Career
He served as commanding officer of a landing party that recaptured the beach-head at Malaya Zemlya during World World War World War II He was mortally wounded in the battle, and was posthumously named a for his heroic actions. Kunikov was born in Rostov on Don in a Jewish family. His father was an engineer and moved to Moscow in 1925.
Kunikov worked in the Soyuz factory as a machinist.
In 1932, he began studies at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, and held the position of a technical manager in a machine building factory by 1938. At the start of the war Kunikov volunteered for the Red Army and served in the Naval infantry of the Black Sea Fleet.
Kunikov fought in the battle for Novorossiysk and the defence of Malaya Zemlya. He was mortally wounded in February 1943 in Novorossiysk.
Caesar Kunikov (ship) - a Russian Navy landing ship 2280 Kunikov - an asteroid.
