Biography. Navigator, teacher of the n. E. Zhukovsky and the head of the military department of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, participant of the Great Patriotic War, hero of the Soviet Union
December 09, 1897 - November 28, 1982
navigator, teacher of the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy and head of the military department of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union
Biography
Born in the guslitsky village of Bezzubovo in the family of the teacher Vasily Grigorievich Belyakov. Russian.
He spent his childhood and adolescence in his father's homeland, in Ryazan. He graduated from high school. In 1915-1916 he studied at the Petrograd Forestry Institute.
In the army since 1916. In 1917 he graduated from the Alexander Infantry School in Moscow. Member of the Civil War in the 25th Infantry Division (Eastern Front). Subsequently, because of this, he received the nickname "Chapay" from VP Chkalov.
In 1921 he graduated from the Moscow aerial photogrammetric school, worked as a teacher in it. In 1930-1935 - lecturer, head of the Department of Air Navigation, Air Force Academy named after N. Ye. Zhukovsky. In 1936 he graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation Pilot School as an external student.
On July 20-22, 1936, on the ANT-25 aircraft as a navigator (commander - V.P. Chkalov, co-pilot - G.F. Baidukov) made a non-stop flight from Moscow through the Arctic Ocean, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Udd Island (now - Chkalov Island) with a length of 9374 km.
On June 18-20, 1937, on the ANT-25 aircraft, as a navigator in the same crew, for the first time in the world, he made a non-stop flight Moscow-North Pole-Vancouver (USA) with a length of 8504 km.
In 1936-1939 - flag navigator of the Special Aviation (GA), in 1939-1940 - flag navigator of the Red Army Air Force. Since 1940 - Deputy Head of the Air Force Academy (Monino), then - Head of the Ryazan Higher School of Air Force Navigators.
During the Great Patriotic War, he continued to lead the Ryazan Higher School of Air Force Navigators. In the spring of 1945 he took part in the Berlin operation as the chief navigator of the 16th Air Army. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the SSR in 1937-1946.
1945-1960 - Head of the Navigation Department of the Air Force Academy (Monino). Since 1960 - retired.
From 1960 - professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, in 1961-1969 he headed the military department of the institute. Author of many scientific papers on air navigation.
He lived in Moscow. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.
Awards and titles
- For the performance of a non-stop flight Moscow - Udd Island and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Aleksandr Vasilyevich Belyakov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on July 24, 1936, and was awarded the Order of Lenin. After the establishment the medal "Gold Star" No. 9 was awarded.
- He was awarded 2 Orders of Lenin, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, 2 Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, 3 Orders of the Red Star, medals.
- Lieutenant General of Aviation (1943), Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1938).
Memory
An island in the Sea of \u200b\u200bOkhotsk, streets in Moscow, Mogilev, Mariupol and other cities are named after him. Peak on the Bogos ridge (Dagestan). In Ryazan, a street was named after the pilot and a bust was installed on September 17, 2010. In October 2010, the bust was smashed by vandals.
In the army since 1916. In 1917 he graduated from the Alexander Infantry School in Moscow. Member of the Civil War in the 25th Infantry Division (Eastern Front). In 1921 he graduated from the Moscow aerial photogrammetric school, worked as a teacher in it. In 1930-1935 - lecturer, head of the Department of Air Navigation of the Air Force Academy named after N.E. Zhukovsky. In 1936 he graduated from the Kachinskaya VAShL as an external student.
July 20-22, 1936 on the ANT-25 aircraft as a navigator (commander - V.P. Chkalov, co-pilot - G.F. Baidukov) made a non-stop flight from Moscow through the Arctic Ocean, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Udd Island (now - Chkalov Island) with a length of 9374 km.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union, Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov, was awarded on July 24, 1936 for performing this flight and showing courage and heroism.
In 1937, on the ANT-25 aircraft, as a navigator in the same crew, for the first time in the world, he made a non-stop flight Moscow-North Pole-Vancouver (USA) with a length of 8504 km.
In 1936-1939 - flag navigator of the Special Aviation (GA), in 1939-1940 - flag navigator of the Red Army Air Force. Since 1940 - Deputy Chief of the Air Force (now the Air Force named after Yuri Gagarin), then - Head of the Ryazan Higher School of Air Force Navigators.
During the Great Patriotic War, Major General A.V. Belyakov Head of the Ryazan Higher School of Air Force Navigators. In 1945, Aviation Lieutenant General Belyakov A.V. took part in the Berlin operation as the chief navigator of the 16th Air Army.
1945-1960 - Head of the Navigation Department of the Air Force Academy. Since 1960 - Aviation Lieutenant General Belyakov A.V. retired.
Since 1960 - professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, headed the military department. Author of many scientific papers on air navigation. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 1st convocation.
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director of the Municipal Educational Institution "Bezzubovskaya Basic School".
Alexander Vasilievich Belyakov was born on December 8 (21), 1897 in the village of Bezzubovo, Ilyinsky volost, Bogorodsky district (now Orekhovo-Zuevsky district). The name of Alexander was attested by the church of Ilyinsky Pogost. In the village of Bezzubovo, the Belyakovs lived in a completely "primitive" way. Father, Vasily Grigorievich, after graduating from the teacher's seminary, began his work as a rural teacher here. There was no apartment. Filmed "private" in the extension of the house of one peasant. The furniture was primitive: an overturned wooden box instead of a table, wide logs for chairs. The jig is suspended from a spring that is nailed to the ceiling with a solid nail ...
A year later, A.V. Belyakov's father was transferred to the village of Bolshie Dvory near Pavlovsky Posad on the Klyazma River.
There were three children in the Belyakov family: Sasha, Misha and Tanya. There was no land in the Big Courtyards at the school, because there was nowhere to grow even potatoes, and the children had to be fed.
Soon the father of A.V.Belyakov was offered a school in the village of Subbotino. The Belyakovs bought a cow, and the house became better fed. Mother and father worked a lot, especially in the summer. They grubbed up the site at the school, planted apple trees, raspberries, and found a place for a vegetable garden.
Alexander Vasilyevich began to study at the age of seven with his father in a school that had a sign: "Subbotinskoe zemstvo primary school."
In 1907, Alexander Vasilyevich graduated from his father's three-year elementary school. The inspector came, there was an exam.
The student Belyakov Alexander is awarded a certificate of graduation from the Subbotinsky School! Two fives and one four, - said the inspector, handing over the certificate.
The teacher received a monthly salary of 30 rubles. But it was necessary to feed, clothe and shoe the whole family. Alexander Vasilyevich's father is looking for additional income. Now he is an insurance agent - he runs through the villages, insures property. He always owes someone. A sad entry appears in the notebook of Alexander Vasilyevich's mother: “We live on money ... but we didn't buy anything so that we could see it ... There is nothing but debt. 140 rubles in debt. It's just awful...
In 1905, the father of A.V. Belyakova met a student at Moscow University Maslennikov. After graduation Maslennikov was sent to the Ryazan gymnasium as a geography teacher.
Alexander Vasilyevich's father writes a letter to Maslennikov, where he asks if he will take him Sasha to his family. The answer came soon: “Bring Sasha to Ryazan ... for the exam for admission to the gymnasium. If he can stand, then let him live with us. "
Alexander Vasilievich is diligently studying, as he understands that it is about what is important for him - continuing education. And so he, together with his father, travels by rail to Ryazan. Alexander passed the exam on "good" and "excellent", although in the dictation he wrote the word "radish" through "e", and not through "yat", and in division he made a small mistake.
For the whole family, entering the gymnasium was a joyful event. Leaving, the father told his son to be modest, not to indulge and obey the Maslennikovs in everything. For expenses, the father left 90 kopecks in silver and copper.
It was only one block to go to the gymnasium. The majestic, at that time, yellow beautiful two-story large building with white columns inspired respect for itself. The gymnasium students are wearing a gray tunic and trousers, a leather belt with a copper buckle, on which the letters "RPG" are carved - Ryazan first gymnasium. On cold days, a long gray overcoat.
In the class, Alexander Vasilyevich was put on the last school desk in the middle row. He spent all eight years in the back with Venya Kissin. I studied well, with grades and grades. They studied foreign languages: German and French. The classes in geography taught by Maslennikov were very interesting.
The first year of classes in the gymnasium passed. In the report card of Alexander Vasilyevich there was a record of the class teacher: "Transferred to the 2nd grade with a commendable letter."
In July 1908, the father of Alexander Vasilyevich unexpectedly received a paper from the headmaster of the gymnasium, which said: "Your son, a second-grade student, Alexander Belyakov, is enrolled as a state-owned student in the boarding school at the gymnasium." There, the students were kept on everything ready: they lived in a government building, ate, dressed and supplied with textbooks and notebooks.
Parents of Alexander Vasilyevich were overjoyed in seventh heaven. Still would! Sasha is not only a pupil of the gymnasium, but now no expenses from his family are required for his education.
Life in the boarding house was on calls, getting up at 7 hours 15 minutes in the morning. The boarders washed themselves, and at 7:45 am the teacher announced: "Get ready for prayer." At 7 hours 50 minutes morning tea. At 8 o'clock morning rehearsal - in half an hour to repeat something and collect books. At 8:30 am, in pairs in a column under the guidance of a teacher, the boarders went to the gymnasium.
In the city of Ryazan, Alexander Vasilyevich studied for 8 years.
The provincial city of Ryazan was a small town, only 40 thousand inhabitants, but there was a lot of greenery - gardens and vegetable gardens. In the spring it smelled fragrant with lilacs, bird cherry and blossoming apples. In the spring, the Oka River flooded heavily.
In 1915, Alexander Vasilyevich passed his final exams for a matriculation certificate. In the assembly hall, large frames hung on the walls, in which, against a blue gold background, the names of the medalists for many years. Of course, I wanted to be on this list, but one of the graduates received the gold medal - schoolmate Veniamin Kisin. Alexander Vasilyevich was awarded silver.
In 1915, before A.V. Belyakov the question arose: What life path to choose?
Aviation A.V. Belyakov did not even dream at that time. I wanted to be closer to the ground. Initially, he earned money from lessons, and then entered the Petrograd Forestry Institute. And, probably, he would have become a forester, if not for the war. In 1916, Belyakov was early admitted to military service. He was sent to Moscow at the Alexander Military School. In February 1917, Belyakov with the rank of ensign was sent to Vladimir in the 215th Infantry Regiment.
After the February revolution, Belyakov was elected a member of the regimental committee. Belyakov met the October Revolution on the Western Dvina. Was elected chief of the sapper team and a member of the regimental committee. In the spring of 1918 A.V. Belyakov returned home and began to work in the Bogorodsky district council, in the forestry department, which was in charge of the former weaver of the Glukhovsky manufactory, the old Bolshevik Petukhov. A.V. Belyakov took part in the nationalization of the forests of the Morozovs, Nekrasovs, Shibaevs. But the peaceful life was short-lived. Three months on short-term training courses, and then sending to the southern group of forces. A.V. Belyakov ended up in the legendary Chapaevsk division. I saw Chapaev many times in battle, at the headquarters, among the soldiers, and personally carried out his orders.
In 1920, the assignment sent Belyakov to Moscow to study at the aerial photography and photogrammetric school of the Red Army Air Force.
After graduating from this school in 1921, Belyakov, for his brilliant successes, was left as an instructor, then a teacher, and later an assistant to the head of the educational department.
But still, forestry was drawn to itself. In 1924, Belyakov still graduated from the Forestry Institute without interrupting his service and filed a demobilization report.
But at this time, the rapid development of Soviet aviation began: our first aircraft engine with 400 horsepower appeared, the first Soviet aircraft was built, and we had to forget about forests.
Since 1930 A.V. Belyakov became a teacher of air navigation at the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, and then head of the department of navigational service. Many years of A.V. Belyakov.
In 1934, Belyakov met Georgy Filippovich Baidukov during the flight of groups of heavy aircraft to France.
And he saw another member of the future crew - Valery Pavlovich Chkalov - back in October 1925, when there were already legends about Chkalov. And they met and became friends while working at the Air Force Research Institute, where Chkalov and Baidukov worked as test pilots.
In 1934, Belyakov had the opportunity to teach air aviation a group of polar pilots, including Sigismund Levanevsky, a Chelyuskin pilot. He had the idea of \u200b\u200ba flight from Moscow across the North Pole to America to the city of San Francisco. Levanevsky (commander and first pilot), Baidukov (second pilot) and Levchenko (navigator of the aircraft) decided to make this flight on ANT-25. A.V. Belyakov was appointed instructor and second navigator of Levanevsky's crew.
But this flight ended in failure due to a technical malfunction of the machine. After that, Levanevsky said that the single-engine ANT-25 was not suitable for such a flight. Baydukov, Chkalov and Sergo Ordzhonikidze were of a different opinion. In 1936, at one of the meetings in the Kremlin, the People's Commissar of Heavy Industry Ordzhonikidze and both pilots expressed their views to Stalin, who proposed a less risky flight Moscow - Petropavlovsk-on-Kamchatka for testing. So a new route option appeared. After his approval, Belyakov was appointed navigator of the Chkalov crew. The flight took place in July 1936. The plane flew without landing on the route Moscow - Kola Peninsula - about. Victoria - Franz Josef Land - Severnaya Zemlya - the coast of the Taimyr Peninsula - the mouth of the river. Lena - Yakutia - Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky - about. Udd in 56 hours 20 minutes, having covered 9374 km. For this flight, by a decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR, the pilots were awarded the Order of Lenin, and they were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The diplomas on conferring the high rank were presented to them by the Chairman of the USSR Central Executive Committee M. Kalinin. There were no golden stars of the Hero yet. A few years later, when, at the suggestion of Zhdanov, a special insignia for the Heroes of the Soviet Union was established, A.V. Belyakov was awarded the Gold Star No. 9.
In April 1937, the Papanin Four was landed at the North Pole and it became possible to make weather forecasts in the center of the Arctic. The flight to America was becoming a reality. In the spring of 1937, Chkalov and Baidukov were summoned to the Kremlin. Permission to prepare for the flight was given. They decided to fly on a single-engine ANT-25 aircraft. At dawn on June 18, 1937 at 4 o'clock. 04 minutes red-winged "RD" (range record) took off from the Shchelkovo airfield near Moscow. The plane headed for the route: Moscow - across the White Sea - the Kola Peninsula - Franz Josef Land - the North Pole - and further across the Arctic Ocean to North America. The flight from Moscow to Vancouver took 63 hours 16 minutes. Alexander Vasilyevich recalled: “... the most tense moment was when we went to Canada and met a huge front of clouds. It was risky to fly blindly, we flew around the Rocky Mountains and over the Pacific Ocean. We walked at high altitudes. At this time the oxygen ran out ... The flight was difficult. The lack of oxygen, clouds, aircraft icing, various annoying problems interfered. But the more joyful was the victory - the successful landing in Vancouver, where our pilots were warmly welcomed by the representatives of the United States. Baidukov and Belyakov experienced the breath of those unforgettable years in the summer of 1975, when they flew to America on the IL-62 along the same route as 40 years ago. And the same ANT-25, on which this legendary flight was made, is now in the V.P. Chkalov in the city of Chkalov, Gorky region. The school model is made on a scale of 1: 43.
A.V. Belyakov was the same restless dreamer, like his friend and commander Chkalov. Belyakov was going to fly with Valery Pavlovich both around the "ball" and across the South Pole.
However, the Great Patriotic War began and all dreams of new flights collapsed. All thoughts were aimed at protecting the sacred Motherland.
A.V. Belyakov formed the Ryazan Air Force Navigator School and, being its head until the beginning of 1945, trained and produced night crews for long-range aviation.
After the war, Belyakov returned to the Air Force Academy and headed the navigational department until the beginning of 1960, until he retired.
However, A.V. Belyakov had little to rest. At the request of the workers of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Alexander Vasilyevich agreed to become the vice-rector for scientific and educational work at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and by order of the Minister of Higher and Secondary Education was appointed to this position on January 25, 1961. Then Alexander Vasilyevich organized military training for students of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and moved for the post of head of the military department. For many years Belyakov was associated with MIPT. In people, he appreciated sincerity, straightforwardness, decisiveness, he loved people who were ready to give all their strength for the good of the Motherland.
Belyakov told about many such wonderful people in his memoirs. And about him, Chkalov said: “Navigator? One can say about him as a person infinitely humble, silent, not knowing fear. "
Until 1960, in the village of Bezzubovo, few people knew that the famous navigator of the Chkalovsky crew, A.V. Belyakov. their fellow countryman.
The teachers and children of the Bezzubovo school, having decided to create a history of their school and village, began to collect material about the people in the village of Bezzubovo, about those who lived and studied here.
Local historians of the school "raised" a lot of interesting material. One of the gatherings of the schoolchildren in September 1960 was attended by the oldest resident of the village of Bezzubovo, Dmitry Karpov, who was then 85 years old. From him came the message that about 65 years ago, back in tsarist times, Vasily Grigorievich Belyakov, who had a son, was a teacher in the village.
The local historians of the school got interested: isn't it the same Belyakov, whose son, together with Chkalov and Baidukov, made a non-stop flight on the ANT-25 plane across the North Pole to North America?
And the search began to establish the place of residence of Vasily Grigorievich Belyakov. He brought local historians to the Noginsk District of the Moscow Region. A letter was sent to the local history museum of Noginsk.
On September 24, 1960, a reply came from Noginsk, in which the director of the museum A. Smirnov informed the place of residence of V.G. Belyakov and that his son, A.V. Belyakov is a hero of the Soviet Union for his non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far East in 1936, together with Chkalov and Baidukov, in very difficult meteorological conditions.
They made their second flight a year later across the North Pole to North America.
December 25, 1960 from V.G. Belyakov received a letter. In it, he reported that his son A.V. Belyakov was indeed born in the village of Bezzubovo in 1897 and his brief biographical data was reported.
Vasily Grigorievich sent a letter to his son about the desire of schoolchildren to learn more and more about his life.
In January 1961 local historians wrote a letter to the village of Pochinki, where Vasily Grigorievich lived, with a request to send a photograph of his son and an address.
On February 15, 1961, a reply came from the village of Pochinki, where the address of Alexander Vasilyevich was reported. A letter was sent to this address, the answer to which was received on March 24, 1961. Thus, a correspondence with A.V. Belyakov.
The pupils of the school have long dreamed of meeting Belyakov. And so they receive a telegram from Moscow: "I am waiting for your representatives ... Hero of the Soviet Union AV Belyakov."
This meeting took place in January 1968, when the whole country was preparing for the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Army, at the apartment of Alexander Vasilyevich in Moscow. At this meeting, he spoke about his life, about service in the division of V.I. Chapaev, about life after the Civil War, about significant flights together with Chkalov and Baidukov, about the years of the Great Patriotic War and about work in Moscow at the Physics and Technology Institute.
The guys told Alexander Vasilyevich about the school. In conclusion, Alexander Vasilyevich, his wife Olga Pavlovna and daughter Irina were photographed for memory, and Alexander Vasilyevich presented the book "Our Chkalov" and presented tickets to the Chkalov club.
The schoolchildren invited A.V. Belyakov. and his family members to visit the village of Bezzubovo. In the spring of the same year, in one of his letters to the director of the school, Alexander Vasilyevich writes: "I could have come on September 1 to the opening of the school year."
And on September 1, 1968 A.V. Belyakov for the first time in many decades, he visited his native village of Bezzubovo, was a guest of his fellow countrymen.
At this meeting Belyakov A.V. told about half a century of service in the Soviet Army, about how he became a pilot, how he flew together with Chkalov and Baidukov. Here he had a conversation with the villagers. Alexander Vasilyevich examined the school, classrooms, workshops, school grounds.
The meeting of A.V. Belyakov was touching. with the oldest resident of the village of Bezzubovo Karpova - the former nanny of the hero-pilot.
Leaving his native village Belyakov A.The. gave the children a book with an autograph "Legendary Chapaevskaya" and wished their fellow countrymen great success. And in the album of Bezzubov's eight-year school, he made a note: "For a long time, I will remember a trip to my native place - Bezzubovo."
Then in 1971 A.V. Belyakov. sent a letter in which he congratulated teachers and students on the end of the school year and 20 tickets for visiting the Kremlin Armory with an invitation to his dacha in the village of Staraya Kupavna, Noginsk region.
After 6 years, the long-awaited meeting took place. In June 1977, a large group of schoolchildren visited Belyakov A.V. The meeting took place in Kupavna near Moscow and was dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the ultra-long-distance flight across the North Pole to America.
December 21, 1977 A.V. Belyakov is 80 years old. The day before, the school director Leonov Lev Grigorievich spoke to him on the phone from teachers and students of the school. He conveyed congratulations and good wishes from fellow countrymen.
And in 1980, on the eve of the celebration of October, a large group of schoolchildren again visited the hero-countryman at his apartment in Moscow. The rest of the time, the connection with Alexander Vasilyevich did not stop. In 1981, the book by A.V. Belyakova "Flight through the years". Alexander Vasilyevich sent this book with a donation autograph in August of the same year.
The result of the work of local historians and school teachers is the creation and opening of the museum of the hero-countryman A.V. Belyakov.
On October 10, 1981, the Museum of the Hero of the Soviet Union A.V. Belyakov. In November 1981, the TV screen showed the film "The First Chkalovsky Flight", dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the flight from Moscow to the Far East.
In December 1982, after a long illness, A.V. Belyakov died.
In May 1984, a group of students with school teachers visited and laid flowers at Belyakov's grave at the Novodevichy cemetery.
(Based on materials from the Museum of the Bezzubov School)
Belyakov Alexander Vasilievich - flag navigator of the 1st Special Forces Army, military engineer of the 1st rank.
Born on December 8 (20), 1897 in the village of Bezzubovo, Ilyinsky volost, Bogorodsky district, Moscow province (now Orekhovo-Zuevsky district, Moscow region). Russian. In 1898-1903 he lived in the village of Bolshie Dvory (now the village of Pavlovo-Posad district of the Moscow region), since 1903 - in the village of Subbotino (now Pavlovo-Posad district). In 1907 he graduated from the village school, in 1915 - the 1st Ryazan men's gymnasium, in 1916 - the 1st year of the Petrograd Forestry Institute (now the city of St. Petersburg).
In the Russian Imperial Army since October 1916. In February 1917 he graduated from the Alexander Infantry School in Moscow. He served as a junior officer of the company of the 215th reserve rifle regiment (in the city of Vladimir).
Member of the First World War: in July-December 1917 - junior officer and head of the sapper team of the 4th Caucasian Rifle Regiment; ensign. He fought on the Western Front.
In May 1918 - February 1919 - secretary of the forestry department of the executive committee of the Bogorodsky district council of workers and peasants' deputies (now the city of Noginsk, Moscow region).
In the Red Army since February 1919. In April 1919 he graduated from the Moscow gas-technical courses.
Member of the Civil War: in May 1919 - January 1920 - head of the gas mask defense and adjutant of the 3rd artillery division of the 25th rifle division. He fought on the Eastern and Ural fronts. He participated in battles with the troops of A.V. Kolchak and the Ural White Cossacks. On January 8, 1920, he fell ill with typhus and until February 1920 was in a hospital in the city of Novouzensk (now the Saratov region).
In April-July 1920, he was a clerk and chief of the artillery department of the engineering and technical troops of the headquarters of the North Caucasian Military District.
In 1921 he graduated from the Moscow aerial photogrammetric school. In 1921-1930 - laboratory technician and head of the aerological station, head of the air navigation department and assistant to the head of the training department of the Moscow aerial photogrammetric school (since 1923 - the Military Aviation School of the Special Service). In 1924 he graduated from the Moscow Forestry Institute in absentia. Since 1930 - a teacher of air navigation, and in April-August 1935 - head of the navigational service department of the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy.
In the spring of 1935 he was seconded from the academy to prepare for a transarctic flight on the ANT-25 aircraft (an unsuccessful flight attempt took place on August 20, 1935, A.V. Belyakov did not participate in it). In December 1935, he graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation Pilot School as an external student.
On July 20-22, 1936, on an ANT-25 aircraft as a navigator (commander -, co-pilot -), he made a non-stop flight from Moscow through the Arctic Ocean and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Udd Island (now Chkalov Island) with a length of 9.374 kilometers (flight time 56 hours 20 minutes).
For courage and heroism shown during the performance of an ultra-long flight, by the Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR of July 24, 1936 to a military engineer of the 1st rank Belyakov Alexander Vasilievich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin.
On June 18-20, 1937, on the ANT-25 aircraft, as a navigator in the same crew, for the first time in the world, he made a non-stop flight Moscow - North Pole - Vancouver (USA) with a length of 8.504 kilometers.
In January-November 1939 - flag navigator of the Air Force of the Red Army, in 1939-1940 - head of the 4th department of the 1st Directorate of the Air Force of the Red Army.
Member of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940.
In April-September 1940 - deputy chief of the Air Force Academy for scientific and educational work (Monino), in September 1940 - March 1942 - chief of the 1st Ryazan Higher School of Air Force Navigators.
In 1942-1944 - head of the 1st Higher School of Navigators and Pilots of Long-Range Aviation, which was evacuated in the cities of Karshi (Uzbekistan) and Troitsk (Chelyabinsk Region). In 1944-1945 - the head of the 1st Ryazan Higher Officers' School of Night Crews of Long-Range Aviation.
Member of the Great Patriotic War: in February-March 1945, he passed a combat training as deputy commander of the 2nd Air Army (1st Ukrainian Front), and in April-May 1945 - as chief navigator of the 16th Air Army (1- 1st Belorussian Front). Participated in the Lower Silesian and Berlin operations.
June 1945 - August 1960 - Head of the Navigation Department of the Air Force Academy (Monino). In April 1955, he took part in the high-latitude expedition "North-7", during which he made 4 long-range flights on a Tu-4 aircraft to test the automatic astrocompass BK-63. Since August 1960, Aviation Lieutenant General A.V. Belyakov has been retired.
He worked at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology: vice-rector for scientific and educational work (January-September 1961), head of the military department (1961-1969) and professor of the military department of the institute (since 1969).
Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 1st convocation (in 1937-1946).
Lieutenant General of Aviation (1943), Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1938), Professor (1960). Awarded 2 Orders of Lenin (24.07.1936; 21.02.1945), 3 Orders of the Red Banner (9.08.1937; 03.11.1944; 20.06.1949), Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (18.08.1945), 2 Orders of the Red Banner of Labor (31.10.1967; 20.12.1977), 3 Orders of the Red Star (25.05.1936; 25.03.1943; 28.10.1967), medals.
Honorary Citizen of the cities of Noginsk (1971) and Nikolaevsk-on-Amur (1981).
An island in the Sea of \u200b\u200bOkhotsk, a mountain peak in Dagestan, a school in Noginsk, streets in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Ryazan, Mogilev, Mariupol, Melitopol and other cities are named after him. In Moscow and the village of Pochinki, memorial plaques are installed on the houses in which he lived.
Note: The wrong date of birth appears in the documents - December 21, 1897 according to the new style.
Works:
Our flight to ANT-25 (co-authored)... M., 1936
Three days in the air (co-authored)... M., 1937; From Moscow to America via the North Pole. M., 1938;
Two flights. M., 1939;
Valery Chkalov. M., 1974;
Valery Chkalov. 2nd edition. M., 1977;
Through the North Pole to America. M., 1980;
In flight through the years. M., 1981;
Through the North Pole to America. 2nd edition. M., 1982;
Valery Chkalov. 3rd edition. M., 1987;
In flight through the years. 2nd edition. M., 1988.Military ranks:
Military Engineer 1st rank
Brigengineer (07/27/1937)
Kombrig (02.22.1938)
Major General of Aviation (06/04/1940)
Lieutenant General of Aviation (03/25/1943)
BELYAKOV Alexander Vasilievich
Belyakov Alexander Vasilyevich - navigator, teacher of the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy.
Born on December 9 (21), 1897 in the village of Bezzubovo, now in the Noginsky District of the Moscow Region, in the family of a teacher. Russian. He spent his childhood and youth in Ryazan. He graduated from high school. In 1915-1916 he studied at the Petrograd Forestry Institute.
In the army since 1916. In 1917 he graduated from the Alexander Infantry School in Moscow. Member of the Civil War in the 25th Infantry Division (Eastern Front).
In 1921 he graduated from the Moscow aerial photogrammetric school, worked as a teacher in it. In 1930-1935 - lecturer, head of the Department of Air Navigation of the Air Force Academy named after N.E. Zhukovsky. In 1936 he graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation Pilot School as an external student.
On July 20-22, 1936, on the ANT-25 aircraft as a navigator (commander - V.P. Chkalov, co-pilot - G.F. Baidukov) made a non-stop flight from Moscow across the Arctic Ocean, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Udd Island (now - Chkalov Island) with a length of 9374 km.
For the performance of this flight and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Aleksandr Vasilyevich Belyakov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on July 24, 1936, and was awarded the Order of Lenin.
On June 18-20, 1937, on the ANT-25 aircraft, as a navigator as part of the same crew, for the first time in the world he made a non-stop flight Moscow – North Pole – Vancouver (USA) with a length of 8504 km. 
In 1936-1939 - flag navigator of the Special Aviation (GA), in 1939-1940 - flag navigator of the Red Army Air Force. Since 1940 - Deputy Head of the Air Force Academy (Monino, now - Air Force named after Yuri Gagarin), then - Head of the Ryazan Higher School of Air Force Navigators.
During the Great Patriotic War, he continued to lead the Ryazan Higher School of Air Force Navigators. In the spring of 1945 he took part in the Berlin operation as the chief navigator of the 16th Air Army.
1945-1960 - Head of the Navigation Department of the Air Force Academy (Monino). Since 1960, Aviation Lieutenant General A.V. Belyakov has been retired.
From 1960 - professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, in 1961-1969 he headed the military department of the institute. Author of many scientific papers on air navigation. Author of the memoir "Flight Through the Years" (1981).
He lived in Moscow. He died on November 28, 1982. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.
Lieutenant General of Aviation (1943), Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1938). He was awarded 2 Orders of Lenin, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, 2 Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, 3 Orders of the Red Star, medals. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the SSR in 1937-1946.
An island in the Sea of \u200b\u200bOkhotsk, streets in Moscow, Mogilev, Ryazan, Mariupol and other cities are named after him.
On September 17, 2010, in the military town of Dyagilevo, Ryazan, a monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant General of Aviation Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov was unveiled.