Anatoly Khrulyov | |
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Born | 3 June 1955 Naro-Fominsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (age 68)
Allegiance |
Soviet Union Russia Abkhazia |
Service/ |
Russian Ground Forces Abkhazian Army |
Years of service | 1971–2010 2010–present |
Rank | Colonel general |
Commands held | 58th Army |
Battles/wars | 2008 South Ossetia War |
Lieutenant General Anatoly Nikolayevich Khrulyov ( Russian: Анатолий Николаевич Хрулёв; Naro-Fominsk; born 3 June 1955) is a Russian general who was the commander of the Russian 58th Army from 2006 until his retirement in 2010. He saw service in South Ossetia during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, [1] in the course of which he was wounded when his military column moving into Tskhinvali was attacked by Georgian forces on 9 August 2008. [2] On 18 May 2015, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces of Georgia's breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, [3] in which position he was succeeded, 3 August 2018, by Major General Vasily Lunyov, also a career Russian officer. [4]
Anatoly Khrulyov | |
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Born | 3 June 1955 Naro-Fominsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (age 68)
Allegiance |
Soviet Union Russia Abkhazia |
Service/ |
Russian Ground Forces Abkhazian Army |
Years of service | 1971–2010 2010–present |
Rank | Colonel general |
Commands held | 58th Army |
Battles/wars | 2008 South Ossetia War |
Lieutenant General Anatoly Nikolayevich Khrulyov ( Russian: Анатолий Николаевич Хрулёв; Naro-Fominsk; born 3 June 1955) is a Russian general who was the commander of the Russian 58th Army from 2006 until his retirement in 2010. He saw service in South Ossetia during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, [1] in the course of which he was wounded when his military column moving into Tskhinvali was attacked by Georgian forces on 9 August 2008. [2] On 18 May 2015, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces of Georgia's breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, [3] in which position he was succeeded, 3 August 2018, by Major General Vasily Lunyov, also a career Russian officer. [4]