Sergei Khudyakov
| Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov | |
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| Native name | Armenian: Արմենակ Խանփերյանց Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Худяко́в |
| Birth name | Armenak Khanferiants |
| Born |
7 January 1902 Mets Takhlar village, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 April 1950 (aged 48) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Buried at | Donskoi Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union
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| Years of service | 1918–1945 |
| Rank | Marshal of Aviation |
| Commands held | Chief of the Air Staff 1st Air Army |
| Battles/wars |
Russian Civil War World War II |
| Awards |
 Order of the Red Banner (2) Order of the Red Star see below |
Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov (Armenian: Սերգեյ Ալեքսանդրի Խուդյակով; Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Худяко́в); (born Armenak Artem Khanperiants (Armenian: Արմենակ Արտեմ Խանփերյանց, 7 January [O.S. 25 December] 1902 – 18 April 1950), was a Soviet Armenian Marshal of the aviation.
Armenak Khanferiants was born in 1902 in Mets Takhlar village of Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh. His father died in 1908, leaving a widow with three sons. Khanferiants travelled to Baku to study and started working at oilfields owned by Armenian tycoon and philanthropist Alexander Mantashev. In 1918, he was involved in the production of the newspaper Iskra.
Whilst in Baku, he joined the Bolsheviks and organized the Red Guards of Baku in April 1918. While he was in Astrakhan during the Russian Civil War, he was saved from drowning in a steamer sunk by a British gunboat by his friend, Sergei Khudyakov, who was later be killed fighting the Whites. Khanferiants adopted Sergei's name as his own as memorial to the man who saved his life. He continued to serve as a cavalry officer until 1920. In 1929, Khudyakov was admitted to the Tiflis Cavalry School, and in 1931 went to Moscow to attend the Zhukovskii Military Air Academy. He graduated with honors in 1936. Khudyakov became head of the Operations Branch of the Air Staff in 1937 and Chief of Logistics Management Air Force in 1938.
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