Lieutenant General Anatoly Nikolayevich Khrulyov (russian: Анатолий Николаевич Хрулёв;
Naro-Fominsk, 3 June 1955) is a Russian general who was the commander of the
Russian 58th Army from 2006 until his retirement in 2010. He saw service in
South Ossetia
South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated popula ...
during the 2008
Russo-Georgian War
The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia. was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of Sou ...
, in the course of which he was wounded when his
military column moving into
Tskhinvali was attacked by Georgian forces on 9 August 2008. On 18 May 2015, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the
armed forces
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...
of Georgia's breakaway
Republic of Abkhazia
Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
, in which position he was succeeded, 3 August 2018, by Major General
Vasily Lunyov, also a career Russian officer.
References
1955 births
Living people
People from Naro-Fominsky District
Russian colonel generals
Soviet Army officers
People of the Russo-Georgian War
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni
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