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In 1934, at the head of an aviation detachment, he took part in the rescue of Chelyuskin residents, for which he was awarded the title of «Hero of the Soviet Union».

Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov was a Soviet aviation navigator, flag navigator of the Red Army Air Force, participant of record-breaking air flights in the 1930s and the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant General of Aviation (1943).

Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian Arctic explorer, oceanographer, and public figure.

The Polar Explorers’ House is a spectacular Italian–style residential building built at the beginning of Nikitsky Boulevard, and is one of the most elegant examples of pre-war Soviet architecture.

Vladimir Alexandrovich Rusanov was a Russian Arctic explorer. He was born on November 15, 1875 in the city of Oryol, in a merchant family.

There is a wide Main alley “Years of War”, consisting of 5 terraces symbolizing 5 years of war in Victory Park.

The Institute of Philosophy, Literature and History was established in 1931 as a result of the allocation of the humanities faculties of Moscow State University to a separate educational institution.

Since the beginning of the war, a large number of students and teachers of the Ordzhonikidze Moscow Geological Exploration Institute have left to the front and to work in the rear, they became members of the people’s militia.

This is evidenced by the lists of militia members preserved in the archives. Among the militia were students, teachers, employees of the Moscow Architectural Institute, many of whom fell during the fighting. In memory of them a monument has been erected on the territory of the Moscow Architectural Institute about their feat.

The rank and file, junior staff, 50% of platoon commanders, up to 40% of company commanders, medical staff and the entire political staff were recruited from workers, employees and students of the districts. The rest of the commanding staff was completed at the expense of the Red Army personnel.