Photo: Soviet official photographer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons¹²

Vasily Molokov

Soviet aircraft pilot and major general of aviation

Vasily Sergeyevich Molokov (Russian: Васи́лий Серге́евич Мо́локов; 13 February [O.S. 1 February] 1895 – 29 December 1982) was a Soviet aircraft pilot, major general of aviation (1940), and a Hero of the Soviet Union (29 April 1934).²

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Born Feb 13, 1895, died Dec 29, 1982.¹

Companies

Gromov Flight Research InstituteChief executive officer 1942 to 1943¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedYeysk Higher Military Aviation Institute³

Vasily Molokov was born in Irininskoye village in Moscow Governorate (now Molokovo of Moscow Oblast) on 13 February [O.S. 1 February] 1895. From 1904 he worked in a box workshop in Moscow, then as a hammerer and metalworker in a smithy.

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Career

Occupation: aircraft pilot, politician.⁶

1942 to 1943Chief executive, Gromov Flight Research Institute⁴
Date not recordedDeputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union⁵

Personal life

BornFeb 13, 1895, Molokovo⁷
DiedDec 29, 1982, Moscow⁸
CitizenshipRussian Empire, Soviet Union⁹

Awards

1934Hero of the Soviet Union¹⁰
1934Order of Lenin¹⁰
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"¹⁰
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹⁰
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹⁰
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹⁰
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"¹⁰
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹⁰
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹⁰
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"¹⁰

More awards (12)

Date not recordedMedal "For the Capture of Königsberg"¹⁰
Date not recordedMedal "For the Defence of Moscow"¹⁰
Date not recordedMedal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹⁰
Date not recordedMedal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of Kutuzov, 2nd class¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of Lenin¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of Lenin¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of Suvorov, 2nd class¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st class¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of the Red Banner¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of the Red Banner¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of the Red Star¹⁰

Sources

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WikidataVasily Molokov on Wikidata
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WikipediaVasily Molokov on Wikipedia
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WikidataVasily Molokov: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasily Molokov: Chief executive, Gromov Flight Research Institute, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasily Molokov: Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasily Molokov: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasily Molokov: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasily Molokov: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasily Molokov: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasily Molokov: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataGromov Flight Research Institute, Chief executive officer
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Wikimedia CommonsVasily Molokov photo by Soviet official photographer, CC BY 4.0