Background
KUNIKOV, Tsezar’ was born in 1909 in Baku. Son of an engineering
KUNIKOV, Tsezar’ was born in 1909 in Baku. Son of an engineering
1935 graduate tech institute
1935-1941 engineering; 1941-1943 comissar, then commander of a river gunboat unit on the Don River and in the Sea of Azov, then commander of an amphibious marine unit In the early hours of 4 February 1943 in the course of a poorly planned amphibious operation near Novorossiysk his marine unit of 870 men landed successfully near the village of Stanichka, captured a small beachhead and held it for three days until reinforcements arrived. Fall 1943 this beachhead played a decisive role in the liberation of Novorossiysk.