What is Pyotr Deynekin?
[[File:DeynekinPS-1988-01 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Deynekin in 1988]] '''Pyotr Stepanovich Deynekin''' (14 December 1937 &ndash; 19 August 2017) was a Soviet-Russian general. He was born in [[Morozovsk]], Russia. In 1997, he was awarded the [[Hero of the Russian Federation]]. In 1969, he graduated from the [[USSR 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 his death, 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.<ref>[https://rg.ru/2017/08/19/skonchalsia-pervyj-glavkom-vvs-rossii-petr-dejnekin.html Скончался первый главком ВВС России Петр Дейнекин] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903115625/https://rg.ru/2017/08/19/skonchalsia-pervyj-glavkom-vvs-rossii-petr-dejnekin.html |date=2017-09-03 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deynekin, Pyotr}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Russian generals]] [[Category:Soviet generals]]