Boris Chukhnovsky
Boris Grigoryevich Chukhnovsky (
Boris Chukhnovsky was born in Saint Petersburg and graduated from a
In the fall of 1923 Chukhnovsky was dispatched to the Naval Academy in Petrograd. Next year, he was working as an intern on the cartography and hydrography of the Russian Arctic. In particular, as a part of the Northern Hydrographic Expedition headed by Nikolay Matusevich, Chukhnovsky performed a number of flights from Novaya Zemlya to the Barents and Kara Seas. In 1925 he continued this work by taking the aerial photos of Novaya Zemlya in the region of the Matochkin Strait. In 1927, he dropped out of the Naval Academy and started to work full-time as an Arctic pilot. He was essentially one of the pioneers of Soviet Arctic aviation.[2]
In May 1928, the
In 1929, Boris Chukhnovsky started to work for the
During World War II Boris Chukhnovsky was attached to the White Sea Flotilla, and in February 1943 transferred to the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, where he was tasked with the ice reconnaissance for the military convoys. In July 1945, he was discharged from the Soviet Army and simultaneously made a colonel.[2]
Chukhnovsky died in 1975 and is buried in Gatchina.[2]
References
- ^ Чухновский Борис Григорьевич. Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
- ^ a b c d e f g Семёнов, И.А. (July 24, 2008). "Высший пилотаж Бориса Чухновского". Гатчина-ИНФО (in Russian) (30). Gatchina.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Состав экспедиции на ледоколе "Красин" летом 1928 года" (in Russian). Музей «Ледокол Красин». Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Boris Chukhnovski as 1st pilot; Georgi Straube as 2nd pilot; Anatoly Alekseyev as flight observer — navigator and radio operator; Alexander Shelagin and Vladimir Fedotov as board mechanicians
- ^ "Хронология событий экспедиции 1928 года" (in Russian). Музей «Ледокол Красин». Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "K.30 (ЮГ-1)" (in Russian). Уголок неба.