here he is saluting tribunevych. zubkov of the leningrad front.hese shots were the first in his life. in the summer of 1944, the leningrad newspapers published the tragic news on june 28, on approaching the treasure field near leningrad, the plane in which the hero was flying crashed socialist labor ivan georgievich zubkov he was supposed to inspect the destroyed bridge on the svir river, where it was planned to establish a crossing for the troops of the karelian front, according to the recollections of relatives on the eve of the tragedy, zubkov was not going to fly anywhere, the destroyed bridge should have been examined by his employees. but at night, ivan georgievich was called by people's commissar of ways of communication kaganovich and categorically demanded that zubkov fly himself on the morning of june 28 , ivan georgievich took off from leningrad on a plane sent by the commander of the troops karelian front. meretskov, when only a few hundred meters were left to the airfield, the plane suddenly lost control and crashed into the ground al