Kuznetsov Nikolay Gerasimovich
01/12/1948, together with a group of admirals (L. M. Galler, V. A. Alafuzov and G. A. Stepanov), was handed over to the Court of Honor of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of the USSR under the chairmanship of Marshal of the Soviet Union Govorov. The accusation was that in 1942-1944. without permission from the USSR Government, they transferred to Great Britain and the USA secret drawings and descriptions of a high-altitude parachute torpedo, a remote grenade, several ship artillery systems, fire control circuits, as well as a large number of secret nautical charts. The Court of Honor found them guilty and decided to petition the Council of Ministers of the USSR to bring the perpetrators to trial by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR. 03/02/1948 The Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR found Kuznetsov guilty of the charges brought against him, but, taking into account his great merits in the past, decided not to apply criminal punishment to him. At the same time, the Military Collegium decided to petition the Council of Ministers to reduce Kuznetsov in military rank to rear admiral. From 1948 to June 1953 he served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Forces for the Navy, Commander of the Navy in the Pacific, and Minister of the Navy of the USSR. In May 1953, the sentence was overturned for lack of evidence of a crime. Restored to the military rank of “Admiral of the Fleet” and reappointed Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
Documents (5)
Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Смирнов Павел Спиридонович
1. Article by A. Krivenko “A man of difficult and courageous destiny. A story about the life of the first chief of staff of the Northern Fleet”, published in the newspaper “On Guard of the Arctic” dated 09/04/1988, about captain 1st rank Smirnov P.S.
Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Ефимов Иван Ефимович
2. Report of Sergeant Efimov I.E. dated 04/01/1944 to the People's Commissar of the Navy, Admiral Kuznetsov, with a request to be transferred from air defense to the active fleet to one of the submarines, in accordance with his specialty. CVMA, f. 3, op. 1, d. 402, l. 22.
Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Галлер Лев Михайлович
2. An article by Janovskaya Zh. "The case of the admirals" in the newspaper "Change" dated 07/29/1990 about the fate of Admiral L.M. Galler
Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Калитаев Вячеслав Семенович
21. Article by Mosunov V. "Kalitayev. On the 75th Anniversary of the Tallinn Crossing", 2016 (attached file)
Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Корман Аркадий Григорьевич
27. Memoirs of Corman A.G. about Zhuravsky A.M., recorded from the words of Korman A.G. in August 1993 with an attachment in the form of a copy of the certificate of the Supreme Court of the USSR Armed Forces No. 2/3-01002/49 dated 04/01/1959 on the rehabilitation of A.G. Korman. Resolution dated March 18, 1949.
The author recalls his acquaintance and joint scientific work with Andrei Mitrofanovich Zhuravsky.
We met at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of Leningrad State University, where Zhuravsky gave a course of lectures on probability theory. Further joint work with Zhuravsky (who at that time was already imprisoned in OKB-172) in the period 1943-47. over mathematical calculations when firing from automatic artillery installations.
The author's trip to Vladivostok, denunciation of him by a business traveler who lived with him in the hotel. Author's arrest in September 1948 in Leningrad, false accusation of recruitment by American intelligence. Sentence: 5 years in camps. After the verdict came into force - a camp at a meat processing plant. Transfer to Kresty prison, work at OKB-172. Meeting with Zhuravsky, who already worked there. Structure of OKB-172, daily routine, life, conditions of detention. Zhuravsky’s behavior is his will, fortitude, which served as an example and supported his comrades in misfortune. In February 1952, after the end of his prison term, Zhuravsky was exiled to the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the city of Syktyvkar. Finding a job at the Komi Pedagogical Institute as a laboratory assistant in the department of higher mathematics.
The abstract was compiled by Brodskaya N.K.
