Colonel General Anatoly Nikolayevich Khrulyov (;

Naro-Fominsk Naro-Fominsk () is a town and the administrative center of Naro-Fominsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Nara River, southwest from Moscow. History The Fominskoye village was first mentioned in Russian chronicles under the ...

; born 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

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during the 2008

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, in the course of which he was wounded when his military column moving into

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was attacked by Georgian forces on 9 August 2008. On 18 May 2015, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the

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of Georgia's breakaway

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, in which position he was succeeded, 3 August 2018, by Major General Vasily Lunyov, also a career Russian officer.

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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 Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia) {{Russia-mil-bio-stub