[1] Antonov was born on 19 January 1907 in the village of Kraskovo in Moscow Governorate to railway worker Vasily Nikiforovich and Tatyana Timofeevna.

Frunze Naval School and was sent to the Far East, where he served in the Marine Border Guard of the Joint State Political Directorate.

[3] From April 1936, he served as commander of Vorovsky, which took part in the guarding of Soviet maritime border and combatting intruders in the Okhotsk, Bering and Chukchi Seas.

[5] Following the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, Antonov was released ahead of schedule from his second year at the command faculty of the Naval Academy by the order of Admiral Nikolai Kuznetsov.

[8] By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 21 July 1944, for the skillful and courageous leadership of the fighting near Petrozavodsk, Antonov was awarded the Order of Ushakov, 2nd class.

In this post, in addition to organizing submarine raids against enemy convoys, he was also responsible for providing escorts for transport ships from Sweden and hence preventing losses among them.

[9] After the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945, Antonov was assigned to the Far East in June 1945, where he was appointed as commander of the Amur Military Flotilla.

[11][12] By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 14 September 1945, "for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front against the Japanese imperialists and the courage and heroism shown at the same time", Antonov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

He is buried near the monument to the sailors of Amur River Flotilla who died in the Russian Civil War, at a cemetery in the Krasnoflotsky District of Khabarovsk.