Dmitri Sukhorukov

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Russian General of the Army and VDV commander (1922-2003)

PoliticiansLived 1922 to 2003 · aged 80

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Languages6

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Awards 40

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Lenin

Order of Honour

Order of the Red Star

Order of the October Revolution

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

Order of Kutuzov, 1st class

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

Medal "For Battle Merit"

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

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"

Zhukov Medal

Order of Kutuzov

Order of the Patriotic War

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Medal "For Impeccable Service"

Badge "To a Warrior-Internationalist"

Order of the White Lion

Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class

Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary

Scharnhorst Order

Jubilee Medal "40 years of the Victory in Khalkhin-Gol"

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

Medal "Brotherhood in Arms"

Connected to Dmitri 6

Alexander GolovanovAlso won Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"

Vladislav AchalovAlso won Medal "Brotherhood in Arms"

Vladimir StoychevAlso won Order of Kutuzov

Nikolai SkomorokhovAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"

Martin DzúrAlso won Scharnhorst Order

Leonid KhabarovAlso won Badge "To a Warrior-Internationalist"

About this person

Dmitri Semyonovich Sukhorukov was a Soviet General of the army who commanded the Soviet airborne between 1979 and 1987, during the Soviet-Afghan War. Sukhorukov fought as company commander in the 104th Guards Rifle Division during World War II and served in the 7th Guards Airborne Division postwar. In September 1962, he became the commander of the 98th Guards Airborne Division. He commanded the 2nd Army Corps from July 1968. After graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff, Sukhorukov commanded the Central Group of Forces in November 1976. From January 1979 to July 1987, he was the commander of the Soviet airborne, overseeing its operations in Afghanistan. In July 1987, he became the deputy defence minister for personnel and in 1990 was in the Group of Inspectors General. After retiring in 1992, Sukhorokov died on 8 July 2003.