Stepan Krasovsky

Stepan Krasovsky
General Stepan Krasovsky.
Born	(1897-08-20)August 20, 1897 Glukhi, Bychaw Raion, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 21, 1983(1983-04-21) (aged 85) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried at	Garrison Cemetery, Monino
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1916–1917)  Soviet Union (1917–1966)
Years of service	1916 – 1968
Rank	Marshal of the aviation
Commands held	2nd Air Army 17th Air Army
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War Soviet-Finnish War Soviet-German War
Awards	Order of Lenin (6) Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner (4) Order of Suvorov, 1st and 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Order of the Red Star Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd Class

Sczyapan Yakimavich Krasuisky (Belorussian: Сцяпан Якімавіч Красоўскі, Russified: Stepan Akimovich Krasovskiy [Степан Акимович Красовский]; August 20 [O.S. August 8] 1897 - April 21, 1983) was a Soviet Air Force Marshal of the aviation.

Born to a peasant family, Krasovsky was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army at 1916 and participated in the First World War as a communications NCO in an air unit. Soon after the October Revolution, he joined the Red Guards, and later - the Red Army. Joining the Communist party on 1918, Krasovsky became an observation pilot, and was appointed commander of the 4th Army's air detachment on October 1919. He took part in the Civil War, fighting in the battles against Admiral Kolchak.

After a diverse service in the Air Force, Krasovsky graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy at 1936. Afterwards, he supervised the Leningrad Military District's air component. During the Soviet-Finnish War, he commanded the 13th Air Army. At 4 June 1940, while supervising the Krasnodar Military Flight Academy, he was promoted to a Major General. On June 1941, he was the chief of the North Caucasus Military District air component.