Alexey Yakovlevich Kuznetsov (; 1910,

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

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(1961).

Biography

Alexey Kuznetsov was born in 1910 in Moscow. He graduated from high school,

Rabfak Rabfak (from , a syllabic abbreviation of Рабочий факультет, ''Rabochiy fakul′tet'', "workers' faculty") was a type of educational institution in the Soviet Union which prepared Soviet workers and peasants to enter institutions of ...

and

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. Since 1933 he worked on the construction of

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. He took an active part in the construction of the

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and

Rybinsk Rybinsk (, ) is the second-largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Yaroslavl Oblast in Russia. It lies at the confluence of the Volga and Sheksna rivers, north-north-east of Moscow. Population: It was previously known as '' ...

power plant and waterworks, flooding large areas of

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. Since 1956, Kuznetsov was the chief engineer of construction management ''Stalingradgidrostroy''. Under his leadership, carried out the construction of the Stalingrad (now - the

Volga Hydroelectric Station The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES () also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station (), is the largest hydroelectric station in Europe, and the last of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams, imm ...

) hydropower plant. Presidium of the

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on September 9, 1961, for Alexey Kuznetsov was awarded the title of

with delivery

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and medal Hammer and Sickle. Since 1962, Kuznetsov served as Deputy Head of the Department of construction of energy facilities of the Ministry of Energy and Electrification of the USSR. Soon, he was sent to

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, the chief engineer of construction management, is engaged in construction

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. In 1968, he fell ill and went to Moscow for treatment. He died a few months later, in 1969.Волжская ГЭС: За пять минут до взрыва…
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* ttp://novodevichiynecropol.narod.ru/kn_2_lines.htm Колумбарий Новой, Новейшей территорий {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuznetsov, Alexey Yakovlevich 1910 births 1969 deaths Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Soviet civil engineers