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Nikolai Kuznetsov (artilleryist)
Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (, 29 April 1922 — 11 September 2008) was a soldier in the Red Army during World War II and one of only four people that was both a Hero of the Soviet Union and full bearer of the Order of Glory. Early life Born on 29 April 1922 to a Russian peasant family in Pytruchey village, after completing his seventh grade of school and then trade school he worked on the construction of the Kandalaksha hydroelectric power plant in Murmansk. World War II Having been drafted into the Red Army in August 1941, he went on to undergo training for intelligence collection. Initially he commanded a squad that operated behind enemy lines, derailing trains, tracking enemy troop movements, and sending ciphers. However, his career in intelligence was cut short after a stomach wound left him confined in the hospital for a prolonged time, so after recovering in 1942 he became an artilleryman. After fighting in the battles for the "blue line" on the Taman peninsula he took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olonets Governorate
The Olonets Governorate or Government of Olonets was a '' guberniya'' (governorate) of north-western Imperial Russia, extending from Lake Ladoga almost to the White Sea, bounded west by Finland, north and east by Arkhangelsk and Vologda, and south by Novgorod and Saint Petersburg. The area was 57,422 m², of which 6,794 m² were covered by lakes. Geology Its north-western portion belonged orographically and geologically to the Finland region; it is thickly dotted with hills reaching 1,000 ft. in altitude, and diversified by numberless smaller ridges and hollows running from northwest to south-east. The rest of the governorate was a flat plateau sloping towards the marshy lowlands of the south. The geological structure was very varied. Granites, syenites, and diorites, covered with Laurentian metamorphic slates, occurred extensively in the north-west. Near Lake Onega they were overlain with Devonian sandstones and limestones, yielding marble and sandstone for buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |