Vasiliy Vladimirovich Khripin | |
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| Born | 26 February 1893 |
| Died | 29 July 1938 (aged 45) |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Air Force Soviet Air Force |
| Service years | 1914–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1937 (Soviet Union) |
| Conflicts | World War I Russian Civil War |
Vasiliy Vladimirovich Khripin (26 February 1893 [1] – 29 July 1938) was a Soviet Air Force General. He fought in the Imperial Russian military in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star.
During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 26 November 1937 and executed the following year at Kommunarka.
Lieutenant General Khripin was not mentioned again in the Soviet press until almost 25 years later, when the Soviet Defense Ministry newspaper Krasnaya Zvesda ran an article on 26 February 1963 commemorating the 70th anniversary of General Khripin's birth. Retired Air Force General Alexander V. Belyakov wrote the feature and praised Khripin as an innovator in Soviet aviation. [1]