At a critical moment, he supplied the steamer with sails and safely completed the voyage. His dislike for the Chelyuskin icebreaker made it possible not to miss the moment when the ship went down and save people.
People who have dedicated their lives to their beloved work can be called happy. This was our hero too. In his biography was the Arctic, as well as many adventures and exploits that he accomplished in fulfilling his duty.
Childhood
The Voronin family lived in Sumy Posad in the Arkhangelsk province. Ivan was a hereditary pomor, he took his wife from a family that was also famous for brave sailors. True, the spouses did not live well - fishing did not bring much income. They had six children, and all were boys. Volodya was born in October 1890.
When the sons were 8 years old, their father took them with him to the sea. The mother approved of this upbringing. She demanded that Volodya serve in the navy and resist temptations to find a more profitable business on land. As a teenager, he enlisted on a sailing ship that sailed the northern rivers. The young sailor was distinguished by his courage and ingenuity, the command was enough for him.
Youth
Vladimir could not miss the chance to make a career as a sailor. In 1912 he graduated from a nautical school in his native land. Having received his education, the guy went as a skipper on the ships of the Belomorskaya line. Now these were not sailboats, but steamers. Once he was even entrusted to lead the ship on which the courtiers who visited the north traveled.
In 1916, Volodya received a diploma from the Arkhangelsk Naval School and during the voyage of the steamer Fyodor Chizhov he took part in the battle with the Germans, showing courage. A revolution broke out, kadazha of the parties that fought for power, wanted to get support from the real masters of their craft. Voronin sympathized with the Bolsheviks. In 1918 he was offered to obtain the qualification of a sea captain and take command of the steamer on which he served. The sailor was confident that he could cope with the task, he took up the job and justified the trust.
Researcher
Vladimir Voronin was assigned the most responsible and interesting tasks. After 1920 he took part in three research expeditions in the Kara Sea. When the search for Umberto Nobile and his comrades was carried out in 1928, our hero led the icebreaker Georgy Sedov in search of the aeronautics who had suffered an accident. In 1932 he sailed the entire Northern Sea Route on the Alexander Sibiryakov ship; the last miles were covered under a homemade sail.
On the account of the sea wolf there were successful campaigns and geographical discoveries. He met many famous polar explorers. In early 1933 Voronin received a letter from his friend Otto Schmidt. He asked the captain to take command of the new Arctic vessel, named "Chelyuskin".
Ice epic
The captain immediately did not like the technical characteristics of the vessel, which he bluntly stated. Schmidt shared his fears and even more insisted that Voronin be in command of the sea. The pundit knew how to find the right arguments - the sailor agreed. In August 1933, the Chelyuskin left Murmansk for Vladivostok. By winter, the ship was trapped in ice in the Chukchi Sea.
The captain and the head of the expedition foresaw the possibility of the crew landing on the ice and prepared for the evacuation. Voronin, dissatisfied with everything, could not overlook the moment when the skin cracked and the steamer began to submerge in the water. At the beginning of 1934, the Chelyuskinites got off the ship, losing only one person. Soon aviators came to their aid. Voronin and Schmidt, according to naval custom, intended to be the last to leave the camp, but Otto Yulievich fell seriously ill and was taken out earlier. Our hero fulfilled his promise to himself.
The story continues
For saving lives and maintaining iron discipline and optimism on the ice, Captain Voronin was given the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He did not rest on his laurels, he continued to sail the northern seas on the Ermak icebreaker. The only thing that the sailor changed was his place of residence, he moved to Leningrad. The reason was personal life - the wife wanted to live in a big city. In the new spacious apartment the Voronins received polar explorers who needed help.
With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Ivanovich took up combat duty. Since 1938, he drove the most powerful icebreaker "I. Stalin ". On this ship, the captain escorted allied convoys to Soviet ports and made voyages along the Northern Sea Route. Combat everyday life was not easy, and often it was possible to avoid tragedy only because our hero stood on the captain's bridge.
With the sea forever
Vladimir Voronin celebrated his victory in the North. For his courage shown during the war, he was awarded a number of high awards, in 1946 he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The captain did not leave the fleet. All his brothers were equal to him in rank and also served on ships. Vladimir drove the flagship of the North Sea Fleet. In his free time, he was engaged in literary creation - he wrote down the legends of his native land and his own memories of the campaigns.
In October 1952 I. Stalin helped a caravan of ships heading to Dixon Island to free themselves from ice captivity. The ship was commanded by Vladimir Voronin. The captain died as soon as the task was completed. His contribution to Arctic research can be assessed by looking for geographic objects named after him on the map. There are such people, and there are many of them.
