Pavel Kutakhov
Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov (Russian: Павел Степанович Кутахов; 16 August [O.S. 3 August] 1914 – 3 December 1984) was Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces between 1969 and 1984, Chief Marshal of Aviation since 1972, twice Hero of Soviet Union (1943, 1984), Honored Pilot of USSR (1966).[1]
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| Native name | Павел Степанович Кутахов |
| Born | 16 August [O.S. 3 August] 1914 Malokirsanovka, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 3 December 1984 (aged 70) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Service/ | Soviet Air Force |
| Years of service | 1935–1984 |
| Rank | Chief Marshal of Aviation |
| Commands held | Soviet Air Force |
| Battles/wars | Soviet invasion of Poland Soviet-Finnish War World War II |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union (twice) Lenin Prize |
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After the Israeli Operation Mole Cricket 19 in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon in 1982, when large numbers of Soviet-built Syrian fighters and surface-to-air missiles were destroyed, Kutakhov travelled to Syria to evaluate the outcome.
Awards and honors
- Soviet
- Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1 May 1943 and 15 August 1984)
- Four Order of Lenin (1 May 1943, 15 August 1974, 21 February 1978, and 15 August 1984)
- Order of the October Revolution (4 May 1972)
- Five Order of the Red Banner (1 May 1942, 13 July 1942, 22 February 1955, 31 December 1956, 22 February 1968)
- Order of Kutuzov 1st class (4 November 1981)
- Order of Alexander Nevsky (5 November 1944)
- Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (22 September 1943)
- Two Order of the Red Star (15 November 1950)
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class (17 February 1976)
- Honoured Military Pilot of the USSR (16 August 1988)
- Lenin prize (16 August 1983)
- Foreign
- UK - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1943)
- Poland - Order of Polonia Restituta (6 October 1973)
- Bulgaria - Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria 1st class (14 September 1974)
- East Germany - Patriotic Order of Merit 1st class (March 1977)
- Mongolia - Order of Sukhbaatar (11 June 1981)
- Romania - Order of 23 August (1 October 1974)
- Hungary - Order of the Red Banner (16 May 1978)
- Czechoslovakia - Order of the Red Star (6 October 1982)
- Egypt - Order of the Nile (December 1972)
- Peru - Order of the Sun (November 1972)
References
- "Кутахов Павел Степанович" [Kutakhov Pavel Stepanovich]. www.warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017, p. 180-181.
- Simonov, Andrey; Bodrikhin, Nikolai (2017). Боевые лётчики — дважды и трижды Герои Советского Союза (in Russian). Moscow: Фонд «Русские Витязи», Музей техники Вадима Задорожного. ISBN 9785990960510. OCLC 1005741956.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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| Preceded by Konstantin Vershinin |
Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force 1969–1984 |
Succeeded by Alexander Yefimov |
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