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Soviet naval infantry officer (1909–1943) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tsezar Lvovich Kunikov (Russian: Це́зарь Льво́вич Ку́ников; 23 June 1909 – 14 February 1943) was an officer in the Soviet Naval Infantry. He served as commanding officer of a landing party that recaptured the beach-head at Malaya Zemlya during World War II.
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Born | Rostov-on-Don, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire | 23 June 1909
Died | 14 February 1943 33) Gelendzhik, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged
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Service/ | Soviet Naval Infantry |
Years of service | 1941–1943 |
Rank | Major |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Kunikov was born in Rostov on Don in a Jewish family. His father was an engineer and moved to Moscow in 1925. Kunikov worked in the Soyuz factory as a machinist. In 1932, he began studies at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, and held the position of a technical manager in a machine building factory by 1938.
At the start of the war Kunikov volunteered for the Red Army and served in the Naval infantry of the Black Sea Fleet. Kunikov fought in the battle for Novorossiysk and the defence of Malaya Zemlya. He was mortally wounded in February 1943 in Novorossiysk.
He was posthumously named a Hero of the Soviet Union for his heroic actions.[1]
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