Vasily Ivanovich Andrianov

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Vasily Ivanovich Andrianov
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Native nameВасилий Иванович Андрианов
Born 13 August 1920
Ivanisovo village, Tver Governorate, RSFSR
Died 7 May 1999
Moscow, Russia
Buried Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
AllegianceFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Air Force
Years of service 1940-1981
Rank Major general
Commands held 118th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment
Battles/wars

World War II

Awards Hero of the Soviet Union (2)
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner (3)
Order of Alexander Nevsky
Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (2)
Order of the Red Star
Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class
Order of Glory 3rd class

Vasily Ivanovich Andrianov (Russian : Василий Иванович Андрианов; 13 August 1920 – 7 May 1999) was a Soviet Air Force major general and double Hero of the Soviet Union. Andrianov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union twice for making 177 successful attack missions during World War II. Postwar, Andrianov continued his career in the Air Force and taught at the Military Academy of the General Staff. After retiring in 1981 as a Major general, Andrianov died in 1999 and was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery. [1]

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Early life

Andrianov was born on 13 August 1920 in the village of Ivanisovo in Tver Governorate to a peasant family. [2] He spent his childhood and teenage years in the village of Sonkovo. In 1936, he graduated from eight grades. Andrianov graduated from the Smolensk Co-operative College in 1938. Between 1939 and 1940, he worked as a military instructor at the Sonkovo High School. In July 1940, Andrianov was drafted into the Red Army. He graduated from the Leningrad Military District Junior Aviation Specialists School in September. He became a gunner and radio operator in a heavy bomber regiment located in the district. [1]

Tver Governorate governorate of the Russian Empire

Tver Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Tver. The governorate was located in the center of the European part of the Russian Empire and bordered Novgorod Governorate in the north, Yaroslavl Governorate in the east, Vladimir Governorate in the southeast, Moscow Governorate in the south, Smolensk Governorate in the southwest, and Pskov Governorate in the west.

Red Army 1917–1946 ground and air warfare branch of the Soviet Unions military

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, frequently shortened to Red Army was the army and the air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and, after 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The army was established immediately after the 1917 October Revolution. The Bolsheviks raised an army to oppose the military confederations of their adversaries during the Russian Civil War. Beginning in February 1946, the Red Army, along with the Soviet Navy, embodied the main component of the Soviet Armed Forces; taking the official name of "Soviet Army", until its dissolution in December 1991.

World War II

In September 1941, Andrianov graduated from the 2nd Moscow Military Aviation School for initial pilot training. He was then sent to the Molotov (Perm) Military Aviation School for more pilot training. After graduation in April 1943, Andrianov became a pilot in the 10th Reserve Aviation Regiment in Kamenka with the rank of junior lieutenant. In June, he transferred to the 667th Attack Aviation Regiment flying the Il-2, which was part of the Voronezh Front. [1]

Kamenka, Kamensky District, Penza Oblast Town in Penza Oblast, Russia

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Ilyushin Il-2 Russian ground attack aircraft

The Ilyushin Il-2Shturmovik was a ground-attack aircraft produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. With 36,183 units of the Il-2 produced during the war, and in combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in aviation history, as well as one of the most produced piloted aircraft in history along with the American postwar civilian Cessna 172 and the Soviet Union's own then-contemporary Polikarpov Po-2 Kukuruznik multipurpose biplane.

The Voronezh Front was a front of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War. The name indicated the primary geographical region in which the front first fought, based on the town of Voronezh on the Don River.

Andrianov first flew attack sorties during the Battle of Kursk. On 24 July, he took part in an attack on the Belgorod railway station. [3] The regiment then supported advancing Soviet troops during the Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive in August. On 31 August, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class. [4] In the fall, Andrianov fought in the Battle of the Dnieper. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on 11 October. [5] On 28 December, he was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd class. [6] In January 1944, he fought in the Kirovograd Offensive. Around this time, Andrianov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. [7] He then fought in the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket until February. At this time, the regiment became the 141st Guards Attack Aviation Regiment for its actions. In March and April, Andrianov flew in the Uman–Botoșani Offensive. On 24 April, he was promoted to lieutenant and became a squadron commander. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 1 July for completing 87 attack sorties. On 17 July, he was awarded a third Order of the Red Banner. [8] Andrianov fought in the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive in August. The regiment was then transferred and fought in the later stages of the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive. He was promoted to senior lieutenant on 25 September. [1]

Battle of Kursk World War II battle in the Soviet Union

The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union, during July and August 1943. The battle began with the launch of the German offensive, Operation Citadel, on 5 July, which had the objective of pinching off the Kursk salient with attacks on the base of the salient from north and south simultaneously. After the German offensive stalled on the northern side of the salient, on 12 July the Soviets commenced their Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Kutuzov against the rear of the German forces in the northern side. On the southern side, the Soviets also launched powerful counterattacks the same day, one of which led to a large armoured clash, the Battle of Prokhorovka. On 3 August, the Soviets began the second phase of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev against the German forces in the southern side of the Kursk salient.

Order of the Patriotic War military decoration of the Soviet Union

The Order of the Patriotic War is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisans for heroic deeds during the German-Soviet War, known by the former-Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War.

Battle of the Dnieper battle

The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II. It was one of the largest operations in World War II, involving almost 4,000,000 troops at a time stretched on a 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) long front. During its four-month duration, the eastern bank of the Dnieper was recovered from German forces by five of the Red Army's fronts, which conducted several assault river crossings to establish several lodgements on the western bank. Subsequently, Kiev was liberated in the Battle of Kiev.

From 12 January 1945, the regiment fought in the Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive. Andrianov fought in the battles and in the subsequent Lower Silesian Offensive in February and the Upper Silesian Offensive in March. On 22 February, he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. [9] He was promoted to captain on 4 April. In April, Andrianov and the regiment fought in the Berlin Offensive, before being transferred in early May to fight in the Prague Offensive. On 25 April, Andrianov was awarded his third Order of the Red Banner. [10] During the war, Andrianov made 180 sorties on the Il-2. His crew was reported to have shot down two enemy aircraft and shared three other victories. On 27 June 1945, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union a second time for the completion of 177 sorties by April 1945. [1]

The Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive was part of the Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive. It was carried out by the 1st Ukrainian Front under Ivan Konev.

The Lower Silesian Offensive was a Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II in 1945, involving forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev. It cleared German troops from much of Lower Silesia and besieged a large German force in the provincial capital, Breslau. The offensive began on February 8 and continued until February 24, when the Soviets ceased their offensive having captured a small bridgehead across the Neisse River near Forst. The offensive directly succeeded the Vistula–Oder Offensive, in which Konev's troops had driven the German Army Group A from Poland, liberating Kraków and taking bridgeheads over the Oder River.

The Upper Silesian Offensive was a strategically significant Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II in 1945. It was aimed at capturing the considerable industrial and natural resources located in Upper Silesia and involved forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev. Due to the importance of the region to the Germans, considerable forces were provided to Army Group Centre for its defence and the Germans were only slowly pushed back to the Czech border. Fighting for the region lasted from mid January right until the last day of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945.

Postwar

Until June 1946, Andrianov continued to serve as a squadron commander in the regiment. On 6 May 1949, he was promoted to major. In 1950, he graduated from the Air Force Academy at Monino. He then became commander of the 118th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment in Estonia. On 15 November, he was awarded the Medal for Battle Merit. On 9 January 1952, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Andrianov became an Adjunct professor at the Department of Attack Aviation Tactics in the Air Force Academy in 1953. He became a pilot-inspector of attack aircraft for the Ministry of Defence Inspectorate. In 1956, Andrianov became the deputy commander of the 172nd Bomber Aviation Division in Poland, which became a fighter-bomber unit the next year. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star on 30 December 1956. On 30 April 1957, he was promoted to colonel. He became chief of staff of the division in 1958 and entered the Military Academy of the General Staff in 1959. [1]

Gagarin Air Force Academy military academy

Gagarin Air Force Academy is the name of a Russian military aviation academy located in Monino (Монино), Moscow Region.

Monino Urban-type settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia

Monino is an urban locality in Shchyolkovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 23 kilometers (14 mi) east of Moscow. Population: 22,821 (2010 Census); 20,017 (2002 Census); 18,582 (1989 Census).

Adjunct professor is a type of academic appointment in higher education.

After graduating in 1961, Andrianov became chief of staff of the 289th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division at Lutsk. Between 1963 and 1964, he was deputy chief of staff of the 57th Air Army at Lviv. In 1964, Andrianov became chief of staff of the Kharkov Higher Military Aviation School. He became a senior lecturer at the Frunze Military Academy in 1966. In 1969, he became a senior lecturer at the Department of Operational Art in the Military Academy of the General Staff. Andrianov was promoted to major general on 8 November 1971 and retired ten years later. In 1973, he became an associate professor. On 30 April 1975, Andrianov received the Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class. He lived in Moscow. On 11 March 1985, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class on the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II. Andrianov died on 7 May 1999 and was buried in the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery. [1] [2]

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  4. ↑ Order No. 22, 1st Assault Aviation Corps, available online at pamyatnaroda.mil.ru
  5. ↑ Order No. 44, 5th Air Army, available online at pamyatnaroda.mil.ru
  6. ↑ Order No. 31, 292nd Assault Aviation Division, available online at pamyatnaroda.mil.ru
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  9. ↑ Order No. 8, 2nd Air Army, available online at pamyatnaroda.mil.ru
  10. ↑ Order No. 98, 2nd Air Army, available online at pamyatnaroda.mil.ru
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