Admiral of the Fleet

The film tells about the life and work of the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar of the Navy N.G. Kuznetsov. FIRST PART. Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy VN Chernavin in his office talks about perpetuating the memory of NG Kuznetsov (synchronously). Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union YA Panteleev talks about his acquaintance with NG Kuznetsov in 1926 (synchronously). Group photograph of the cadets of the Naval School (1924-1926); among the cadets - N.G. Kuznetsov. Books by NG Kuznetsov "On the Eve", "On the Distant Meridian" and others, published in Russian and foreign languages. Leningrad. The ensemble of the Smolny Monastery. Bank bridge. Spit of Vasilyevsky Island. Monument to the navigator I.F. Kruzenshtern on the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment. The building of the Higher Naval School named after N.F. Frunze. Honor guard of the cadets of the school near the banner in the foyer. A memorial plaque in the building of the school with the inscription: "Established by the decree of Peter I on January 11 (25), 1701". Picturesque portraits of Russian naval commanders P.S. Nakhimov, V.A.Kornilov, F.F.Ushakov and paintings depicting sea battles in the corridor of the school. Cadets of the school in theoretical and practical classes in military training in the classrooms of the school. Cadets visiting the exhibits of the college museum. Cadets march in front of the school building. Arkhangelsk region View of one of the villages. Stacks of firewood near the hut. A dilapidated church. Meadow, river. Well. Crimea, Sevastopol. A passenger train en route on one of the sections of the Crimean railway. Monument to the Scuttled Ships. Vladimirsky temple. On the wall of the temple there are memorial plaques perpetuating the memory of the participants in the Sevastopol defense of 1854-1855. Admiral P.S. Nakhimov, Rear Admiral V.I. Istomin. Monument at the grave of Vice Admiral V.A. Kornilov. Newsreel footage. Admiral N.G. Kuznetsov bypasses the formation of officers and sailors on the ship. The flag of the USSR Navy on the mast of the ship. The funeral of V. I. Lenin (1924). NG Kuznetsov at home typing on a typewriter (1970s). THE SECOND PART OF. Moscow. Kremlin embankment. The building of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Leningrad. The building of the Leningrad Naval Academy named after N.G. Kuznetsov. Cadets in the audience for a lecture. Reading room of the library in the academy. Photos of NG Kuznetsov over the years in military service and with his family. Group photo of the crew of the cruiser "Chervona Ukraine". Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union YA Panteleev talks about the attitude of N.G. Kuznetsov to studying at the academy (synchronously and behind the scenes), about the activities of N.G. Kuznetsov at the post of People's Commissar of the Navy (synchronously). The wife of NG Kuznetsov, Vera Nikolaevna, recalls her acquaintance with NG Kuznetsov and the first years of their life together (synchronously). Newsreel footage. Red Navy sailors of the Baltic and Pacific fleets on military exercises (1930s). Raising the flag of the Navy of the USSR on the mast of the ship. The Red Navy man signals flags on the ship. The Red Navy men are preparing the deck gun for firing. Warships at sea. The officer at the periscope. Torpedo boats at sea. Submarine officer. People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR V.M. Molotov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany I. Ribbentrop sign the Soviet-German non-aggression pact (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) on August 23, 1939; JV Stalin is present. A. Hitler welcomes the marching soldiers of the Wehrmacht. N.G. Kuznetsov speaks on the podium (1930s) N.G. Kuznetsov and his wife pass near the country house in winter (until 1974). THE THIRD PART. Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy VN Chernavin in his office talks about the activities of NG Kuznetsov as the People's Commissar of the USSR Navy (synchronously). Photos of N.G. Kuznetsov during the Great Patriotic War. Newsreel footage of the 1930s. People's Commissar of the Navy NG Kuznetsov and Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks AA Zhdanov bypass the formation of the Red Navy men of the Baltic Fleet. NG Kuznetsov speaks on the podium, decorated with a banner with the inscription: "Long live the USSR Navy - a reliable stronghold of the maritime borders of the homeland!" A.A. Zhdanov on the deck of a warship. A.A. Zhdanov speaks to the Red Navy. A squadron of warships at sea. Newsreels of the Great Patriotic War. A column of German tanks is moving across the field. German planes in the air. German soldiers pass along the path of the meadow, along the hill, sail on a raft in the fog along the river. German planes bomb the airfield (aerial photography). The commander of a German submarine at the periscope. A squadron of German bombers in the air. German planes are bombing warships. Explosions on the water. German pilot in the cockpit. Warships of the Northern Fleet at the pier. Commander of the Northern Fleet A.G. Golovko with staff officers in his office. The Red Navy man shoots from the ship's gun. Shooting from a gun from a submarine of the "K" series. Red Navy paratroopers sit on a combat boat. A.G. Golovko rewards submariners. The captain of the submarine N.A. Lunin in the command compartment is watching through the periscope. Launching torpedoes from a combat boat. The Red Navy men are firing from automatic cannons. Red Navy paratroopers descend from the combat boat to the shore, shrouded in a camouflage smoke screen. Transport and support ships, ships to guard the Allied convoy at sea. Allied sailors and Red Navy men repel enemy air and sea attacks. Preparing for the departure of the pilots of the mine-torpedo aviation regiment of the Baltic Fleet for the first bombing strikes on military targets in Berlin. The pilot is holding a bomb with the inscription: "Gift to Hitler." Takeoff of Soviet bombers. Explosions in Berlin (aerial photography). FOURTH PART. Monument to the Unknown Soldier, Eternal Flame in Murmansk. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War lower a wreath into the sea from a ship of the Baltic Fleet. The sailors are in a line on the deck of the ship. Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy VN Chernavin in his office talks about the technical equipment of the fleet during the Great Patriotic War (synchronously). Newsreels of the Great Patriotic War. People's Commissar of the USSR Navy N.G. Kuznetsov visits a combat boat, a warship, presents awards to the Red Navy and officers of the Baltic Fleet. Red Navy men run to the attack along the mountainside during the assault on the city of Sevastopol. Red Navy men set the flag of the USSR Navy on the embankment of the city. Destroyed buildings in the city of Sevastopol (aerial photography). Funeral ceremony in connection with the defeat of the Wehrmacht troops in the Battle of Stalingrad in Berlin. The ceremony is attended by the command of the Wehrmacht, A. Hitler. German planes in the air. Bombs are falling. Explosions on the ground. A damaged German fighter is falling. Torpedo boat of the Volga flotilla at sea. Red Navy men fires a large-caliber machine gun from a boat. The boat commander is at sight. The Red Navy man signals with flags. Dropping torpedoes from a boat. Torpedo boats pass through a camouflage smoke screen. Explosions of depth charges behind the boats. Installation of a mine and network barrage at sea from a German warship. A. Hitler welcomes the officers in the park. German planes fly over the snow-capped mountains. A frozen German ship. Soldiers in camouflage robes are at the foot of the mountain. American flag on the mast of the ship. Foreign sailors on the deck of the ship. Loading tanks onto railway platforms. The inscription on the train carriage - “Gift from the Great Britain Federation. workers ". The inscription on the box reads "From Kingston-upon-Thames children to Moscow children." Military aircraft on the deck of the ship. Former Chief of Staff of the Supreme High Command of the Wehrmacht Field Marshal V. Keitel signs the Act of Surrender of the German Armed Forces on May 8, 1945 in Berlin. FIFTH PART. Moscow. Kremlin embankment. The interior of the office of the Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy. Newsreel footage. Berlin (Potsdam) conference of the leaders of the USA, USSR and Great Britain in Potsdam July 17 - August 2, 1945. Participants of the conference at the negotiating table. US President G. Truman, British Prime Minister W. Churchill, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR J.V. Stalin in the park of the Cecilienhof Palace. Meeting of representatives of the Soviet Army - members of the USSR delegation. Present: Chief of Staff of the Air Force of the Soviet Army F.Ya. Falaleev, Chief of the Main Naval Staff of the USSR S.G. Kucherov, head of the Soviet administration in Germany G.K. Zhukov, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR A.I. Antonov, Lieutenant General N.V. Slavin, People's Commissar of the USSR Navy N.G. Kuznetsov. NG Kuznetsov at home recalls the Berlin Conference (synchronously, 1960s). People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR V.M. Molotov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Y. Matsuoka signing the Pact of Neutrality between the USSR and Japan in Moscow (1941); J.V. Stalin is present at the signing. Combat operations of the Soviet army against the Kwantung army on land and at sea. Fighters of the Kwantung Army surrender, lay down their military weapons (1945). The signing of the Japan Surrender Act on the American battleship Missouri (1945). Representative of the USSR, Lieutenant General K. N. Derevyanko, representative of Great Britain, Admiral B. Fraser put their signatures. Present: Japanese Foreign Minister M. Shigemitsu, General Y. Umezu. Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces Mikhail Kalinin presents the People's Commissar of the USSR Navy NG Kuznetsov the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). NG Kuznetsov on the spectator tribune during the parade of military boats. SIXTH PART. Leningrad. Palace Square. Alexander Column. The figure of an angel crowning the Alexander Column. Stone pavement on one of the streets of the city. Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy VN Chernavin in his office talks about the activities of NG Kuznetsov in the post-war period (synchronously). Colonel-General Titov tells about the events of 1948, when the admirals of the fleet N.G. Kuznetsov, L.M. Galler, V.A. Alafuzov and Vice-Admiral V.V. A. Stepanov (synchronously). Spouse NG Kuznetsova recalls the trial of the admirals (synchronously). MI Kalinin presents government awards to VA Alafuzov, LM Galler (photo). Photos of NG Kuznetsov in the post-war period. Newsreel footage. NG Kuznetsov at home typing on a typewriter (1970s). Admiral L.M. Haller in his office (1940s). Military parade on Red Square (1940s). On the platform of the mausoleum: I.V. Stalin, N.A. Bulganin, E.K. Voroshilov, N.G. Kuznetsov and others. SEVENTH PART. Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy VN Chernavin in his office talks about the activities of NG Kuznetsov in the post-war period (synchronously). Grave and monument at the grave of N.G. Kuznetsov. The inscription on the monument: "Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet, People's Commissar, Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy 1936-1956". Newsreel footage. The funeral of I.V. Stalin (1953). The coffin with the body of J.V. Stalin in the Column Hall of the House of Unions. On the guard of honor: N.A.Bulganin, N.S.Khrushchev, L.M. Kaganovich, A.I. Mikoyan, G.K. Zhukov, N.G. Kuznetsov. The interior of the hallway and rooms in the house of N.G. Kuznetsov. NG Kuznetsov is typing on a typewriter. NG Kuznetsov with his wife and sons at home drinking tea at the table (1970s).

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