Nikolay Aleksandrovich Asriev (1920-2001) - Soviet military leader in the field of artillery and air defense of the country, lieutenant general , doctor of military sciences, professor.
| Nikolay Alexandrovich Asriev | ||||||||
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 Lieutenant General Asriev in 1968. | ||||||||
| Date of Birth | April 24, 1920 | |||||||
| Place of Birth | Chardzhuy , Bukhara Emirate | |||||||
| Date of death | March 27, 2001 (aged 80) | |||||||
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia | |||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||
| Type of army | artillery Air Defense Forces | |||||||
| Years of service | 1937 -? | |||||||
| Rank | lieutenant general  | |||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||
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Biography
He was born on April 24, 1920 in the city of Chardzhuy of the Bukhara Emirate (now the city of Turkmenabad of the Lebap province of Turkmenistan ).
Since 1937 - in the Red Army . In 1939 he graduated from the Smolensk Artillery School . Since 1939, the platoon commander, batteries, teacher of the Smolensk Artillery School.
During World War II from January 1942 - in the army: in staff and command posts - in the artillery of the 165th and 382nd rifle divisions. In 1942 he joined the CPSU (b).
In September 1943 - July 1944, the chief of the operational department of the 4th Army’s artillery headquarters and the chief of the artillery headquarters of the 111th rifle corps of the Volkhov Front, from July 1944 - the acting head of the artillery headquarters of the 54th Army of the 3rd Baltic Front.
In 1945-1950 - in the Main Directorate of the General Staff. In 1953-1954 - an officer in the department of the Main Artillery Directorate. Since 1954, in the Air Defense Forces, he was the chief of intelligence, the head of one of the divisions, the chief of staff of the Air Defense Army, from 1965, the commander of the air defense corps, and since 1968, the chief of staff of the Moscow Air Defense District.
In 1953 he graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze . In 1961 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff .
Since December 1971 - Head of the Department of the Military Academy of the General Staff. The author of more than 100 scientific works on military art. He contributed to the development of solutions to the problems of command and control of troops, air defense forces and means in modern operations, as well as to the creation of methods for calculating the combat capabilities of air defense forces and means and its effectiveness.
Rewards
- two orders of the Red Banner
- two orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree
- Order of the Red Star
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree
- medals of the USSR and the Russian Federation
Literature
- Soviet Military Encyclopedia, (in eight volumes), Volume 1, 1990, Moscow, Military Publishing House