Sergei Denisov (aviator)
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Sergey Prokofyevich Denisov was a Soviet fighter pilot during the Spanish Civil War who went on to hold various high commands during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol, the Soviet-Finnish War, and World War
Сергей Прокофьевич Денисов
Pavel Rychagov
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Pavel Vasilievich Rychagov was the Commander of the Soviet Air Forces for a brief time from 28 August 1940 to 14 April 1941. He was removed from that position shortly before Operation Barbarossa and t
Sergei Denisov (aviator)
…was demoted just two days before the start of the invasion due to alcoholism. Many of his colleagues from Spain, Khalkhin Gol and Finland, including Pavel Rychagov, Yakov Smushkevich, and Ivan Proskurov, were arrested on fabricated charges of treason shortly before the German invasion; Denisov survived the purges…
Павел Васильевич Рычагов