7 October 2003 (aged 86) Moscow, Russian Federation
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Soviet Navy
Years of service
1937–1956
Rank
Captain 2nd rank
Battles/wars
World War II
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union (twice)
Viktor Nikolayevich Leonov (Russian: Виктор Николаевич Лео́нов; 21 November [O.S. 8 November] 1916 – 7 October 2003) was a Soviet Navy officer and twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Considered a legend in the Soviet era after the war, he frequently gave speeches to Communist organizations about the war, but he became obscure after the fall of the Soviet Union.[1]
^Sakaida, Henry (2004). Heroes of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Osprey Publishing. pp. 24–26. ISBN 978-1-84176-769-7.
Viktor Nikolayevich Leonov (Russian: Виктор Николаевич Лео́нов; 21 November [O.S. 8 November] 1916 – 7 October 2003) was a Soviet Navy officer and twice...
skater Leonid Leonov, prominent Soviet novelist Nikolai Leonov, Soviet KGB officer Sergey Leonov (born 1983), Russian politician ViktorLeonov (1916–2003)...
were trained as frogmen. The most prominent of these new recruits was ViktorLeonov, who joined the Soviet Navy in 1937. He was assigned to a submarine...
February 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021. "Russian intelligence ship ViktorLeonov arrives in Havana". Navalpost. 5 March 2020. "Russian Navy in the Adriatic...
unit of the Pacific Fleet headquarters under the command of Lieutenant ViktorLeonov and a company of submachine gunners from the 13th Naval Infantry brigade...
[page needed] Soviet Naval Frogmen The legendary Soviet Naval Scout ViktorLeonov commanded an elite unit of Naval Commandos. The 4th Special Volunteer...
surveillance vessel SSV-175 ViktorLeonov was cruising international waters off the East Coast of the United States. ViktorLeonov is outfitted with a variety...
formed in Leningrad in 1941. The most prominent of the new recruits was ViktorLeonov, who joined the Soviet Navy in 1937. He was assigned to a submarine...
Azania (PAC) Mikhail Frunze Stepniak - Russian radical Stepan Bandera ViktorLeonov - Soviet sailor whose experiences as a Soviet Naval Scout would be a...
Belyayev and Alexei Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable airlock. It established another milestone in space exploration when Alexei Leonov became the first...
Vasilevsky Admiral of the Fleet Nikolai Kuznetsov Captain 2nd Rank ViktorLeonov North Korea portal Numismatics portal Flag of North Korea Orders and...
Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov (Russian: Виктор Семёнович Абакумов; 24 April 1908 – 19 December 1954) was a high-level Soviet security official who from 1943...
Wall Necropolis on Red Square in Moscow. Among the pallbearers were Alexei Leonov (who had been the prime-crew commander scheduled to launch on Soyuz 11)...
died in space. The original prime crew for Soyuz 11 consisted of Alexei Leonov, Valeri Kubasov, and Pyotr Kolodin. A medical X-ray examination four days...
(1995–2010) Captain 1st Rank F. Melikov (2010–Present) Lev Zhiltsov ViktorLeonov Vladimir Chernavin Aleksandr Shabalin German Ugryumov (Hero of the Russian...
before opening fire at close range. On a mission to search a fjord with ViktorLeonov, they captured two German officers, who later provided useful information...
box office leader. To escape from a hot tropical place Shuleykin (Yevgeny Leonov) accepts a position on a ship looking after a cargo of twelve cages with...
Shubnikov must break through the German defenses. Anatoliy Vasilev Viktor Korshunov Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev Marina Yakovleva Sergei Prokhanov Pyotr Shcherbakov...
March 1960 were Lieutenant Alexei Leonov, Senior Lieutenants Ivan Anikeyev, Valery Bykovsky, Yuri Gagarin, Viktor Gorbatko, Grigori Nelyubov, Andriyan...
Leonid Brezhnev on 22 January 1969, when a deserter from the Soviet Army, Viktor Ilyin, fired shots at a motorcade carrying the leader through Moscow. Though...
American suicide victim. Eleanor Lambert, 100, American fashion pioneer. ViktorLeonov, 86, Soviet Navy officer and twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Norodom...
Asia: Born in Asian Russia — Dmitri Kondratyev, Vasili Lazarev, Alexei Leonov, Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Valery Ryumin, Vitali Sevastyanov...
Global Information
Soviet Union
Soviet Navy