Kochetkov Alexander Yakovlevich
Kochetkov Alexander Yakovlevich Cinematographer. Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz SSR (1969). Born on March 11, 1925, in the city of Kokand, Fergana region of the Uzbek SSR in a working-class family. After finishing seven grades of secondary school, he volunteered to go to the front in 1942. He served as a machine gunner in the 2nd Guards Army of the 3rd Belarusian Front. After being wounded and treated in a hospital, A. Kochetkov was invited to a front-line film group by director