Vesenev Mikhail Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Major military Branch: Soviet Navy and Naval forces border troops of the NKVD Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev was born in 1919 in the village of Loknya, Mikhailovsky district. Here he went to school. In 1937, the best students from all over the Soviet Union who knew physics and mathematics very well were selected for naval aviation military schools. For excellent academic success, the leadership of the pedagogical school recommended Mikhail Vesenev for further training at the Yeisk military school of naval pilots. Mikhail Ivanovich, like other cadets, learned all the subtleties of flight skills directly at the controls of the aircraft. Mikhail Vesenev graduated from the school in 1938 and was immediately sent to train in the combat aviation units of the black sea fleet air force. Mikhail Ivanovich's battle path began on the Black sea. Together with his 119th squadron, Mikhail Ivanovich defended the bases and coast of the black sea fleet, protected his communications, and carried out airstrikes on the coastal objects of the Nazis. From the award documents, I learned that Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev participated in the defense of Odessa in 1941, Sevastopol (in 1941-1942), and smashed the enemy in other parts of the front. He was injured. Mikhail Ivanovich took part not only in combat, but also in rescue operations, searching the sea for wounded sailors from ships destroyed by the Nazis. Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev was twice awarded the Order of the red banner and the medal for Bravery for his repeatedly shown courage. The fighting on the Black sea lasted until may 1944, and therefore the naval base of the black sea fleet was extremely necessary hydroaviation. And soon Mikhail Ivanovich received a task-to deliver seaplanes from America to the USSR! Mikhail Ivanovich Osenev made a heroic flight across the Arctic ocean, over and over again, repeating the route of the legendary pilot Valery Chkalov! Navigator Vesenev covered a distance of over a hundred miles and twice closed the ring around the globe! Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev was awarded the order of the Patriotic war of the first Degree and the third order of the red banner for multiple operations to fly across the Arctic ocean and train novice navigators.The war ended. Mikhail Ivanovich continued to serve the Fatherland, teaching navigation to cadets of the naval aviation school.