Soviets Free U.S. Generals", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 11, 1970, p2 Released with the generals were Turkish Army Colonel Cevat Denli and the plane's pilot, U.S. Army Major James P. Russell, who had been flying in bad weather to the Turkish border town of Kars and had touched down instead in Leninakan (now Gyumri in Armenia) 40 miles to the east.