Andreyev was born on 3 March 1942 in
Vologda, in what was then the
Russian Soviet Socialist Federative Republic, in the
Soviet Union. His association with flying began in 1957, when, while working as a
turner at the Severny Kommunar plant, he enrolled in the gliding department of the , where he flew more than forty hours on various types of gliders and
Yakovlev Yak-18s. In 1960, after turning 18, he entered the flying club's cadet pilot department. From there he studied at the
Armavir Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, graduating in 1965 with a gold medal. On graduating, Andreyev was assigned to the
Moscow Air Defence District, where he rose through the positions of senior pilot, flight commander and then aviation squadron commander by 1972, flying the
Sukhoi Su-11. After the
dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Andreyev continued to serve with the successor
Russian Air Defence Forces. He went on to organize and personally perform the first flights for in-flight refueling on
MiG-31 and
Su-30 aircraft. In this role he laid the groundwork for the creation of the State Air Traffic Management System. He held this position until 2000, and in December 2000 became head of the group of advisers to the general director of
Aeroflot. Andreyev died on 24 March 2025, at the age of 83 and was buried at the
Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 27 March. ==Awards and honours==