Valentina Kuznetsova
Valentina Mikhailovna Kuznetsova (; 21 January 1937 - 3 September 2010) was a Soviet - Russian radio technician and polar researcher. Biography 
Kuznetsova was born in Moscow and worked as an architect-technician in the Gipropischtscheprom. She studied radio at Moscow Aviation Institute. She was a member of the national ski team, and trained with Alevtina Kolchina. In 1966, Kuznetsova founded the ski group  (Snowstorm). She led a polar expedition. References 

2010 deaths
Russian women engineers
Soviet female cross-country skiers
1937 births
Soviet polar explorers
Female polar explorers
Moscow Aviation Institute alumni
Russian female cross-country skiers
Russian electrical engineers
Engineers from Moscow