Portrait photo of Marshal of the Soviet Union I.N. Kozhedub

An original amateur photo, not published before. Size 105*145 mm. The reverse side is clean. Guarantee of authenticity.

Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub (Ukrainian Ivan Mikitovich Kozhedub; June 8, 1920, Obrazhievka, Glukhovsky district, Chernihiv province, USSR — August 8, 1991, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) was a Soviet military commander, air Marshal (1985), ace pilot. Three times Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1944, 1945). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1946-1961). People's Deputy of the USSR (1989-1991). Ace pilot of the Great Patriotic War, the most effective fighter pilot in Allied aviation (64 victories). A pseudonym during the fighting as part of a Group of Soviet military specialists in Korea — "Krylov".