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Pyotr Deynekin

Russian Air Force general

Пётр Дейне́кин

Born(1937-12-14)14 December 1937
Morozovsk, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet UnionDied19 August 2017(2017-08-19) (aged 79)
Moscow, RussiaAllegiance

Soviet Union

RussiaService/branch

Soviet Air Forces

Russian Air ForceYears of service1969–2002RankArmy GeneralAwardsHero 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.

Biography

He was born in Morozovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In 1997, he was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Deynekin's rank was General of the army. Also he had the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[6]

In 1969, he graduated from the Gagarin Air Force Academy.

From 1991 to 1992, he was commander-in-chief of the air force and deputy defense minister of the USSR. In 1992, he served as commander-in-chief of the Air Force of the Commonwealth of Independent States. From 1992 until 1998, he was the commanding officer of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.

He retired in 2002.

Deynekin died on 19 August 2017 in Moscow at the age of 79.^[7]^[8]

References

^ warheroes.ru Pyotr Stepanovich Deynekin (in Russian)
^ Дальней авиации 90 лет^{[permanent dead link]} (in Russian)
^ biografija.ru Pyotr Stepanovich Deynekin (in Russian)
^ Russian Ministry of Defence. Pyotr Deynekin at the age of 79 piloted Douglas DC-3 at an air show (in Russian)
^ Ex-Russian Air Force commander, 79, flies Douglas plane during airshow TASS
^ О присвоении квалификационного разряда Дейнекину П.С. (Decree 1109) (in Russian). President of Russia. 17 September 1998.
^ Скончался первый главком ВВС России Петр Дейнекин (in Russian)
^ The ex-commander of the Russian Air Force Deynekin died at the age of 80 Interfax (in Russian)

Military offices
Preceded by Himself	Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force 1992–1998	Succeeded by Anatoly Kornukov
Preceded by Yevgeny Shaposhnikov	Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force 1991–1992	Succeeded by Himself
Preceded by Yevgeny Shaposhnikov	Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force 1990–1991	Succeeded by Viktor Kot
Preceded by Ivan Gorbunov	Commander of Long-Range Aviation Commander of the 37th Air Army 1985–1990	Succeeded by Igor Kalugin