Nikolai Kuznetsov (admiral)

Nikolai Kuznetsov
Nikolai Kuznetsov
Native name	Николай Герасимович Кузнецов
Birth name	Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov
Born	24 July 1904; Medvedki, Russia
Died	6 December 1974 (aged 70); Moscow, 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	Soviet Navy; Soviet Pacific Fleet
Battles / wars	Spanish Civil War; World War II Winter War; Black Sea campaigns; ;
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union
Other work	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1924–1956)
Signature
; 3rd People's Commissar for the Navy of the Soviet Union
	In office; 28 April 1939 – 28 February 1946
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Premier	Vyacheslav Molotov ; Joseph Stalin
Preceded by	Mikhail Frinovsky
Succeeded by	Joseph Stalin (as People's Commissar for the Armed Forces)
; 2nd Minister of Navy of the Soviet Union
	In office; 20 July 1951 – 15 March 1953
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin ; Georgy Malenkov
Premier	Joseph Stalin ; Georgy Malenkov
Preceded by	Ivan Yumashev
Succeeded by	Nikolai Bulganin (as Minister of Defence)
; 1st and 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy
	In office; 24 July 1939 – 17 January 1947
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Premier	Vyacheslav Molotov ; Joseph Stalin
Preceded by	Himself (as People's Commissars for the Navy of the Soviet Union)
Succeeded by	Ivan Yumashev
	In office; 20 July 1951 – 5 January 1956
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin ; Georgy Malenkov
First Secretary	Nikita Khrushchev
Premier	Joseph Stalin ; Georgy Malenkov ; Nikolai Bulganin
Preceded by	Ivan Yumashev
Succeeded by	Sergey Gorshkov

Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Никола́й Гера́симович Кузнецо́в; 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.