General Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulyov (russian: Андрей Васильевич Хрулёв) (, village of Bolshaya Alexandrovka,

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- June 9, 1962,

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) was a

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military commander and politician.

Early life

Andrey Khrulyov was born in the village of Bolshaya Aleksandrovka, the son of Vasily Vasilyevich Khrulev, a blacksmith’s striker, and Maria Ivanovna, a peasant. He apprenticed to a goldsmith (1903–1912). At some point, he became a revolutionary, for which he was exiled to Estonia (1912–1914).

Career

Joining the

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in 1918 during the

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, Khrulyov first served first in

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, and during 1919–1921 as a political commissar in the 11th cavalry division of Budenny's First Cavalry Army. After the war, he remained in military service, and began developing a more sophisticated logistical system for the Red Army, which became the Rear of the Soviet Armed Forces. Khrulev was Head of Main Intendant Directorate of the Red Army (1939-1941), deputy chief of People’s Commissar of Defence of the USSR and Head of Main Directorate of the Rear Services of the Red Army (from 1941). From 1942–1943 he served as People's Commissariat for Railways. Andrey Khrulyov Plaque on House 9, Tverskaya str

Andrey Khrulyov Plaque on House 9, Tverskaya str

At his death in 1962, a group of

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pressed the Politburo to bury Khrulyov in the

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. Normally, generals of his rank (

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) were not entitled to this honor;

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was known to dislike Khrulyov and suggested burying him at the

Novodevichy Cemetery Novodevichy Cemetery ( rus, Новоде́вичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist ...

. The military prevailed, and Khrulyov's ashes were buried on

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References

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