for Automation of Air Traffic Control of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Major General of Aviation (1959). Awarded the Order of Lenin (09/08/1943), 4 Orders of the Red Banner (02/26/1942; 02/28/1943; 04/24/1945; 11/3/1953), Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degree (09/23/1944), Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree (03/11/1985), Red Banner of Labor (02/22/1968), 2 Orders of the Red Star (12/3/1941; 06/20/1949), medal “For Military Merit” (11/3/1944), and other medals.

A bronze bust of M.V. Kuznetsov was installed in the city of Pushchino, Moscow Region, where a street is named after him.

Notes:
1) Awarded for performing 245 combat missions and participating in 53 air battles, in which he personally shot down 17 and as part of a group 6 enemy aircraft (as of August 1943);
2) According to the research of M.Yu. Bykov, there is documentary evidence of 19 personal and 8 group victories.

Military ranks:
Lieutenant (03/14/1936)
Senior Lieutenant (03/20/1938)
Captain (09/11/1940)
Major (12/25/1941)
Lieutenant Colonel (10/15/1943)
Colonel (06/04/1945)
Major General of Aviation (05/25/1959)

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Mikhail Vasilyevich Kuznetsov was born on October 25 (November 7), 1913. in the village of Agarino, Serpukhov district, Moscow province, in a working-class family. Russian.

• 1921 - the family moved to Moscow.
• 1930 - graduated from school of the 2nd level (7 classes).
• 1930-1933 - employee of the Moselektrik plant / since 1931 of the Moselektrik plant named after. S. Ordzhonikidze/, secretary of the Komsomol committee of the plant. In 1932 - at the age of 19! - joined the CPSU(b).
• 1933 - following party mobilization, he was sent to the Yeisk Military Aviation School of Naval Pilots (Yesk VMAU).
• 1933-1934 - cadet of the Yeisk Military Aviation School of Naval Pilots.
• Since 1934 - served in fighter aviation units of the Red Army.
• September 1939 - participant in the Polish campaign of the Red Army.
• 1939-1940 - participant in the Soviet-Finnish war. Senior lieutenant, assistant squadron commander.
• Battle episode: " 03/12/1940 troika of the 15th IAP: regiment commander Major V.L. Bobrik, Captain Shavrov and Art. Lieutenant M.V. Kuznetsov flew out to search for the pilots of the 38th IAP Bobrov and Romashkov who made an emergency landing, who were on the ice of the Gulf of Finland 30 kilometers southwest of Helsinki. Two comrades found themselves on the ice. Bobrov put the wounded Romashkov on a parachute and dragged him across the ice. His strength was exhausted, but he did not abandon his comrade, dragging him 18 kilometers towards his shore, and approached the ice-free part of the Gulf of Finland. There they were discovered by a flying group. Major Bobrik quickly made a decision. He skillfully landed his car on the ice, and Captain Shavrov sat behind him. Art. Lieutenant Kuznetsov was in the air in case of a sudden enemy attack. Bobrik took the wounded Romashkov onto his plane, and Major Bobrov sat next to Shavrov. The overloaded planes struggled to lift themselves off the uneven ice. The pilots landed safely at their airfield."
• · Since June 1941 - participant of the Great Patriotic War.
• · Captain Kuznetsov performed the first combat missions of the commander of the 15th Fighter Aviation Regiment near Leningrad in July 1941 on a MiG-3. Soon he won his first victory here, shooting down the leading Me-109 group. Destroying the leaders of groups of enemy aircraft became his creed. Kuznetsov sought first of all to decapitate the enemy’s battle formations. For a short time he was a navigator of an aviation regiment.
• · In May 1942 - Major Kuznetsov was appointed commander of the 814th Fighter Aviation Regiment on the Southwestern Front, fought in the skies over Ukraine, where he personally shot down 12 enemy aircraft.
• · On August 24, 1943, the regiment was awarded the Guards title and became the 106th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
• · Battle episode: “Summer 1943. One day Kuznetsov flew out at the head of six Yakovlevs on a free hunt for the Seversky Donets. Against the backdrop of a crimson sunset, the pilots noticed a large group of German bombers that were flying under the cover of Messers. Kuznetsov immediately rushed into the attack, dragging them with him wingmen. He set out to shoot down the leader, behead the enemy covering group, and then deal with the bombers. The German fighters did not accept the fight, clung to the bombers. "Yaks" immediately crashed into the enemy's already trembling formation. One after another, they fell to the ground, engulfed in flames 3 bomber. Kuznetsov relentlessly pursued the vehicle of the leader of the enemy group and shot it down with a well-aimed burst. Pilots N. Khimushin and G. Artemchenko destroyed one plane each in this battle."
• · By August 1943 - Major Kuznetsov made 245 combat missions and in 53 air battles personally shot down 17 enemy aircraft and 6 in the group.
• · September 8, 1943 - By Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "for heroism and courage shown in air battles, and skillful command of the regiment" awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (in fact, for 17 downed aircraft).
• · Passed through Poland and Czechoslovakia to Berlin.
• · By May 9, 1945, he had flown 345 combat missions, conducted 72 air battles, shot down 22 enemy aircraft personally and 6 in the group. Guard Colonel. Commander of the 106th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps, 2nd Air Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front.
• · June 24, 1945 - participant in the Victory Parade in Moscow.
• · June 27, 1945 - awarded the second Gold Star medal "for courage and bravery shown in battles with the Nazi invaders, for the skillful leadership of combat operations and the education of highly qualified fighter pilots."
• After the war, he continued to serve in the Air Force, flying jet and supersonic aircraft.
• 1951 - graduated from the Air Force Academy.
• 1951-1957 - the first head of the 57th Military Aviation School for Air Force Pilots (later - the Chernigov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after Lenin Komsomol).
• Served as Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Kyiv and Moscow Military Districts for Logistics.
• 1974 - transferred to the reserve.
• Lived in the city of Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region of Ukraine.
• He died on December 15, 1989. He was buried in Moscow at the Troekurovsky cemetery.

Fighter pilot, commander of the 814th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 207th Fighter Aviation Division of the 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps of the 17th Air Army of the Southwestern Front; commander of the 106th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps of the 2nd Air Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front, twice Hero of the Soviet Union,

FULL NAME: Kuznetsov Mikhail Vasilievich

Academic degree, academic title and official position: Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor.

Current place of work: Department of Economic and Social Geography and Territorial Administration, Faculty of Geography, Tauride National University named after V. I. Vernadsky

Main scientific direction: functional-genetic aspects of the formation of the spatio-temporal structure of the socio-economic process of social organization of the territory.

Scientific interests: problems of improving the recreational and geographical process; epistemological aspects of the social relevance of geography in the information age; problems of school and university geographical didactics; statistical support for geotechnologies of territorial development.

Main activities:

1. Teaching: Taurida National University named after V.I. Vernadsky - Economic and social geography of Ukraine, Economic and social geography of Crimea, Methods of teaching geography, Methods of teaching geography and ecology in higher education, Statistics, Economic and statistical methods in recreation, Geotechnologies for the development of transport systems, Ukraine and Crimea in the system of international tourism.

2. Research activities: within the framework of the department’s theme “Geographical support for the process of managing sustainable noospheric development of Crimea.”

Number of scientific papers - 120 works, with a total volume of 150 printed sheets, of which 30 works - 120.5 printed sheets .

Basic monographs and textbooks

Kuznetsov M.V. Methodology for organizing extracurricular work in geography [textbook. aid.] / M.V. Kuznetsov. - Moscow: School and Pedagogy, 1988. - 287 p.

Kuznetsov M.V. Methods of teaching geography: guidelines for correspondence students [textbook. aid.] / M.V. Kuznetsov, I.T. Tverdokhlebov. - Moscow: MSU, 1989. - 93 p.

Kuznetsov M.V. Distribution of the productive forces of Ukraine [textbook. aid.] / M.V. Kuznetsov. - Simferopol: NATA, 2004. - 235 p.

Kuznetsov M.V. Fundamentals of socio-economic statistics [textbook. aid.] / M.V. Kuznetsov. - Simferopol: NATA, 2005. - 147 p.

Nikitina M.G. Ukraine: location and regionalization of productive forces [textbook. aid.] / M.G. Nikitina, M.V., Kuznetsov, V.V. Pobirchenko. - Simferopol: Tavria, 2006. - 400 p.

Geoecology: scientific and methodological book on ecology / V.A. Bokov, V.G. Ena, M.V. Kuznetsov [and others]. - Simferopol: Tavria, 2006. - 384 p.

Kuznetsov M.V. Statistics and static method in tourism [textbook. aid.] / M.V. Kuznetsov. - Simferopol: NATA, 2007. - 144 p.

Kuznetsov M.V. Methods of geography: basics of geographical didactics [textbook. aid.] / M.V. Kuznetsov. - Simferopol: TNU, 2010. - 115 p.

Main articles

Ena V.G. Scientific excursions of the symposium of the commission on the use of lands of the International Geographical Union / V.G. Ena, I.T. Tverdokhlebov, M.V. Kuznetsov // Materials of the Scientific Symposium of the Commission on the Use of Lands of the International Geographical Union; July 21-26, 1976 - K.: Vishcha School, 1976. - P. 83-94. (Russian, English, French)

Kuznetsov M.V. Socially organized territory as an object of geographical research / M.V. Kuznetsov // Geography in the system of sciences. - L.: Science, 1986. - P. 187-193.

Kuznetsov M.V. Transport and communications / M.V. Kuznetsov // Crimea: present, future. - Simferopol: Tavria, 1995. - P. 181-192.

Kuznetsov M.V. Greece is the cradle of European culture / M.V. Kuznetsov // Tourist regional studies; edited by I.N. Voronina, A.B. Shvets. - Simferopol: Original - M, 2008. - Part 1. - P. 58-74.

Kuznetsov M.V. Canada is a country of neighboring tourism / M.V. Kuznetsov // Tourist regional studies; edited by I.N. Voronina, A.B. Shvets. - Simferopol: Original - M, 2008. - Part 1. - P. 142-153.

Kuznetsov M.V. Kyrgyzstan - the high-mountain pearl of Asia / M.V. Kuznetsov // Tourist regional studies; edited by I.N. Voronina, A.B. Shvets. - Simferopol: ARIAL, 2009. - Part 2. - P. 143-148.

Kuznetsov M.V. Socio-geographical analysis of the territorial structure of the education system of the Pervomaisky district of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea / M.V. Kuznetsov, N.V. Shamray // Scientific notes of TNU. - Simferopol, 12 - T. 25 (64). - No. 2. - pp. 131-139.

Kuznetsov M.V. Socio-geographical vectors of adaptation of the tourist and recreational sphere of Ukraine into the system of international tourism / M.V. Kuznetsov, M.M. Kuznetsov // Geopolitics and ecogeodynamics of regions. - Simferopol, 2014. - T. 10. - Issue. 2. - pp. 632-636.

Kuznetsov M.V. Epistemological aspects of the social demand for geography in the information age / M.V. Kuznetsov // Sat. scientific works “Ukraine: geography of goals and opportunities.” - K, 2012. - T. 2. - P. 129-132.

Theses:

Defended his dissertation “Problems of intensification of the recreational-geographical process in the system of social organization of the territory of Crimea” (Leningrad, Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute named after A.I. Herzen, 1982)