OCEANOLOGIST VETERANS REMEMBER THE WAR. FOR THE 80th ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORY

  • A. V. Khortov Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.29006/1564-2291.JOR-2025.53(2).13
Keywords 80 years of Victory, Krasnopresnenskaya division of the people’s militia, Moscow motorcycle regiment, long-range aviation, Vyazma, Alexander Petrovich Lisitsyn, Gleb Borisovich Udintsev

Abstract

The stories and memories of oceanologists Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences A. P. Lisitsyn and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences G. B. Udintsev, recorded in 2002–2006, are presented. Peers (they turned 18 in the summer of 1941) and childhood friends, they were drafted into the army in July 1941, ending up in long-range aviation. Their classmates, fellow students, and teachers joined the Moscow militia.

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Published
2025-06-30
Issue
Vol 53 No 2 (2025): Journal of Oceanological Research
Section
History and personalities

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