Anatoly Khrulyov | |
Birth Place: | Naro-Fominsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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Branch: | Russian Ground Forces Abkhazian Army |
Serviceyears: | 1971–2010 2010–present |
Rank: | Colonel general |
Commands: | 58th Army |
Battles: | 2008 South Ossetia War |
Lieutenant General Anatoly Nikolayevich Khrulyov (ru|Анатолий Николаевич Хрулёв; Naro-Fominsk; born 3 June 1955) is a Russian general who was the commander of the Russian 58th Army from 2006 until his retirement in 2010. He saw service in South Ossetia during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War,[1] in the course of which he was wounded when his military column moving into Tskhinvali was attacked by Georgian forces on 9 August 2008.[2] On 18 May 2015, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces of Georgia's breakaway Republic of Abkhazia,[3] in which position he was succeeded, 3 August 2018, by Major General Vasily Lunyov, also a career Russian officer.[4]