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Valentina Mikhailovna Kuznetsova (Russian: Валентина Михайловна Кузнецова; 21 January 1937 - 3 September 2010) was a Soviet - Russian radio technician and polar researcher.
Biography
Kuznetsova was born in Moscow and worked as an architect-technician in the Gipropischtscheprom. She studied radio at Moscow Aviation Institute. She was a member of the national ski team, and trained with Alevtina Kolchina.
In 1966, Kuznetsova founded the ski group Metelitsa [ru] (Snowstorm). She led a polar expedition.
References
- ^ "Памяти Валентины Кузнецовой, главной Метелицы страны - Новости, статьи, анонсы экстрима, экстремального спорта - SPOX.ru". 2010-11-21. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- Sport in the USSR. Soviet Union magazine. 1969.
- Shevchenko, Nikolay (2020-10-23). "These Soviet women walked thousands of miles on skis and reached the South Pole". www.rbth.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- Daily Report: Soviet Union. The Service. 1989.
- 2010 deaths
- Russian women engineers
- 20th-century Russian engineers
- Soviet female cross-country skiers
- 1937 births
- Soviet polar explorers
- Female polar explorers
- Moscow Aviation Institute alumni
- Russian female cross-country skiers
- Russian electrical engineers
- Engineers from Moscow
- 20th-century Russian sportswomen