Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopianov (1899 - 1975), aircraft pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1934), major-general of the Soviet Air Force. In 1934 he participated in the Arctic rescue of the crew of the sunken steamship "Cheliuskin". Vodopianov was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for this deed. During the World War 2 he was the commander of the Air Force division. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.