Nikolay Antoshkin

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Russian Air Force colonel general and statesman (1942-2021)

PoliticiansLived 1942 to 2021 · aged 78

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Languages15

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Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Awards 33

2013Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class

1997Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

1995Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class with Swords

1993Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation

1991Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 2nd class

1986Order of Lenin

1986Hero of the Soviet Union

1977Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class

Zhukov Medal

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

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

Medal "Defender of a Free Russia"

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For the strengthening of friendship in arms"

Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"

Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 3rd class

Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 2nd class

Medal "To a Warrior-Internationalist from the Grateful Afghan People"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class

Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"

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 "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 "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class

Defence Ministry's 200 year medal

Badge "To a Warrior-Internationalist"

honorary citizen of Mordovia

Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy

Order of Leon

Connected to Nikolay 6

Vladimir DezhurovAlso won honorary citizen of Mordovia

Evgeniy NikiforovAlso won Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class with Swords

Nikolai SkomorokhovAlso won Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 2nd class

Andrey BelyaninovAlso won Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy

Timur ApakidzeAlso won Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation

Mykola VinhranovskyiAlso won Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"

About this person

Nikolay Timofeyevich Antoshkin was a Mokshan Russian Air Force colonel general, Hero of the Soviet Union and politician. Born in 1942 in Bashkortostan, Antoshkin was drafted into the Soviet Army in August 1961. After graduating from military aviation school, he served with reconnaissance aviation units. He became commander of the Air Force of the 20th Guards Army in May 1980. After graduation from the Military Academy of the General Staff, Antoshkin became commander of the Air Force and deputy commander of the Central Group of Forces.