Valery Kuzmin | |
Birth Name: | Valery Ilyich Kuzmin |
Birth Date: | 7 November 1918 |
Birth Place: | Innyakh, Olyokminsky District, Yakut ASSR, RSFSR |
Death Place: | Yakutsk, Soviet Union |
Awards: | Hero of Socialist Labour |
Valery Ilyich Kuzmin (; 7 November 1918 – 1 June 1983) was an aviation pioneer in Yakutia who became the director of the Yakutsk division of Aeroflot, the Soviet state airline, a recipient of the titles Honoured Pilot of the USSR as well as Hero of Socialist Labor. He was also the first ethnic Yakut pilot.[1]