Andrey Borovykh

Soviet aviator, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1921-1989) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 68

Andrey Yegorovich Borovykh was a Soviet flying ace during World War II who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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1989Died7 November 19891985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1978Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Award1975Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Victory over militaristic Japan"Award1971Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"AwardOrder of the Red StarAward1968Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Award1965Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"Award1955Order of the Red StarAward1950Medal "For Battle Merit"Award1945Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardMedal "For the Capture of Königsberg"AwardOrder of the Red BannerAward1943Order of LeninAward1942Order of the Red BannerAward1921Born30 October 1921

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Awards

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985

Order of the Red Star1982

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"1978

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class1975

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1975

Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Victory over militaristic Japan"1975

Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta1973

Order of the Red Star1971

Order of Military Merit1971

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"1971

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"1970

Jubilee Medal "30 years of the Victory in Khalkhin-Gol"1969

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"1968

Order of Lenin1967

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1965

Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"1958

Order of the Red Star1955

Order of the Red Banner1955

Medal "For Battle Merit"1950

Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"1948

Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari1946

Order of the Red Banner1945

Hero of the Soviet Union1945

Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"1945

Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"1945

Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"1945

Order of Alexander Nevsky1944

Order of Lenin1943

Order of the Red Banner1943

Hero of the Soviet Union1943

Order of the Red Banner1942

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "Veteran of Labour"

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class

Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver

About this person

After the war he remained in the military until 1989; during his career he achieved the rank of Colonel-General of Aviation and served as commander of the Soviet Air Defence Forces from 1969 to 1977.

Country

Russia

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