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2 unusual facts about Fyodor Vidyayev


Fyodor Vidyayev

In 1941 he was 2nd in command of the Shch-421 serving under Nikolai Lunin he was given command of this boat in 1942 when Lunin was given command of the new submarine K-21 Vidayev carried out twelve war patrols.

Vidyayevo

Uritsa was renamed Vidyayevo in 1964 in honor of the World War II submarine commander Fyodor Vidyayev who perished in the Barents Sea in course of the military mission of the submarine SHCH-402 under his command.



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