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Stepan Rybalchenko

1903 – 1986

Soviet general

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Lived 1903 – 1986 (aged 82). Stepan Rybalchenko was a Russian military personnel.

Stepan Dmitrievich Rybalchenko (; 11 July 1903 – 1986) was a Soviet military officer. He was active in the Red Army as a soldier during the Russian Civil War, as a Soviet Air Force general during the Second World War, and later as a military instructor.

Biography Rybalchenko was born on 11 July 1903 in the settlement of Novoyegorylskoye in the Don Host Oblast of the Russian Empire (in the present-day Rostov Oblast in Russia). A career military officer, he first joined the Red Army in his teens in 1919, taking part in the Civil War. He subsequently joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1927 and graduated from Frunze Military Academy in 1936. He served as chief of the intelligence department and Deputy Chief of Staff for the Air Force of the Leningrad Military District from 1938 to 1941. He was promoted to the rank of colonel-general in 1944.

Rybalchenko served as a military instructor from 1956 to 1963, then retired from military service.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
M.V. Frunze Military Academy
Employers
Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University
Awards
Order of the Red Banner; Order of Lenin; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class; Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"; Order of Kutuzov, 1st class; Order of Suvorov, 2nd class; Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st class; Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Also known as
Stepan Dmitrievich Rybalchenko

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Stepan Rybalchenko?

Soviet general (1903-1986)

When was Stepan Rybalchenko born?

Stepan Rybalchenko was born on 28 June 1903 in Novy Egorlyk.

When did Stepan Rybalchenko die?

Stepan Rybalchenko died on 18 January 1986 in Moscow.

What was Stepan Rybalchenko's occupation?

Stepan Rybalchenko was a military personnel.

What nationality was Stepan Rybalchenko?

Stepan Rybalchenko was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Stepan Rybalchenko

· Wikidata: Q4401462

· DBpedia: Stepan Rybalchenko

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