Semyon Zhavoronkov

Semyon Fedorovich Zhavoronkov (Russian: Семён Фёдорович Жа́воронков; 23 April [O.S. 11 April] 1899 – 6 June 1967) was an officer of the Soviet Naval Air Force.

Semyon Fedorovich Zhavoronkov
Native name
Семён Фёдорович Жа́воронков
Born23 April [O.S. 11 April] 1899
Sidorovskaya village, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire
Died6 June 1967 (aged 68)
Moscow, USSR
RankMarshal of Aviation
Battles/warsBattle of Lake Khasan
World War II
AwardsTwo Order of Lenin

Zhavoronkov was born in the village of Sidorovskaya, Kostroma Governorate, and from 1910 worked in a textile factory in nearby Vichuga. He was Commanding General of the Soviet Naval Air Force during World War II (1939–1945). Under his leadership, aviators of the Baltic Navy's Order of the Red Banner made a number of air strikes on military and industrial facilities in and around Berlin that began in August and September 1941. In February 1945, Zhavoronkov organized the flights of delegations to the Yalta conference. From 1949 to 1957, he was head of Aeroflot, the Soviet national civilian airline. He retired from the military in 1959.[1]

References
  1. Golubev, Andrey; Lobanov, Dmitry (2018). Великая Отечественная война 1941–1945 гг. Энциклопедический словарь (in Russian). Moscow: Knizhnyi Mir. p. 506. ISBN 978-5-04-034141-2. OCLC 1077480178.


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