Sergei Rudenko (general)
| Sergei Rudenko | |
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Lieutenant General Sergei Rudenko
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| Born |
October 20, 1904 Korop, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 10, 1990 (aged 85) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Buried at | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union (1923–1973) |
| Years of service | 1923 – 1973 |
| Rank |
 Marshal of the aviation
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| Commands held |
16th Air Army Soviet Airborne Troops |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |
Order of Lenin (6) Order of the Red Banner (4) Order of the October Revolution Order of Suvorov 1st Class (2) Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov 1st Class Order of the Patriotic War Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". |
Serhi Gnatovich Rudenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Гнатович Руденко, Russified: Сергей Игнатьевич Руденко [Sergei Ignatevich Rudenko]; October 20 [O.S. October 7] 1904, Korop, Russian Empire - 10 July 1990, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet Marshal of the aviation.
A shoemaker's son, Rudenko volunteered into the Red Army in 1923. At 1926 he completed his studies in the Leningrad Military Theoretical Flight School and graduated from the Crimea Military Flight Academy a year later. At 1928 he joined the Communist Party. From 1932, Rudenko commanded a reconnaissance squadron. At 1936 he matriculated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, and was soon appointed commander of the 118th Bomber Brigade.
On January 1941, Rudenko was put in charge of the 31st Air Division of the Western Special Military District, an office he held when Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
On November 1941 he was transferred to command the 20th Air Army, and on December he was assigned to supervise the 61st Air Army.
On January the following year, Rudenko was made chief of the air component in the Kalinin Front. From April to June he headed the 1st Air Operations Group at the Stavka, and then posted as deputy commander of the air component in the Southwestern Front.
On October 1942, Rudenko assumed command over the 16th Air Army. Under his leadership, the Army participated in the battles of Stalingrad, Kursk, Belorussia, Poland, Pomerania and Berlin - as part of the air component in the Stalingrad, Don, Central and Belorussian (later, 1st Belorussian) Fronts.
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