Nikolai Golodnikov. In its place

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The name of General Golodnikov is well known to many residents of Stavropol and Stavropol Territory. Not being a native of Stavropol, Nikolay Gerasimovich lived in the regional capital for about forty years, leading one or another important direction for the country and invariably giving himself to the end of the assigned work. Nevertheless, in his homeland, in Yeisk, information about this man is little known even to local ethnographers.





He was a godsend for writers and journalists. Passed all the stages of a flying career (yes, not the most suitable word for Golodnikov) - from cadet to general, who, in fact, created one of the best military in the country aviation colleges, who for a long time headed a number of organizations that were far from fake at that time, who lived a long life and saw a lot. He said that the memory was excellent. Readily - about planes (domestic and lend-lease), his commanders (in the regiment named after B.F.Safonov, he found Boris Feoktistovich himself), comrades, whose names are known to many who are interested in history Great Patriotic War. Pavel Klimov, Nikolai Boky, Pyotr Sgibnev, Pavel Orlov, Pyotr Kolomiets ... Interestingly, he described the enemy nontrivially. In response to questions about himself, he smiled ... and again spoke about airplanes, commanders, comrades. His stories, included in a number of books and repeatedly printed on the pages of newspapers, are not hard to find on the Internet today. We emphasize - they have a lot of interesting and even unique, but not enough Golodnikova himself. A separate, perhaps, is M. Tsybulko's story “The General from the Legend”, largely devoted to the personality of Nikolai Gerasimovich himself, his formation as a fighter pilot and military leader.

With video materials about Golodnikov, the situation is even more complicated. Yes, there was the film “Ice Sky”, one of the participants of which was the eldest son of General Yuri, who spoke about several episodes from his father’s life during his service in the North navy. Former alumni of SVVAULSH created a documentary about the history of the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for pilots and navigators, which included the story of Nikolai Gerasimovich about the formation of the university. Fragments of interviews and speeches at commemorative events, in which General Golodnikov almost always participated, were preserved. And yet, unfortunately, there was no complete visual material about this wonderful and useful person for his homeland.

Our film “Nikolai Golodnikov. In its place "- an attempt to fill this gap. Attempting to understand how from ordinary guys who did not think about a military career, in a short time grew a whole galaxy of excellent commanders. Understand how, after going through the tests of wartime, you can find yourself in a peaceful life and be in demand by society. And finally, to approach the solution of another, equally important question for us: is it possible today the emergence and existence in the present Russian realities of people of this type?

The main story-teller in our history was Yury Golodnikov, who lived most of his life next to his father and knew him from all sides. On the question of what kind of music my father loved, Yuriy Nikolayevich answered: "Tu music ... foxtrots, tango ... "So the music of 30-40's became, perhaps, the second protagonist of this film.

Documentary film "Nikolai Golodnikov. In his place":

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  1. +4
    31 March 2019 07: 35
    Thanks, good movie ..
  2. +6
    31 March 2019 07: 54
    I read his interview with Drabkin!
    I read excitedly, and immediately reread it - also excitedly!
    For me there was a lot of new, sometimes - and completely new.
    Fighter combat speed; equivalence of I-16 / M-63 and Bf-109E; pre-war training of cadets; P-39 and P-40 capabilities, and the difference in the use of these capabilities by our and Western pilots.
    The difference, in the end, is in thinking: "everything is according to the instructions ..." and "yes, heh, I saw their instructions and 100 hours of engine operation!" - and on gases, and there is a result!
    Personalities of pilots, personality of Safonov (albeit briefly) ...
    But yes. Golodnikov spoke very little about himself.
    Here, I hope the film will tell more about this wonderful man and fighter!
    1. +3
      31 March 2019 09: 19
      Quote: Carpenter 2329

      I read his interview with Drabkin!

      Artyom Drabkin has a lot of interesting things ... but here is the conclusion: those who were interested in the entrusted weapon, its strengths and weaknesses, they praised the entrusted weapons, and those who did not do it, cried both about the "plywood" and SVT ... and, as a rule, those who fought well and competently continued their service (both artillerymen and tankmen and pilots).
      1. 0
        April 2 2019 07: 37
        That's why for SVT it is insulting almost the most.
        I read for a long time that when Pavlichenko was asked why she fought so successfully in the Crimea and she answered, there was a clear distrust of her correspondents on the faces of the correspondents. After all, there was only one self-loading rifle in the world for them - Garand.
        Also in the States they did not believe when there was a CBT among the trophies brought. They considered her a German rifle.
        But she flashed even in a Hollywood movie, in the hands of Frank Sinatra.
    2. +1
      31 March 2019 09: 23
      I read for a long time on iremember.ru, then I did not remember whose memories were (there were a lot of interesting things at once), according to your comment, I immediately understood IT! I was also impressed, I highly recommend it to everyone.
  3. BAI
    +1
    31 March 2019 08: 30
    Why under the heading "Opinions" and not "History"?
    1. 0
      31 March 2019 09: 25
      It happens here .. sometimes parts of the same cycle fall into different sections
      1. 0
        April 2 2019 04: 01
        Quote: volodimer
        It happens here .. sometimes parts of the same cycle fall into different sections

        And in the "News" too. 29.03 and 26.03 (25?)
  4. +3
    April 4 2019 16: 02
    Former alumni of SVVAULSH created a documentary about the history of the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for pilots and navigators, which included the story of Nikolai Gerasimovich about the formation of the university

    And unfortunately, his brainchild, to whom he gave 9 years of his life, is no longer there. Disbanded in 2010. And this was the reason for his departure to another world.
    1. 0
      April 6 2019 22: 14
      Unfortunately.
      The film that was mentioned is "Joint route. 40 years of Stavropol VVAULSH":
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK4ky3-tyKw