Grigory Vorozheykin

Grigory Alekseyevich Vorozheikin (Russian: Григорий Алексеевич Ворожейкин; 16 March 1895 – 30 January 1974) was a Soviet Air Force general and later Marshal of Aviation.

During the Great Patriotic War, he was chief of staff (1941-1942), and first deputy commander of the Soviet Air Force (1942-1946).

On instructions from the Supreme Command Headquarters, he co-ordinated the Velikye Luki Operation.

He was twice arrested during Stalinist military purges (in 1938 and 1948), but was released (in 1940 and 1953) and reinstated both times.

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