In 1930 graduated from the school and enrolled at the Moscow Aviation College where he studied part-time and worked as a mechanic.

[1] The topic of his diploma there was on motors: four-carburettor, 28-cylinder with a 4-star air-cooled power of 1500 hp at 3400 rpm and at an altitude of 6000 meters with two-high-speed driven centrifugal blowers.

In the period from July to September 1942 he trained under a senior engineer of 239 fighter division 6th air force who met George Malenkov and praised the ability of Kuznetsov and subsequently sent his deputy to become a Designer at the Ufa Aviation Plant.

In 1949 he was transferred to Kuybyshev (currently the City of Samara) which was headed by the State union pilot plant number 2 on the development and manufacture of advanced jet engines now known as Kuznetsov Design Bureau.

There he worked with Sergei Korolev, the famous Soviet rocket designer under NKVD supervision and control.

[citation needed] From 1959 onwards, he was also involved in the development of engines for the projected Soviet N1 Moon rocket.