Vasily Molokov

Vasily Sergeyevich Molokov (; – 29 December 1982) was a Soviet aircraft pilot, major general of aviation, and a Hero of the Soviet Union (29 April 1934).

Birth and Youth Vasily Molokov was born in Irininskoye village in Moscow Governorate (now Molokovo of Moscow Oblast) on . From 1904 he worked in a box workshop in Moscow, then as a hammerer and metalworker in a smithy.

Army Service Vasily Molokov enlisted in the Imperial Russian Army in 1915. He then joined the Red Army in January 1918 and took part in the Russian Civil War. In 1921, he graduated from the Naval Aviation School in Samara and then took training extension courses at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy (1929).

Later (since 1943) Molokov commanded the 213th Night Bomber Aviation Division on the Western and 3rd Belorussian Fronts. In 1947, he was withdrawn to reserve.

He has died in 1982. Molokov is buried in Moscow, in Kuntsevo Cemetery.

Vasily Molokov's son, Valery (born at October 3, 1924), World War II veteran, graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, worked in aerospace industry.

Honours and awards Hero of the Soviet Union Three Orders of Lenin Two Orders of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov 2nd class Order of Kutuzov 2nd class Order of the Patriotic War 1st class Order of the Red Star, campaign and jubilee medals

Memory In 1934 his birthplace, Irininskoye, was renamed to Molokovo.

A statue was installed in 2010 at his birthplace to commemorate his 115th birthday. Molokov Cape at Franz Jozef Land was named after him. Molokov Island at Yenisei River. Ulitsa Molokova (Molokov Street) In Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Ekaterinburg.