Mark Shevelev
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Mark Shevelev | |
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Native name | Марк Иванович Шевелёв |
Born | 24 October [O.S. 11 October] 1904 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Died | 6 October 1991 (aged 86) Moscow, USSR |
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service/ | Soviet Air Force |
Rank | Lieutenant-general of Aviation |
Battles/wars | Russian Civil War World War II |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Mark Ivanovich Shevelev (
lieutenant-general
.
Early years
Mark Shevelev was born 24 October [
Polar Aviator
Mark Shevelev joined Soviet polar aviation in 1929. Since 1933 he headed aviation department of the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, Participated in 6 polar expeditions in 1929–1937. In 1937 he was the deputy of Otto Schmidt, in the expedition to airlift North Pole-1 personnel and equipment to the North Pole. He had been awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
During World War II
When
Long Range Aviation. Since Spring 1944 he commanded Soviet part of Northwest Staging Route
.
Post-war years
Deputy directory of Soviet Directorate of
Arktika during its expedition to the North Pole
.
Awards
- Two Orders of Lenin
- Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour, three times
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Order of the Red Star, three times
- USSR State Prize (1984)
References
- ISBN 9785020338319.
- ^ Bocharov, Anton. "Шевелёв Марк Иванович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ Герой огненных лет: очерки о москвичах--героях Сов. Союза (in Russian). Moscow: Моск. рабочий. 1980. p. 22.