Anatoly Khrulyov | |
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Born | 3 June 1955 Naro-Fominsk |
Allegiance | Russia |
Service/branch | Russian Ground Forces |
Rank | Colonel general |
Commands held | 58th Army |
Battles/wars | 2008 South Ossetia War |
Lieutenant General Anatoly Khrulyov (Russian: Анатолий Хрулев; 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 during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, in the course of which he was wounded when his military column moving into Tskhinvali was ambushed by Georgian Special Forces on 9 August 2008. On 18 May 2015, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces of Georgia's breakaway Republic of Abkhazia.