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 .
2-631: 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
4-722: 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. This biographical Hero of the Soviet Union article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Russian Jews Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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