Sergei Rudenko (general)
Sergei Rudenko | |
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Soviet Airborne Troops | |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Sergei Ignatevich Rudenko (
Biography
Early life
A shoemaker's son, Rudenko volunteered into the
In 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.
World War II
In November 1941 he was transferred to command the Air Forces of the 20th Army, and on December he was assigned to supervise the Air Forces of the 61st Army.[2]
In 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.[3]
In October 1942, Rudenko assumed command over the
On 11 May 1944 Rudenko was promoted to Colonel-General. On 19 August that year, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (Medal no. 3087).
Post-war career
Rudenko remained in charge of the 16th Army until February 1947, when he was appointed a commander of an airborne corps. (In April 1948, the New York Times reported that Rudenko would appear in a libel case in Paris on behalf of the defendant, French Communist Les Lettres Françaises, against
He was also a deputy in the 2nd and 6th Convocations of the Supreme Soviet, and candidate member of the Central Committee in the years 1961–66.[9]
Personal life and death
Rudenko died on 10 July 1990. He was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.[5]
Honours and awards
Rudenko was awarded:
- Hero of the Soviet Union,
- six Orders of Lenin,
- four Orders of the Red Banner,
- Orders of Suvorov, 1st (twice) and 2nd classes,
- Order of Kutuzov, 1st class,
- Order of the October Revolution,
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class,
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, third class,
- campaign and jubilee medals
- and foreign orders.
References
- ^ Sergei Rudenko on Officer34.ru.
- ^ Sergei Rudenko on Soldat Narod.
- ^ Sergei Rudenko on peoples.ru.
- ^ Sergei Rudenko in a list of officers at Otvoyna.ru.
- ^ a b Sergei Rudenko on the Heroes of the USSR catalogue.
- ^ "Kravchenko Suing French Red Paper; Russian Author of 'I Chose Freedom' Brings Libel Action Against Lettres Francaises". New York Times. 7 April 1948. p. 11. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ List of commanders of the USSR Airborne Troops on Russian Wikipedia.
- ^ Sergei Rudenko on Hrono.ru.
- ^ Sergei Rudenko on the Russian Academic Dictionary.