Hero of Russia among aircraft crash victims
Published: 14 September, 2008, 13:20
Among the passengers aboard Aeroflot Nord Flight 821 when it crashed outside the Central Russian city of Perm was a Russian presidential aide, Colonel General Gennady Troshev.
Born in 1947 in Berlin, General Troshev devoted his life to bolstering the Russian army.
He held a number of command posts and took part in anti-terrorist operations in Dagestan and Chechnya in 1999, and was awarded the Hero of Russia, the highest honorary title which can be bestowed upon a citizen of the Russian Federation.
Troshev co-chaired several civil society foundations and was the author of two books.
He took the flight to attend a sports competition in the Perm Region.
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Flight 821 crash: Eyewitness reportsEyewitnesses reported hearing an explosion and seeing clouds of black smoke coming from the plane. Another said it looked like a comet as it crashed. |
14.09.2008, 16:45
Passenger list of fatal Aeroflot Nord flight releasedRussia's Emergencies Ministry has released the passenger manifest for Aeroflot Nord Flight 821 which crashed outside Perm in the Ural Mountains early on Sunday morning. |
