Pyotr Deynekin


Pyotr Deynekin
Deynekin in 1988
Native name
Пётр Дейне́кин
Born(1937-12-14)14 December 1937
Morozovsk, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died19 August 2017(2017-08-19) (aged 79)
Moscow, Russia
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch Soviet Air Forces
 Russian Air Force
Years of service1969–2002
RankArmy General
AwardsHero of Russia

General of the Army Pyotr Stepanovich Deynekin (Russian: Пётр Степа́нович Дейне́кин; 14 December 1937 19 August 2017) was a Russian and Soviet military officer who was the last Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force from 1991 to 1992 and the first of the Russian Air Force from 1992 to 1998.