Timofey Timofeyevich Khryukin (; , in

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19 July 1953, in

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) was a

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aviator,

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volunteer, and

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of the

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. Emerging from an impoverished working-class background, he rose to command the

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and

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during the

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, being twice decorated as a

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before his death following a period of illness caused by a road accident.

Early life

Khryukin was born on in the southern town of

in the Kuban Oblast (present-day

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) of

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into a poverty-stricken family. Khryukin's father worked a mason; his mother assisted supporting the family as a

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working for petty wages. At the age of eight he began working for well-off

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, but due to abuse he eventually ran off, spending several years wandering the countryside in the years preceding the

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. His formal education did not began until at age 15 in the midst of the socialist campaigns to eradicate illiteracy; around that time he found employment in various jobs involving manual labor, including as a porter and railway depot employee. After joining the

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in 1926, he made his way to regional secretary of the organization and joined the

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in 1929. Following a brief stint at an agricultural school, he joined the Red Army and entered flight school in 1932.

Military career

Joining the Red Army in May 1932, he was sent to the Voroshilovgrad Military Aviation School for Pilots in

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, where he trained for eight months. Graduating in December 1933, he became a pilot and flight commander in the 5th Light Bomber Aviation Squadron at

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in the

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. In December 1935 he was transferred to serve as a flight commander in the 10th High-Speed Bomber Aviation Squadron of the district at

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, flying the

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. Khryukin went to

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as a volunteer for the

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in October 1936. There he participated in the

as a

bomber pilot, remaining until March 1937 and receiving the

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upon his return to the Soviet Union."Хрюкин Тимофей Тимофеевич"
("Khryukin, Timofey Timofeyevich"). Our Victory Project. MVK International Exhibition Company. 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009. ''Великая Отечественная. Командармы. Военный биографический словарь'' (''The Great Patriotic War: Army Commanders: A Military Biographical Dictionary''). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole, 2005. . p. 393-394. In March 1937 he became commander of the 13th Separate High-Speed Bomber Aviation Squadron in the Belorussian Military District at

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, which moved to Shatalovo in mid-1937. Khryukin went to

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in March 1938 to lead a squadron of Soviet-piloted

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with the

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, sent by the Soviet Union to aid the Chinese forces in the

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.Boyd, Alexander. ''The Soviet Air Force Since 1918''. London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1977. P. 85. He arrived at the rear airfield of

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, where an aviation base was created, to which SBs were flown in from

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across Mongolia and the Gobi Desert. In mid-1938 SBs under Khryukhin's command were credited with severely damaging several Japanese transports carrying aircraft on the Yangtze. While in China he rose to command a bomber group, flying eighteen combat missions on the SB. Khryukin received the title of

on 22 February 1939."Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о присвоении звания Героя Советского Союза командирам Рабоче-Крестянской Красной Армии" ("Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Regarding Awarding the Title Hero of the Soviet Union to Commanders of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"). ''

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''. 23 February 1939. P. 1. As the Soviet participation in the war in China was secret, his citation was for "exemplary fulfillment of tasks of the government in strengthening the military might of the Soviet Union and for displaying heroism." Returning to the Soviet Union, Khryukin commanded the SB-equipped 10th High-Speed Bomber Aviation Brigade at

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in the

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. In November 1939 he completed the advanced commander training course at the Military Academy of the General Staff, after which he briefly served as chief of the bomber aviation department of the Air Force Combat Training Directorate. In December 1939 he was sent to command the Air Forces of the 14th Army in the

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, a post he remained in until the end of the war in March. In April he became chief of the bomber aviation department of the Air Force Flying Equipment Inspectorate, and in May was promoted to komdiv, becoming Major-General Khryukin of the Air Force when the classic generals' ranks, abolished following the

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, were brought into the Red Army the following month. From July he served as deputy general-inspector of the Air Force Inspectorate."Хрюкин Тимофей Тимофеевич"
("Khryukin, Timofey Timofeyevich"). Город Шахты: История в Деталях (City of Shakhty: History in Detail). Shakht.ru Information Portal of Shakhty. 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2009. Khryukin completed the advanced commander training course again in May, and was posted to the

as commander of the Air Forces of its 12th Army.

World War II

Khryukin was appointed commander of the Air Forces of the 12th Soviet Army (based in

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) on 27 May 1941, twenty-six days before to the

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. Khryukin was placed in charge of the air units attached the

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in August 1941: these were tasked with securing the

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and the

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, significant to the Soviet military and war effort as the connection between

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and the rest of the European territory of the

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. In June 1942 he was reassigned to the Southwestern Front, just in time for the

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advance against

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. The Air Force units of the Southwestern Front were subsequently reformed as the

under Khryukin, as announced by the People's Commissar for Defense on 9 June. Khryukin's Eight Army participated in the

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from the very beginning of the German assault.

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personally ordered General Vasily Gordov of the

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to instruct Khryukin to launch a massive aerial assault against the Germans to the right flank of the Soviet forces during a conversation by direct wire on 23 July 1942. A less-than-desirable number of aircraft translated into insufficient resources for aerial reconnaissance, while Il-2 Shturmovik units had to fly without fighter escort. Although it could not stop the German forces from advancing into the city, the 8th Air Army would continue to provide key support during the Battle of Stalingrad until the battle turned in the Soviets favor. In early October Khryukin decided to form a regiment within the 8th Air Army composed of elite fighter pilots, to be led by World War II ace Lev Shestakov, a fellow Spanish Civil War veteran; the unit became the prestigious 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. By the end of 1942, Khryukin increased the count of enemy aircraft pilots had to destroy in order to attain the status of ace; simultaneously, he promised a recommendation for the

title to each of those who could succeed in doing so.Morgan, Hugh. ''Soviet Aces of World War II''. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 15. , . Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1997. P. 7. On 30 December 1942 the 8th Air Army became part of the Southern Front; Khryukin's efforts turned in the direction of

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and the

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, where major Soviet victories followed the surrender of Germany's Stalingrad forces after the success of the Soviet counterattack

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in early 1943. With successful Soviet advances in the Donbas, Khryukin's airmen won praise from Stalin, who called for artillery salvoes to commemorate the Soviet triumph in

in September 1943.Stalin, J. V
"Order of the Day: September 8, 1943".
''Collected Works'', Volume 15. London: Red Star Press Ltd., 1984.

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. 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009. After supporting the

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on the

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and in the retaking of the

region of

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, the 8th Air Army lent air superiority to the Soviet offensive in

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in April 1944.Boyd, Alexander. ''The Soviet Air Force Since 1918''. London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1977. P. 179. Khryukin took charge of the

from Colonel-General Mikhail Gromov's command in July 1944, following his promotion to

in May. Its performance under the freshly transferred Khryukin during

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was noted as "excellent" by

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Vasilevsky, an eyewitness, in his memoirs, ''The Matter of My Whole Life'' (1973). Khryukin commanded the 1st Air Army for the remainder of the war, leading it for the remainder of the war and commanding it during the key

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in the last stages of the war (6–9 April 1945)."Хрюкин Тимофей Тимофеевич"
("Khryukin, Timofey Timofeyevich"). ''Chkalovsky Vestnik'' 7 (Special Issue), April 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
("The 1st Air Army"). (60 Years Since the Great Victory: A Supplement to the Official Site of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation). Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2009. His second Hero of the Soviet Union title was awarded on 19 April 1945, ten days following the Soviet victory in the offensive.

Postwar

Khryukin remained in command of the 1st Air Army until July 1946 before appointed as deputy commander of training of the Soviet Air Force from 1946 to 1947; after that he commanded the 7th Air Army. In 1950 he graduated from the Voroshilov Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. His health was seriously undermined by a car accident after the war, although his life was saved by a successful surgery. He died of progressive nephritis on 19 July 1953 and was buried in

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Awards and honors

* Twice

(22 February 1939 and 19 April 1945) *

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(22 February 1939) * Three

(2 February 1937, 7 May 1940, and 20 April 1953) * Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1st class (19 March 1944) *

Order of Suvorov The Order of Suvorov () is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named in honor of Russian Generalissimo Prince Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800). History The Order of Suvorov was originally a Soviet Union, Soviet award established on ...

1st and 2nd class (1st class - 16 May 1944; 2nd class - 17 September 1943) * Two

Order of Kutuzov The Order of Kutuzov ( ''orden Kutuzova'') is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named after famous Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov, Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745–1813). The Order was established during World War II t ...

1st class (8 February 1943 and 4 July 1944) *

Order of the Patriotic War The Order of the Patriotic War () is a Soviet Union, Soviet military Order (decoration), decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to Partisan (military), partisans for heroic deeds in the Easte ...

2nd class (23 November 1942) *

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the ...

(6 November 1947) *

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

(31 May 1944) *

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(June 1945) *

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4th class (1938)

References

Bibliography

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