Anatoly Ustinovich Konstantinov (Russian: Анатолий Устинович Константинов; 12 June 1923 – 22 October 2006) was a senior military officer who served as commander of the Moscow Air Defence District from 1980 to 1987.
During World War II, he was a fighter pilot and a flying ace for which he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
[3] By February 1945, he flew 294 sorties and took part in 90 air battles, where he personally shot down 19 enemy aircraft.
By the end of the war, he flew 327 sorties and took part in 96 air battles, and personally shot down 22 enemy aircraft.
In 1964 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff and from 1968, he commanded an air defense corps.
In 1987, he, Soviet Minister of Defense Sergey Sokolov and hundreds of other officers were dismissed by Mikhail Gorbachev as a result of the Mathias Rust affair.