Grigory Alekseyevich Vorozheikin (russian: Григорий Алексеевич Ворожейкин; 16 March 1895 30 January 1974) was a
Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
general and later Marshal of Aviation.
During the
Great Patriotic War
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sout ...
, he was chief of staff (1941-1942), and first deputy commander of the
Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
(1942-1946). On instructions from the Supreme Command Headquarters, he co-ordinated the
Velikye Luki Operation. He ran in the operations of the
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
front and
Volkhov
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It was previously known as ''Zvanka ...
fronts to lift the
Siege of Leningrad
The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...
, and took part in leading the aviation's actions in the
Battle of Kursk
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. In 1944 - 1945 he served as representative of the Supreme Command Headquarters at the 3rd Ukrainian fronts and 4th Ukrainian fronts. After the war, he became commander of the
1st Air Army.
He was twice arrested during Stalinist military purges (in 1938 and 1948), but was released (in 1940 and 1953) and reinstated both times. He retired from the
Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
in 1959.
He was awarded many orders and medals.
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Stronger than Death
1895 births
1974 deaths
Soviet Air Force marshals
Soviet military personnel of World War II
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