Ilya Mazuruk
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Ilya Mazuruk
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Ilya Pavlovich Mazuruk was a Soviet pilot and polar explorer. Hero of the Soviet Union (1937). Mazuruk briefly served in the Soviet Air Forces during the late 1920s and then became a Civil Air Fleet pilot. After becoming a polar aviator, he commanded a modified Tupolev TB-3 during the North Pole-1 drifting ice station mission, it was the first such mission. For his actions Mazuruk was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. He became head of the Glavsevmorput Polar Aviation Directorate. Afte
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Soviet general (1906–1989)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Mazuruk
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2012-02-01T17:26:07Z
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2024-09-04T20:17:44Z
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