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Kucherov, Stepan Grigoryevich

    Date of birth:
    August 1st, 1902 (Olshaki/Saratov Oblast, Rusland)
    Date of death:
    March 31st, 1973 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
    Nationality:
    Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

    Biography

    Promoted Rear-Admiral on 4 June 1940, promoted Vice-Admiral on 31 March 1944, promoted Admiral on 8 July 1945.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Kontr-admiral (Rear-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    1942
    Orden Krasnogo Znameni
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Kontr-admiral (Rear-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    1943
    Navy Cross
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vitse-admiral (Vice-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    November 8th, 1944
    Orden Nakhimova 1
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1944
    Orden Lenina
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1944
    Orden Krasnogo Znameni
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vitse-admiral (Vice-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    June 28th, 1945
    Orden Ushakova 1
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1945
    Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1

    Sources

    • - Lurye, V.M., Admiraly i generaly Voyenno-Morskogo flota SSSR, Saint-Petersburg, 2001
      - Sterner C.D., Recipients of The Navy Cross, 1916 - Present,

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