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
Service / 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.