Aganov Sergey

Aganov Sergey (Christopher)
Armenian:	Ագանով Սերգեյ Քրիստափորի
Russian:	Аганов Сергей Христофорович
Born:	1917 Astrakhan, Russia
Died:	01.02.1996 Moscow, Russia
Description: Marshal of the Soviet Armed Forces.

Biography

Was born in 1917 in Astrakhan, Russia.

Education

• Graduated from the Military-Engineering Academy of Moscow.
• In 1952 graduated from the Frunze Military Academy.
• In 1955 graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff.

Work activity

• In 1939-1940 participated in the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland.
• In 1941-1945 participated in the Great Patriotic War.
• By the end of 1942 had been the chief of a sapper unit, the head of the staff of a sapper battalion of the Western Front.
• In 1960-1967 was a senior lecturer, the head of the department of Engineering in the Military Academy of the General Staff.
• In 1967-1970 was the head of the engineering troops of the Soviet brigades located in Germany.
• In 1970-1974 was the deputy head of the engineering troops of the USSR Ministry of Defence.
• 1975-1987 was the head of the engineering troops of the USSR Ministry of Defence.
• In 1986 participated in the action of eliminating the causes of the disaster of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
• In 1987 was promoted to the rank of the military inspector-advisor of the USSR Ministry of Defence.

Achievements

• In 1980 became a marshal of the engineering troops.
• In 1981 was awarded the USSR State Prize.
• The first-class order of the Patriotic War.
• The second-class order of the Patriotic War.
• The Lenin Prize.
• The order of the Red Banner.
• The first-class order of Kutuzov.
• The order of the Red Star.
• The third-class order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR".

Other

• Participated in the action of engineering support in Voronezh, Bryansk, the third Belorussian, the first and the second Baltic fronts.
• His role was essential in the battles of Stalingrad(1942-1943) and Kursk(1943).

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See also

• Ով ով է ,հայեր (կենսագրական հանրագիտարան:Երկու հատորով),գլխ.Խմբագիր ՝Հ.Մ. Այվազյան և ուրիշներ,Երևան.,Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ., Հ.1, Աբալյան- Ղուշչյան , 2005
• Саркисян А.Е. Армяне-военные ученые, конструкторы, производственники и испытатели XX века. Т. 3. - Ер.,2005, с.358 - 360
• Саркисян С. Т. Энциклопедия Арцах-Карабаха. Спб., 2005. - 312 с.: ил. ISBN 5-9676-0034-5
• Aganov Սովետական միության մարշալները:
• Аганов Сергей Христофорович (1917 - 1996).
• Армяне в Великой Отечественной войне 1941-1945 гг.
• АГАНОВ Сергей Христофорович.