In many sources, in addition to the phrase: "Chief of the General Staff of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Colonel General", there are no other facts from the biography of Sergei Rudsky. And on the Internet, there are no interesting facts from the life of a military leader. Therefore, we will try to piece together the mosaic of the biography of General Rudsky. And let's start, of course, with his name.
Hero name
Many sources refer to General Sergei Rudsky a little differently. Referring to those close to the Ministry of Defense and announcing the appointment of a new candidate for the post of Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, they do not even bother to clarify the correct spelling of his last name.
Perhaps this confusion is connected with the name of another military leader - the hero of the USSR, a retired major general of aviation, the vice president of Russia (the first and last), the former governor of Kursk Alexander Rutskoy.
These individuals - Rudsky and Rutsky - are not connected by kinship and a common surname, as it seemed to someone. Nothing in common but love forhomeland and debt to the country, there is no between them. And Sergei Fedorovich, unlike Alexander Vladimirovich, has not yet reached the rank of general. Rudsky's father is an outstanding military leader, like Rutskoy, a hero of the USSR, but not Yeltsin's first close general.
Parents
Literally everyone predicted a brilliant military career for the future general, Rudsky Sergey Fedorovich. After all, Sergei's father, Fedor Andreevich, is an important figure in the military history of Russia, he has many orders and medals, including: Lenin, Nevsky, World War I degree, Red Star. Also in the piggy bank of Fedor Rudsky are many medals, including the Golden Star.
Sergey Fedorovich's father was born in the Ukrainian village of Avdeevka in the 1920s. At the age of 18, in the 39th year, he decided to enlist in the Red Army. General Rudsky's father was a simple peasant. Before him, the men in the family did not even think about a military career.
Inspired by the service in the Red Army, Fyodor Rudskoy decides to continue it and in 1941 he graduated from the Saratov Tank Military School No. 3.
There is no information about the mother in the biography of Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoy.
Father's career
The pages of history cherish the memory of the Kursk Bulge, one of the most powerful battles in the history of the Great Patriotic War. It was thanks to the events that unfolded in the summer of 1943 that the initiative passed into the hands of the Red Army. It was one of the largest tank battles - about 6 thousand vehiclesdefended the independence of the country, and with them two million people and 4 thousand aircraft. General Rudsky's father took part in the Battle of Kursk.
The company of Fyodor Andreevich held back the onslaught of the Nazi invaders for an hour. The soldiers selflessly waited for the arrival of the main opposition forces. In this battle, Fedor Rudskoy personally destroyed three invincible King Tiger tanks.
The heroic pages in the biography of Fyodor Rudsky do not end there.
Another source states that Fyodor Andreevich destroyed an entire company of Wehrmacht soldiers, or rather, everything that was left of it after the fighting in present-day Kaliningrad. Fedor Rudskoy blocked the retreat route. From two sides, he cut off the path of the Fritz retreating from Königsberg. The fate of the hostages was as follows - Rudsky's platoon drove over them with tanks. About one and a half kilometers … This feat turned out to be a "Hero of the USSR" for Fedor Andreevich.
Post-war years
The family of General Rudsky was lucky - his father returned home safe and sound. Except for the wounds left by the war.
Upon his return, Fedor Andreevich decides to continue his military career. The piggy bank of his regalia is supplemented by 2 diplomas - the Military Academy of the Armored Forces and the Military Academy of the General Staff. A few years later, Fedor Rudskoy himself took the helm of the military education of the USSR - he headed one of the military educational institutions in Belarus.
In 1969, Fyodor Andreevich was invited to become the head of the Minsk Suvorov Military School. The same one where their firststeps into military life will be taken by his son, the future General Rudskoy.
Until his death, which befell the brave military man in 1982, he gave service to the Motherland. He released 13 courses, raising excellent military men. Many of them, thanks to their amazing education, received the rank of generals, and the courage and courage instilled from childhood allowed many of them to become heroes.
In honor of Fyodor Rudsky, a memorial sign and a memorial plaque were installed in his native village of Avdiivka.
His son, Sergei Rudskoy, colonel-general and future chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces will not betray military affairs - the cause of his father's life. However, he will still choose a different sphere.
Training
The military career of the future General Sergei Fedorovich Rudsky began at the Minsk Suvorov Military School. According to sources, in particular, the book of Kunz Nikolai Zygmuntovich "The Pride of the Cadet Brotherhood", the future Colonel General made his first step into the military field in 1977. It was in this year that he became a graduate of an educational institution.
It is known that the next stage of training for Sergei Fedorovich was the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School.
However, information about the time he spent at the educational institution is not freely available. It is only known that he was one of his pupils. In addition to Sergei Fedorovich, the highest military positions in the Russian Federation are held by at least 3 MVOKU graduates in the ranks of colonel generals: First DeputyGeneral Staff Bogdanovsky, Chief of Staff of the CSTO Sidorov, Commander of the ZVO Kartapolov.
Military career
The first mention of him in the status of a military leader dates back to 1995. As a lieutenant colonel, Sergei Rudskoy was the commander of the 255th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, which took part in the first and second Chechen campaigns. The regiment itself has a rich past; it became the successor to the 7th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Stalingrad-Korsun Red Banner Brigade. During World War II, Field Marshal Paulus himself surrendered to its soldiers. The regiment itself is referred to as the "255th Guards Motorized Rifle Volgograd-Korsunsky Red Banner". He has many successful operations carried out during the years of the Russian-Chechen wars. And in some of them, the regiment was commanded by Rudskoy himself.
First Award
For his valor in Grozny, Sergei Rudskoy was awarded the gold star "Hero of Russia".
"Thank you" for the award in the first place Sergei Fedorovich had to say to the commander of the group of troops "North" Lev Rokhlin. It was he who presented Rudsky for the award. According to sources, the main feat, then Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Rudsky, was a reverent attitude towards soldiers' lives. Despite the harsh military situation (however, it is not easy and calm in a war), the regiment left the battles with the least losses.
Starfall
The next important date in the biography of Sergei Fedorovich is December 2012. Based on the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, his title becamesound: Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoy.
According to sources, the award could not find its hero. The fact is that more than 50 officers were awarded the titles by decree. Anatoly Serdyukov, who previously headed the Ministry, was against such generosity, so the documents were scrutinized throughout the year. However, Sergei Shoigu, who came to power, launched a starfall.
Many believe the delay was justified. In order to receive a new rank, a serviceman must hold a position for at least a year and have no comments. And under the former minister they were everywhere. However, the global network does not have information about further career advancement, for what merits the stars of the colonel general fell on his shoulder strap, or carefully hides it.
In the biography of Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoy, his contribution to the fight against Serdyukov's legacy was especially noted. Sergey Fedorovich devoted more than one year to solving these issues.
Fight against "Serdyukovism"
As the first deputy chief of the Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Sergei Fedorovich stood at the origins of the fight against "Serdyukovism". For people who associate the military garrison only with the filming location of the series “Mines in the Fairway” and “Goryunov”, it is worth explaining that “Serdyukovism” is called the reign of the armed forces of the minister of the same name. After his loud and dizzying "fall" from the government chair, his surname became a household name. And symbolizes the stage of fall and plunderMinistry of the Armed Forces.
In 2013, at a round table with the loud title "The year after the change of leadership of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - results and prospects", Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoy made a report in which he reported on the work over the past year and talked about promising areas. Among them: an increase in the staff of military personnel, the restoration of institutions and places of cultural recreation in the garrisons, as well as the development of measures to increase the prestige of the service. As part of the round table, one of the participants asked about the fate of the houses of the officers of the fleet, which Serdyukov planned to ruthlessly demolish. Lieutenant General Rudskoy assured those present that nothing of the kind would happen. And it is worth noting that he kept his word.
Present
So far, the final page in the biography of General Sergei Rudskoy has become patronage in the GOU of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces. It happened on November 10, 2015. However, some sources give the date as the 24th. But everyone agrees on one thing - it was in November.
