Boris Pavlovich Bugaev
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Boris Pavlovich Bugaev (29 July 1923 - 13 January 2007) was a Soviet military pilot, politician and statesman.
Bugaev was born in the village of Mankivka in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic into a family of teachers. From 1941 to 1942 he was a cadet on aircraft training squadrons. He spent the war years from 1942 to 1943 as a pilot instructor and then as an operational pilot until 1947.
In 1947 Bugaev left the Soviet Air Forces and worked in civil aviation. It was also at this time that he became involved in politics, having joined the Communist Party
in 1946. As a pilot for Aeroflot
, he undertook several pioneering flights to explore new routes, including to India, Burma and Indonesia.
In 1966 Bugaev was appointed Deputy Minister for Civil Aviation and the following year he became First Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation. 1966 also saw Bugaev granted the honorary title of Hero of Socialist Labour.
From 1970 to 1987 Bugaev was Minister of Civil Aviation of the USSR. Bugaev was granted the rank of Chief Marshals of the Air Forces. He died on 13 January 2007 in Moscow
.
Bugaev was born in the village of Mankivka in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic into a family of teachers. From 1941 to 1942 he was a cadet on aircraft training squadrons. He spent the war years from 1942 to 1943 as a pilot instructor and then as an operational pilot until 1947.
In 1947 Bugaev left the Soviet Air Forces and worked in civil aviation. It was also at this time that he became involved in politics, having joined the Communist Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...
in 1946. As a pilot for Aeroflot
Aeroflot
OJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...
, he undertook several pioneering flights to explore new routes, including to India, Burma and Indonesia.
In 1966 Bugaev was appointed Deputy Minister for Civil Aviation and the following year he became First Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation. 1966 also saw Bugaev granted the honorary title of Hero of Socialist Labour.
From 1970 to 1987 Bugaev was Minister of Civil Aviation of the USSR. Bugaev was granted the rank of Chief Marshals of the Air Forces. He died on 13 January 2007 in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
External links
- mintrans.ru - Boris Pavlovich Bugayev (in Russian)