Khudyakova, Antonina Fedorovna

Khudyakova was born on June 20, 1917 in the village of Novaya Sloboda (now Sloboda, Karachevsky District, Bryansk Region ) in a large peasant family. Russian .

In 1933 she entered the Bezhitsky Industrial College, which she graduated in 1936, having received the specialty of electric welder. She worked as a foreman at the Dneprodzerzhinsky car-building plant. She taught at evening school FZU. ^[1] In 1939 she graduated from the Dneprodzerzhinsky flying club, and in 1940 - the Kherson Aviation School of Osoaviahim. After school, she worked as an instructor pilot in the Oryol flying club.

In the Red Army - since October 1941 . In 1942 she graduated from the Advanced Training Courses for the command staff. Participated in the battles of World War II from May 1942.

During the war, the deputy squadron commander of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment ( 325th Night Bomber Aviation Division , 4th Air Army, 2nd Belorussian Front ) A.F. Khudyakova made 926 sorties to bomb the enemy troops, threw 130 tons of bombs, destroyed 3 warehouses, 12 cars, 2 crossings, 1 train, 4 batteries. ^[2]

After the war, she graduated from the Air Force Academy named after Professor Zhukovsky , lieutenant colonel-engineer of aviation, candidate of technical sciences, associate professor ^[3] . Member of the CPSU since 1952 .

From 1946 to 1957 she lived in the city of Teykovo, Ivanovo Region , where she worked as chairman of the Osoaviakhim district committee, then moved to her husband’s duty station first in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur (1956), and from 1961 she lived permanently in Alexandria, Kirovograd Region Ukraine . ^[4] . From 1980 to 1991 she worked as the director of the city folk museum of local lore. ^[five]

She died on December 17, 1998 .

She married the pilot of the 889th night bomber regiment Igor Ivanovich Semirechensky. In the marriage, a daughter, Tatyana, and a son, Igor, were born. The grandmother of two granddaughters - Katie (lives in France) and Tony (lives in Crimea). ^[6]

• By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of command and the courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders of the guard, senior lieutenant Khudyakova Antonina Fedorovna was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal ( No. 6150) ^[7] .
• She was awarded two orders of the Red Banner , three orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree , as well as medals.
• Honorary citizen of the cities of Alexandria and Karachev.

• In the city of Alexandria, a memorial plaque was installed on the house in which A.F. Khudyakova lived ^[8] .
• In the city of Karachev, the Alley of Heroes was opened, where Khudyakova, during her life, had a bronze bust of sculptor Alexander Romashevsky ^[9] .
• In the city of Teykovo on December 17, 2018, a memorial plaque was installed on the house in which A.F. Khudyakova lived from 1946 to 1957. ^[ten]
• Journalist and writer Tamara Anoko wrote the novel "A Landmark for a Real Hero" dedicated to the Hero of the Soviet Union A.F. Khudyakova. ^[eleven]

• Khudyakova Antonina Fedorovna // Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - S. 698. - 863 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
• Utkina T. Belief in victory // Heroes: essays on women - Heroes of the Soviet Union / ed. L. F. Toropov; foreword E. Kononenko . - Vol. 2. - M .: Politizdat , 1969 .-- 463 p.
• Rakobolskaya I.V., Kravtsova N.F. "We were called night witches." - M.: Publishing House of Moscow State University, 2005 .-- 336 p.

By the way, these are our bombs that hit the headquarters of General von Kleist near Mozdok. It seems that in time it bombed N. Khudyakov. ... Nina Khudyakova. Strongly knocked down, strong girl, who flied recklessly and courageously. She was not shy about expressing her attitude to our life. Didn’t she cry to the infantry on the front lines that it was time for them to advance ... (see Rakobolskaya I., Kravtsova N. “We were called night witches. So the female 46th Guards regiment of night bombers fought.” 2nd edition, supplemented. - M .: Publishing house of Moscow State University, 2005).

“Khudyakova was able to educate innovators, creators of excellence, quickly picked up their thoughts. In such cases, she went to the engineer, commander of the regiment, did everything to ensure that sensible proposals were not pickled, but quickly implemented. Antonina Fedorovna not only knew tactics and navigational business well. She in detail imagined the features of the work of motorists, gunsmiths, instrument-takers, mechanics. Apparently, her technical education affected. As soon as the girls made any rationalization proposal, Antonina Fedorovna was immediately informed about it.

“Go to Khudyakova,” the techniques of the young innovator were directed.

Antonina Fedorovna was very fond of reflecting on a diagram or a drawing, reflecting on what success the new invention promises the regiment. She encouraged that creative spirit, thanks to which new control measuring equipment, very convenient brackets for illuminating devices, fail-safe locks-holders, carts for transporting bombs to airplanes often appeared in the regiment ... All these inventions were usually the fruit of the work of the whole team, but without Khudyakova it’s rarely cost. "

• Khudyakova, Antonina Fedorovna (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".
• Khudyakova Antonina Fedorovna - master of night strikes .
• Winged Guard - Image Gallery .
• Khudyakova Antonina Fedorovna .
• Khudyakova Antonina Fedorovna .
• Night witches - Khudyakova Tonya .
• Antonina Khudyakova .
• Khudyakova Antonina Fedorovna (Russian) . Bryansk region. Date of treatment July 7, 2017.