Vladimir Bogodukhov

Vladimir Ivaonvovich Bogodukhov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Богодухов; born on 15 February 1961), is a Lithuanian-born Russian politician and army officer who had served as a member of the State Duma of the 7th convocation from 2016 to 2021, having served as a member of the State Duma Committee on Defense, and a member of the United Russia faction.

He is a colonel general as of 2017.

Bodgokhov is awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation, having served in the Russo-Georgian War in 2008.

He is a member of the Lipetsk Regional Political Council of the United Russia party.

Early life
Bogodukhov was born on 15 February 1961 in the village of Grynaičiai, Lithuanian SSR, to a family of a front-line tankman.

Over the following years, the Bogodukhov family moved with a change in their father's place of work, where they lived in Klaipeda, and since 1965, in the Michurinsky state farm in the Timiryazevsky district of the North Kazakhstan region of the Kazakh SSR. In January 1972, the Bogodukhovs settled in the village of Davydovka, Davydovsky village council, Pritobolny district, Kurgan region. From there Vladimir graduated from high school.

Military career
In 1978 he was drafted into the Soviet Army. The same year, he entered and in 1982 graduated from the Chelyabinsk Higher Military Aviation Red Banner School of Navigators named after the 50th anniversary of the Komsomol, after which he was sent to the Air Force of the Belarusian Military District and served at the Bobrovichi airfield in the Gomel region, and from 1987 - in the 7th Bomber Aviation Regiment Carpathian Military District in the city of Starokonstantinov (Khmelnitsky Oblast, Ukrainian SSR). He held navigator positions in units of front-line bomber aviation.

From 1986 to 1987, he took part in eliminating the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. He performed tasks of aerial photography of the accident and contamination zone in Chernobyl.

Since 1989, he served in the 455th Bomber Aviation Regiment in Voronezh, and since 1993, in the 968th Aviation Regiment in Lipetsk. Since 2000 - at the 4th Center for Combat Use and Retraining of Air Force Flight Personnel named after V.P. Chkalov in Lipetsk. He participated in combat operations in the First and Second Chechen Wars.

He mastered 10 types and modifications of aircraft. He took part in testing the latest types and systems of weapons in various conditions, including combat and those as close to combat as possible. He took part in a number of major Russian and international military exercises.

As a Navigator of the 4th Center for Combat Use and Retraining of Air Force Flight Personnel named after V.P. Chkalov, Lieutenant Colonel Bogodukhov took part in the war in Georgia.

According to his own interviews, his Su-24 was shot down on 11 August, but until 2017 the Russian Air Force did not confirm the downing of a Su-24 during the war, and the downing of Bogodukhov's plane was never officially confirmed.

On 14 October 2008, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1475 "for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty, Bogodukhov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation with the presentation of the Gold Star medal (No. 930). The same decree awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation to Oleg Storozhuk.

Subsequently, Bogodukhov continued to serve in the Russian Air Force.

Political career
On 4 December 2011, he was elected as a deputy of the Lipetsk Regional Council of Deputies on the lists of the United Russia party.

On 28 September 2012, he joined United Russia party.

He is a member of the Lipetsk Regional Political Council of the United Russia party.

In 2013, he was appointed director of the State (regional) budgetary institution "Center for Patriotic Education of the Population of the Lipetsk Region." Military pensioner.

On 9 September 2016, Bogodukhov was elected to the State Duma of the 7th convocation from the United Russia party.

On 2 June 2017, by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 310, Bogodukhov was promoted to colonel.

Income
According to the declaration of income and property for 2018, Bogodukhov earned 6,989,014 rubles. He also owns 1/3 of an apartment with an area of 62.4 square meters, a Toyota Sequoia car and rents a plot of land for personal farming with an area of 1200 sq.m.

Legislative activity
From 2016 to 2019, while serving as a deputy of the State Duma of the 7th convocation, he co-authored 19 legislative initiatives and amendments to draft federal laws.