Nikolai Kuznetsov (admiral)

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Nikolai Kuznetsov
Native name	Николай Герасимович Кузнецов
Birth name	Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov
Born	(1904-07-24)24 July 1904 Medvedki, Velikoustyuzhsky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia).
Died	6 December 1974(1974-12-06) (aged 70) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch/Service	Soviet Navy
Years of service	1919–1956
Rank	Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union
Commands held	Soviet Navy Soviet Pacific Fleet
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War Winter War World War II
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union
Other work	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1924–1956)

Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Никола́й Гера́симович Кузнецо́в, Serbian: Николај Герасимович Кузњецов, romanized: Nikolaj Gerasimovič Kuznjecov; 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 Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, as well as the Kuznetsov-class carrier class, are named in his honor.