Leonid Yulianovich Belakhov (Russian: Леонид Юлианович Белахов, June 9, 1907 – June 9, 1975) was a general and a senior Soviet administrator at the time of World War II, and managed several strategic logistical programs that influenced the course of the war, including the transportation of war aid from the US through the

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program and of troops and fuel for the beginning of the offensive against the Nazi Germany's invasion of the USSR.

Biography

Arctic exploration In 1937, after finishing the air force command academy, Belakhov was appointed head of political administration of the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route (GlavSevMorPut), one of the largest Soviet agencies, governing the Soviet territory north of the Arctic Circle and east of the Ural mountains. In this role, Belakhov oversaw the internal affairs of the agency and the logistics of the Arctic exploration programs. The agency was at that time headed by Otto Schmidt. Belakhov continued as the political chief under Ivan Papanin, the new chief of CDNSR after Otto Schmidt's resignation from the agency's leadership in 1939. World War II In 1940, Belakhov was appointed head of political administration and deputy minister of the Soviet Merchant Fleet. In this capacity, Belakhov was commissioned to manage several key projects, reporting to

Anastas Mikoyan Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (; russian: Анаста́с Ива́нович Микоя́н; hy, Անաստաս Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան; 25 November 1895 – 21 October 1978) was an Armenian Communist revolutionary, Old Bolshevik an ...

, the deputy head of the government and a stalwart of Soviet politics. The projects included the organization of transportation of war aid to the USSR from the U.S. through the

program, supply of fuel and transportation of troops for the

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Family

Belakhov was married to

Maria Belakhova Maria Belakhova (Russian: Мария Андреевна Белахова, 1903–1969) was a Russian writer and educator known for her work in children's literature and education in the Soviet Union, mentorship of many of the country's prominent c ...

, a writer and educator known for her work in children's literature and education in the Soviet Union, mentorship of many of the country's prominent children's writers, and her own works.

References

* Mikoyan, Anastas I. "It Was Thus: Memoirs of Anastas Mikoyan.". Trans. Katherine T. O’Connor and Diana L. Burgin. Madison, CT: Sphinx Press, 1988. . * Valentin Akuratov "On New Routes". GlavSevMorPut Press, USSR, 1941

* John McCannon "Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939". Oxford University Press, USA, 1998.

* Aleksey Shahurin "Wings Of Victory". Politizdat, USSR, 1990

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