Editing Nikolai Kuznetsov (admiral) (section)

===The second fall and retirement===
His newfound prominence brought him into direct conflict with now Defense Minister Marshal Zhukov, with whom he had clashed during the war years. On December 8, 1955, using the loss of the [[battleship]] {{ship|Soviet battleship|Novorossiysk||2}} as a pretext, Zhukov removed the Admiral from his post. The commission that inspected the ship's loss was headed by [[Vyacheslav Malyshev]] and its findings were used by Zhukov to blame Kuznetsov. In February 1956 he was again demoted to the rank of vice-admiral, retired and expressly forbidden "any and all work connected with the navy."{{cn|date=January 2025}}

During his retirement he wrote and published many essays and articles, as well as several longer works, including his memoirs and an officially sanctioned book, "With a Course for Victory", which dealt with the Patriotic War. His memoirs, unlike those of many other prominent leaders, were written by him personally and are noted for their style.{{cn|date=January 2025}}{{who|date=January 2025}}

Kuznetsov also authored several books on the war, on Stalin's repressions, and on the navy which were published [[Posthumous work|posthumously]]. In these he was highly critical of the Party's interference in the internal affairs of the military, and insisted that "the state must be ruled by law."{{cn|date=January 2025}}